This is a short one today since I did not get a whole bunch
out of the reading other than a few questions.
Verse 5:7 was kind of odd:
The watchmen found me
as they made their rounds in
the city.
They beat me, they left bruises on my skin,
and they took away my veil,
those watchmen on the walls.
Why would they beat a woman walking within the walls? Are
they not there to protect the people within the walls and not abuse them.
Interesting a rape was not mentioned since a random beating usually includes
sexual assault. I have wondered why this happened and why it was mentioned out
of the blue.
Verses 6:8 & 9 shows this is Solomon and makes one
wonder if he is so eloquent because of a bunch of practice:
8 There
may be 60 queens and 80 concubines—
there may be more virgins than
can be counted—
9 But my dove, my perfect love is
the only one for me,
the only daughter of her
mother,
the pure and favored child
to the one who bore her.
I would have a tough time believing his if I was her, since
he basically has 140 lovers already. What makes her above the rest or is it
because he has not “had” her yet? I assume also, this is Pharaoh’s daughter and she has the “spirit” of Semiramis
driving both of them. As we know she was Solomon’s downfall and was the start
of his drift to the occult.
For a quick
refresher, Semiramis was Nimrod’s wife and the Queen of Babylon. She has been
claimed to be the way evil slipped into the nation and how it became so
perverse. Also, her “spirit” has been seen in figures like Jezebel throughout
history, so you can study her influence. Now one could also just say men are
weak and think with their “dicks”. Once they are on that downward slope, Satan
can rule their lives.
Either way I am
not so enamored with this book.