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Study 1
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THE BRIDEGROOM AND HIS BRIDE
Key-verse and Theme of the Book: “My lover is mine and I am his” (Song of Songs 2:16)
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Study 2
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PERSONAL COMMUNION WITH THE LORD
Key-verse: “Take me away with you – let us hurry! Let the king bringt me into his chambers. We rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine” (Song of Songs 1:4)
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Study 3
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THE NEGLECTED VINEYARD
Key-verse: “They made me take care of the vineyards; my own vineyard I have neglected” (Song of Songs 1:6)
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Study 4
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SITTING DOWN IN HIS SHADE
Key-verses: “I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste. He has taken me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me is love” (Song of Songs 2:3-4)
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Study 5
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THE LITTLE FOXES THAT SPOIL THE VINES
Key-verse: “Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom” (Song of Songs 2:15)
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Study 6
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THE PERIL OF SPIRITUAL APATHY
Key-verse: “I slept but my heart was awake:…I opened for my lover, but my lover had left; he was gone…” (Song of Songs 5:2-8)
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Study 7
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THE LOVELINESS OF CHRIST
Key-verse: “He is altogether lovely” (Song of Songs 5:16)
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Study 8
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I AM HIS, AND HE IS MINE
Key-verse: “I am my lover’s and my lover is mine” (Song of Songs 6:3)
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Study 9
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LEANING ON OUR BELOVED
Key-verse: “Who is this coming up from the desert leaning on her lover?…” (Song of Songs 8:5-7)
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Study 10
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LOOKING FOR THE BRIDEGROOM’S RETURN
Key-verse: “Come away, my lover, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the spice-laden mountains” (Song of Songs 8:14)
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