Song of Solomon 4-6

My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to browse in the gardens and to gather lilies. I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine; he browses among the lilies. (Song of Songs‬ ‭6:2-3‬)

Ungh! I don’t mean to belabor the point, but the poetry and brief events described in this book of the Bible strike me as deep, sensual, powerful, and earthy. Not a few commentators have made a case for interpreting Solomon’s Song as representative of the love between Christ and the church. If such an allegorical interpretation is on target, then we might well ask, “Does my love for Christ and Christ’s love for me seem deep, sensual, powerful, and earthy? If so, then why, and if not, then why not? Am I fully the member of Christ’s church I am called to be apart from such a deep, sensual, powerful, and earthy love?”