“Guard your foot, when you step into the house of God, and draw near, so that you may listen. For obedience is much better than the sacrifices of the foolish, who do not know the evil that they are doing.” – Ecclesiastes 4:17 Welcome back to another post on the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes,Continue reading “Ecclesiastes Part 4: Wickedness and Work”
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Ecclesiastes Part 3: A Time for Everything.
“A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.”-Ecclesiastes 3:4 The turning of the tide of Ecclesiastical nihilism begins here. The recordings of the times include things both happy and sad, things that might fill a man’s heart with sorrow. A time to die.. AContinue reading “Ecclesiastes Part 3: A Time for Everything.”
Ecclesiastes Part 2: The Emptiness of Possession
“I said in my heart: “I will go forth and overflow with delights, and I will enjoy good things.” And I saw that this, too, is emptiness.”- Ecclesiastes 2:1 The Continued Hopelessness of Solomon Picking up from chapter 1, Solomon continues by going and making merry, enjoying the many good things he has gotten,Continue reading “Ecclesiastes Part 2: The Emptiness of Possession”
Ecclesiastes, Part 1: Vanity, and Wisdom
I highly recommend reading this AFTER reading the biblical book of Ecclesiastes, which touches on a great number of my feelings recently. The first chapter sets a mental foundation for our character, Solomon (maybe), who is experiencing what seems to be a crisis. All is vanity. Everything. It’s all… waste. The world doesn’t stop moving,Continue reading “Ecclesiastes, Part 1: Vanity, and Wisdom”