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Verse Ecclesiastes 3:22. _A MAN SHOULD REJOICE IN HIS OWN WORKS_] Do
not turn God's blessings into sin by perverseness and complaining;
make the best of life. God will sweeten its bitters to you, if...
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That great anomaly in the moral government of this world, the
seemingly unequal distribution of rewards and punishments, will be
rectified by God, who has future times and events under His control
Ecc...
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2. FURTHER RESULTS OF THE SEARCH
CHAPTER 3
_ 1. The times of man under the sun (Ecclesiastes 3:1)_
2. When then is the good? (Ecclesiastes 3:12)
3. Concerning judgment and the future ...
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MAN NO BETTER THAN THE BEASTS.
Ecclesiastes 3:16. Both in the administration of the law and the
observances of religion, wickedness is prevalent; righteousness is
here equivalent to piety.
Ecclesiast...
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BETTER. See note on Ecclesiastes 2:24. Compare Ecclesiastes 11:9.
PORTION. share, as in Ecclesiastes 2:10, i.e. in the present life....
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_Wherefore I perceive_ The lesson of a tranquil regulated Epicureanism
with its blending of healthy labour and calm enjoyment, is enforced as
the conclusion from our ignorance of what comes after deat...
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WHEREFORE I PERCEIVE, &C.— _Lastly, I perceived that there is
nothing better in the labour of man, than that he should receive
pleasure from it; because this is his portion: for who shall bring him
ba...
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2. Working outside the framework of God's providence results in
frustration and defeat. Ecclesiastes 3:9-22
TEXT 3:9-22
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What profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils?
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I have...
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Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man
should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who
shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
A MAN SHOULD REJ...
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THE PRACTICAL IDEAL. ACCEPTANCE OF THE UNIVERSAL SCHEME
1-15. God is a God of order. The problem which the writer has set
himself is not yet solved. He has found that wisdom, culture,
pleasure, are al...
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M en wrest judgment; but God shall right all wrongs, though how, is
beyond our ken.
16, 17. The judges of his time troubled the writer. Yet in GOD'S
purposes, either here or in the future, unrighteou...
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_There is_ NOTHING BETTER] If man is no better off than a beast, let
him at least learn, like them, to enjoy the present. BRING HIM] RV
'bring him _back,'_ to see the results of his work....
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 3
A POEM ABOUT TIME – ECCLESIASTES 3:1-8...
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וְ רָאִ֗יתִי כִּ֣י אֵ֥ין טֹוב֙ מֵ
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
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AND BY HUMAN INJUSTICE AND PERVERSITY.
Ecclesiastes 3:16; Ecclesiastes 4:1
But not only are our endeavours to find the "good" of our labours
thwarted by the gracious, inflexible laws of the just God;...
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SECOND SECTION
The Quest Of The Chief Good In Devotion To The Affairs Of Business
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - Ecclesiastes 5:20
I. IF the true Good is not to be found in the School where Wisdom
utters her vo...
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The vanity of life under the sun is evidenced not merely in the
experience of the preacher himself, but in the wider outlook which he
has been able to take. He now gives us some of the results of that...
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Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man
should (l) rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for
who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
(l) By the...
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_After him. He knows not who shall be his heir, or how soon he may
die. None returns from the other world to inform him of what is there
transacted. Thus the libertine encourages himself. (Calmet)_...
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And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that
wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity
was there. (17) I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous
and...
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REFLECTIONS
MY, soul! learn from the solemn observations of the Preacher to
enquire, whether in the times and seasons which he saith there are to
every purpose under heaven, thou hast found the time o...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 12.
The Book of Ecclesiastes is, up to a certain point, the converse of
the Book of Proverbs. (see NOTE TO PROVERBS below) It is the
experience of a...
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WHEREFORE I PERCEIVE THAT [THERE IS] NOTHING BETTER THAN THAT A MAN
SHOULD REJOICE IN HIS OWN WORKS,.... The Targum is, "in his good
works"; not as justifying him before God, but as vindicating him
be...
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Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man
should rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who
shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Ver. 22. _Wher...
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_I perceive there is nothing better_ For a man's present satisfaction,
and the happiness of this life; _than that a man should rejoice in his
own works_ That he should comfortably enjoy what God hath...
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"AND. HAVE SEEN THAT NOTHING IS BETTER THAN THAT MAN SHOULD BE HAPPY
IN HIS ACTIVITIES, FOR THAT IS HIS LOT. FOR WHO WILL BRING HIM TO SEE
WHAT WILL OCCUR AFTER HIM?"HAPPY IN HIS ACTIVITIES" -Note, we...
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16-22 Without the fear of the Lord, man is but vanity; set that
aside, and judges will not use their power well. And there is another
Judge that stands before the door. With God there is a time for t...
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THERE IS NOTHING BETTER, to wit, for a man's present satisfaction, and
the happiness of this life, than that a man should rejoice in his own
works; that he comfortably enjoy what God hath given him, a...
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Ecclesiastes 3:22 perceived H7200 (H8804) better H2896 man H120
rejoice H8055 (H8799) works H4639 heritage H250
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DEATH IS THE GREAT LEVELLER (ECCLESIASTES 3:18).
Now we discover the conflict taking place within him. He has had a
concept of everlastingness and of the necessity for future judgement.
How then does...
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Ecclesiastes 1:12-3
Koheleth now mentions the unusual advantages which he had possessed
for enjoying life and making the best of it. His opportunities could
not have been greater, he considers, had h...
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CONTENTS: The mutability of all human affairs and the unchangeableness
and unsearchableness of the divine counsels.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: We live in a world of changes. The events of...
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Ecclesiastes 3:1. _To every thing there is a season._ The seasons of
the year are four. But the Zodiac, Job 9., divides the times into
twelve signs. In a similar manner are the labours of the husbandm...
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_There is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own
works._
WORLDLINESS: THE EPICUREAN GOSPEL
These words seem to mean that a man had better get all he can, and
then enjoy what he has...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 3:22. FOR WHO SHALL BRING HIM TO SEE WHAT SHALL BE AFTER
HIM?] Man cannot tell what God will do in the future with all his
earthly circumstances—how far, in the great fu...
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 3:1
Section 4. In confirmation of the truth that man's happiness depends
upon the will of God, Koheleth proceeds to show how _Providence
arranges even the minutest concerns;...
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Now we get into the weary, monotony of life. This has been used
poetically as something that is very beautiful. "A time to love," and
it's been made very beautiful, but in the Hebrew idea, it was
mono...
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Daniel 12:10; Daniel 12:13; Daniel 12:9; Deuteronomy 12:18;...
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Better — For a man's present satisfaction. Should rejoice — That
he comfortably enjoys what God hath given him. His portion — This is
the benefit of his labours. For — When once he is dead he shall
ne...