_THIS EARTHLY LIFE IS VAIN-- ECCLESIASTES 1:1-4:_ The Book of Ecclesiastes is the preacher's sermon. The book is one continued speech or sermon from Solomon. Solomon is called by several different names in the Bible. God called him "Jedidiah." (2 Samuel 12:25-26) "Lemuel" was one name that he was ca... [ Continue Reading ]
_THINGS CONTINUALLY CHANGE YET REMAIN THE SAME -- ECCLESIASTES 1:5-8:_ Solomon pictured man as being like nature, changing quickly but continually remaining the same. The runner is quick to find the course and stay on it. Psalms 19:5-6 pictures the sun in just that fashion. "Which is as a bridegroom... [ Continue Reading ]
_THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN -- ECCLESIASTES 1:9-11:_ Things of this world are very fatiguing to those that have them. Solomon's goal was to cause us to understand the unsatisfying nature of all things under the sun. "The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing." Man... [ Continue Reading ]
_SOLOMON'S SITUATION AND HIS STUDIES -- ECCLESIASTES 1:12-18:_ Solomon showed that things that would normally be considered as what would make a person happy do not. Surely being king would make a man happy. However, that was not the case. Solomon was "king over Israel in Jerusalem." Yet he describe... [ Continue Reading ]