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CHAPTER XII
_Youth should remember their Creator_, 1.
_A description of old age and its infirmities, with the causes_
_of death and dissolution_, 2-9.
_How the Preacher taught the people knowledge...
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REMEMBER NOW - Rather, And remember. The connection between this verse
and the preceding one is unfortunately interrupted by our division of
chapters.
CREATOR - Gratitude to God as Creator is here inc...
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CHAPTER 12
_ 1. Youth and old age (Ecclesiastes 12:1)_
2. The concluding epilogue (Ecclesiastes 12:9)
Ecclesiastes 12:1. Childhood and youth are vanity! That is the
concludin
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EPILOGUE.
Ecclesiastes 12:9 is an editor's praise of Qoheleth, who is identified
with Solomon, the sage compiler of proverbial wisdom, who wrote words
of truth in a pleasing and elegant (acceptable)...
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ECCLESIASTES 11:1 TO ECCLESIASTES 12:8. CLOSING COUNSELS. It is well
to do and to get all one can, in the way of industry and pleasure,
before old age draws on. Ecclesiastes 11:1 and...
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NOW. also.
CREATOR. Plural of Majesty. the [great] Creator, or. reference to the
Trinity.
EVIL DAYS. days of the misfortune: i.e. affliction and death. Hebrew.
_ra'a'_. App-44. i.e. the days describ...
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_Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth_ The word for
"Creator" is strictly the participle of the verb which is translated
"create" in Genesis 1:1; Genesis 1:21; Genesis 1:27, and as a Divi...
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DISCOURSE: 846
REMEMBERING GOD IN OUR YOUTH
Ecclesiastes 12:1. _Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth,
while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt
say, I have n...
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THE PICTURE OF OLD AGE,
_From Ecclesiastes 12:1 according to the common Translation._
The royal preacher, in the first seven verses of this chapter,
enforces the duty of early religion, by arguments...
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REMEMBER NOW THY CREATOR, &C.— The first point to be examined is,
where the description of old age given in this chapter begins. Most
interpreters, who begin it with these words in the first verse, _t...
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3. Remember God in your youth. Ecclesiastes 12:1
TEXT 12:1
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Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil
days come and the years draw near when you will say, I have no del...
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Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil
days come not, nor the years draw Remember now thy Creator in the days
of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw...
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12:1 Creator (b-4) 'Creator' is in the plural....
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IN LIFE REMEMBER DEATH AND JUDGMENT
1. The Creator is to be remembered in youth. When the powers of mind
and body are failing, it will be too late.
1-7. Commentators have differed much as to the inte...
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 12
YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD REMEMBER WHO MADE THEM – ECCLESIASTES 12:1-8
V1 Remember who...
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XII.
(1) CREATOR. — This occurs as a Divine name in Isaiah 40:23; Isaiah
44:15. and elsewhere. Here it is in the plural, like the Divine name
Elohim. (See also Note on Ecclesiastes 12:8.) We have “thy...
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וּ זְכֹר֙ אֶת ־בֹּ֣ורְאֶ֔יךָ בִּ
ימֵ֖י בְּחוּ
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COMBINED WITH A STEADFAST FAITH IN THE LIFE TO COME.
Ecclesiastes 10:9 - Ecclesiastes 12:7
But, soft; is not our man of men becoming a mere man of pleasure? No;
for he recognises the claims of duty...
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FOURTH SECTION
The Quest Achieved. The Chief Good Is To Be Found, Not In Wisdom, Nor
In Pleasure, Nor In Devotion To Affairs And Its Rewards;
But In A Wise Use And A Wise Enjoyment Of The Present L...
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“THE END OF THE MATTER”
Ecclesiastes 12:1-14
This comparison of the human body to a house is extremely beautiful.
The inference is obvious that our bodies are not ourselves, but only
our tenement. Ou...
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The preacher now proceeds in language full of poetic beauty to urge
the young to remember their Creator. We then reach the epilogue of the
sermon. It first repeats the theme as announced at the beginn...
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_Not. Prevent old age, to procure a stock of virtues. (Haydock) ---
Solomon refutes the former sentiments of the wicked, which he had
perhaps once entertained. (Calmet)_...
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CONTENTS
In this Chapter the Preacher finisheth his discourse, and a beautiful
close he makes of it, running up all into the love and fear of God, as
the great object of man's creation, and the ultim...
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_A MEMORY EXERCISE FOR THE YOUNG_
‘Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth.’
Ecclesiastes 12:1
I. WHAT IS IT TO REMEMBER GOD?—It is, in the figurative language of
the Old Testament Script...
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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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REMEMBER NOW THY CREATOR IN THE DAYS OF THY YOUTH,.... Or "Creators"
b; as "Makers", Job 35:10; for more than one were concerned, as in the
creation of all things in general, so of man in particular,...
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Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days
come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no
pleasure in them;
Ver. 1. _Remember now thy Creator._] Heb., C...
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_Remember_ Namely, practically, so as to fear, love, and faithfully
serve him, which, when men do not, they are said to forget him: _thy
Creator_ The first author and continual preserver of thy life a...
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AN APPEAL TO THE YOUNG...
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Remember, now, thy Creator in the days of thy youth, with a feeling of
reverence and gratitude for the many blessings received, the product
of true faith in the heart, WHILE THE EVIL DAYS COME NOT, th...
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"REMEMBER ALSO YOUR CREATOR IN THE DAYS OF YOUR YOUTH, BEFORE THE EVIL
DAYS COME AND THE YEARS DRAW NEAR WHEN YOU WILL SAY, "I HAVE NO
DELIGHT IN THEM";"REMEMBER ALSO YOUR CREATOR" -In addition to
rem...
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1-7 We should remember our sins against our Creator, repent, and seek
forgiveness. We should remember our duties, and set about them,
looking to him for grace and strength. This should be done early,...
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ECCLESIASTES CHAPTER 12 Early piety recommended before old age come on
and death be near: old age described, and death, ECCLESIASTES 12:1.
The conclusion: all is vanity, ECCLESIASTES 12:8. The preache...
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Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember H2142 (H8798) Creator H1254 (H8802) days
H3117 youth H979 difficult H7451 days H3117
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Ecclesiastes 8:16-12
I. The Preacher commences this section by carefully defining his
position and equipment as he starts on his last course. (1) His first
conclusion is that wisdom, which of all temp...
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Ecclesiastes 10:10
I. In chap. xi. Koheleth urges upon us the necessity of diligence. He
has come to the conclusion that it is not worth while to have a nicely
calculated scheme of life, because at ev...
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Ecclesiastes 12:1. _Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy
youth:_
Now we get on solid ground. There is an irony in the advice,
«Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee...
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Ecclesiastes 12:1. _Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth,
while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt
say, I have no pleasure in them;_
Do not give God the dre...
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CONTENTS: Exhortation to the young to be religious. The vanity of the
world.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: The great antidote against the diseases of youth, the love
of mirth, the indulgence...
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Ecclesiastes 12:1. _Remember now thy Creator._ Hebrews בוראיךְ
_Boreicha,_ thy Creators. The word is plural, as אלהים _Elohim,
Genesis 1:1_, designating the Divinity or Godhead, as Romans 1:20.
Certai...
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_Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth._
THE CREATOR REMEMBERED
How shall we understand this? Is it an allegory describing the
weakening of the body? Is it a description of the Jews in ca...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 12:1. THY CREATOR.] The Hebrew word is in the plural
form, denoting the fulness and wealth of the Divine nature. While the
evil days come not.] The time of joyless old a...
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 12:1
The division into chapters is unfortunate here, as this verse is
closely connected with Ecclesiastes 12:10 of the preceding chapter.
REMEMBER NOW THY CREATOR IN THE DAYS...
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Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth (Ecclesiastes 12:1),
It is interesting that most conversions are made during the teenage
years. Seven-eighths of every decision for Jesus Christ is m...
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1 Kings 14:13; 1 Kings 18:12; 1 Kings 3:6; 1 Samuel 1:28; 1 Samue
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THE RELIGION UNDER THE SUN
Ecclesiastes 12:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We use the word "religion" in preference to "Christianity." There are
many religions; there is but one Christianity, one Christ. There...
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Now — For now thou art most able to do it; and it will be most
acceptable to God, and most comfortable to thyself, as the best
evidence of thy sincerity, and the best provision for old age and
death....