Ecclesiastes 3:18

"I said to myself concerning the sons of men, 'God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but beasts.'"tested them" -or bring to light, expose. "Time" gives people the chance to manifest their true character. It allows the sinner to repent (2 Peter 3:9) or it gives them more time to store up condemnation for self (Romans 2:1-5), and make it obvious to all that God was just in condemning them to an eternal hell.

"see that they are but beasts" -Solomon isn't saying that there is no difference between man and the animals, but rather: 1. Of his own freewill man often acts worse than the animals. The cruelty that some people exercise and the squalor that some are willing to live in for the sake of "fun", puts us on. level below the animals. 2. We share. common morality with the animals, we also possess. physical body that in time will die