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Verse 14. _I KNOW THAT WHATSOEVER GOD DOETH, IT SHALL BE FOR EVER_]
לעולם _leolam_, for _eternity_; in reference to that grand
consummation of men and things intimated in Ecclesiastes 3:11. God has
p...
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The last clause of this verse goes beyond a declaration of the fact of
God’s government of the world Ecclesiastes 2:26 by adding the moral
effect which that fact is calculated to produce on those who...
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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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From one point of view this section may be entitled _In Praise of
Opportunism,_ from another _Human Helplessness._ Every action in which
man can engage has its allotted season, but who can be sure tha...
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FOR EVER. Same word as "world "in Ecclesiastes 3:11. See note on
Ecclesiastes 1:4....
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_I know that, whatsoever God doeth_ We ask once again whether we are
brought face to face with the thought of an iron destiny immutably
fixing even the seeming accidents of life, and excluding man's
v...
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WHATSOEVER GOD DOETH— _Whatsoever God shall do, the same shall be
for ever._ Desvoeux....
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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?
10
I have...
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I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can
be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men
should fear before him.
I KNOW - concerning God's part: a...
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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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THAT _men_ SHOULD FEAR] God's unchanging ordinances are for the
purpose of calling forth man's reverence. WE must trust Him with our
future....
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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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Sir. 11:17; Sir. 18:6....
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יָדַ֗עְתִּי כִּ֠י כָּל ־אֲשֶׁ֨ר
יַעֲשֶׂ֤ה הָ...
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THE QUEST OBSTRUCTED BY DIVINE ORDINANCES.
Ecclesiastes 3:1
The time of birth, for instance, and the time of death, are ordained
by a Power over which men have no control; they begin to be, and they...
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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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I know that, whatever God doeth, it shall be for (e) ever: nothing can
be added to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth [it], that
[men] should fear before him.
(e) That is, man will never...
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_Feared. The order of the seasons, &c., teaches men to adore
Providence. (St. Jerome) --- He has arranged every thing, how mutable
soever. (St. Augustine, Confessions i. 6.)_...
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What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? (10) I
have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be
exercised in it. (11) He hath made everything beautiful in hi...
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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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I KNOW THAT WHATSOEVER GOD DOETH, IT SHALL BE FOR EVER,.... Which
some, as Jarchi, understand of the works of creation, the heavens and
the earth, which are however of long standing and duration; and...
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_I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can
be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth [it], that
[men] should fear before him._
Ver. 14. _I know that whatsoev...
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I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be forever, for His works
are established and upheld by His almighty power; NOTHING CAN BE PUT
TO IT, by the weak attempts of frail human beings, NOR ANYTHI...
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THE NATURE OF HUMAN HAPPINESS...
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"I KNOW THAT EVERYTHING GOD DOES WILL REMAIN FOREVER; THERE IS NOTHING
TO ADD TO IT AND THERE IS NOTHING TO TAKE FROM IT, FOR GOD HAS SO
WORKED THAT MEN SHOULD FEAR HIM."WILL REMAIN FOREVER" -in contr...
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11-15 Every thing is as God made it; not as it appears to us. We have
the world so much in our hearts, are so taken up with thoughts and
cares of worldly things, that we have neither time nor spirit...
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WHATSOEVER GOD DOETH, IT SHALL BE FOR EVER; all God's counsels or
decrees are eternal and unchangeable, and his providence works
effectually, so as men cannot resist or hinder it. NOTHING CAN BE PUT
T...
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Ecclesiastes 3:14 know H3045 (H8804) God H430 does H6213 (H8799)
forever H5769 Nothing H369 added H3254 ...
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GOD HAS GIVEN MAN A CONCEPTION OF EVERLASTINGNESS.
Here he provides something extra to what God has given men to do.
While man has to work so hard, nevertheless God has made everything
beautiful in it...
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FEAR
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
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Ecclesiastes 3:14
It is a thought worthy of Almighty God that everything He touches
partakes of His own immortality; that He cannot lay to His hand in
vain; that what has once lain in His counsels mu...
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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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Ecclesiastes 3:1
I. Not only has God made everything, but there is a beauty in this
arrangement where all is fortuitous to us, but all is fixed by Him.
"He hath made everything beautiful in its time,...
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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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_I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever._
THE ETERNITY AND PERFECTION OF THE DIVINE PURPOSES AND DOINGS
Most important and consolatory truth is contained in these words. In
it the Pr...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 3:9 Fear God, the Sovereign One.
The vanity of life causes the Preacher to reflect on what is permanent
and lasting: the sovereign God of the universe....
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 3:14 The short-lived
“vanities” of this world reveal all the more clearly the enduring
work of GOD, to which NOTHING CAN BE ADDED....
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 3:12. FOR WHO KNOWETH THE SPIRIT OF MAN THAT GOETH
UPWARD.] Man has no distinct and certain knowledge of his own future
destiny, or of that of other forms of life. The su...
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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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Acts 2:23; Acts 4:28; Acts 5:39; Daniel 11:2; Daniel 4:34;...
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WHAT IS GOOD IN THIS LIFE
Ecclesiastes 2:24; Ecclesiastes 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We come now to the second great question in the Book of Ecclesiastes.
It is expressed in Chapter s 6 and 12: "Who kno...
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For ever — All God's counsels or decrees are eternal and
unchangeable. Nothing — Men can neither do any thing against God's
counsel and providence, nor hinder any work or act of it. Fear —
That by the...