Ecclesiastes 3:16-22 Man and Beast Both Die in the End

Ecclesiastes 3:16-22, Man and Beast Both Die in the End, Under the Sun, Justice, Wickedness, Righteousness, God, Purposes, Evil, Theodicy, Ecclesiastes, Beasts, Judges, Vanity, Death, Breath, NASB, Lockman Foundation,Thoughts of God, thoughtsofGod.com, David Reese

16 Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness. In the last section, we were told that God does what He desires, nothing interferes with God’s purposes. This construct brings up an ancient question, why does God allow wickedness? Why […]

Ecclesiastes 2:12-17 – Despair and Hatred of Vanity and Futility

12 So I turned to consider wisdom, madness and folly; for what will the man do who will come after the king except what has already been done? The collector of sentences come to think there are no unexplored works left to investigate through the application of wisdom, madness, and folly. All works to come have come before. This expands this […]

Ecclesiastes 2:9-11 Experiment Complete and All was Vanity

Ecclesiastes 2:9-11 Experiment Complete - All is comprehensively declared to be vanity. Accomplishing work itself is seen to have some limited value, thoughtsofgod.com, Thoughts of God, David Reese

9 Then I became great and increased more than all who preceded me in Jerusalem The experiment comes to an end and all three parts of the exercise are restated; Vanity of Wisdom, Knowledge, Madness, and Folly, Vanity of Physical Stimulation, and Vanity of Increasing Wealth. An argument can be made that these things do […]