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1 | Where was Ecclesiastes written | Ecclesiastes | Hank | 118832 | ||
Angel: Ecclesiastes is by and large a sad -- I would venture to say morose -- book. It is definitely not the kind of writing that gurus of the positive thinking school or the name-it-and-claim-it airheads would recommend as one of their textbooks. But neither does it end in tragedy. Solomon forsook his wisdom for a time and, like King Lear, played the folly of a fool. But there is at least some indication in the closing chapter of Ecclesiastes that he, like the prodigal son, came to himself. In 12:1 he tells the young man to remember his Creator in the days of his youth before the evil days come. In 12:10 we read that the Preacher (most likely Solomon himself) sought to find delightful words and to write words of truth correctly -- a good motto for Forum members, by the way. And he closes his book on a high note indeed, advising that when all has been heard, the duty of man is to fear God and keep His commandments. (12:13). It is pleasant and perhaps not altogether wrong to think that Solomon may have come round full circe, having tasted in abundance of all the pleasures this world affords, and eventually realized that God alone is sufficient, God alone can fill the void, God alone can erase the cold, bleak grayness of his life that is reflected in the dismal words that resound so hauntingly throughout the Book of Ecclesiastes, "Vanity of vanities! All is vanity." --Hank | ||||||
2 | Where was Ecclesiastes written | Ecclesiastes | JCrichton | 118867 | ||
"God alone can fill the void, God alone can erase the cold, bleak grayness of his life that is reflected in the dismal words that resound so hauntingly throughout the Book of Ecclesiastes, "Vanity of vanities! All is vanity."" Hi, Hank! I think that that is why this book ends in a counter climatic tone: "everything is meaningless." Considering the author's deep and profound contemplation of life I truly thought that he would make a clearer connection to God's Will and our relationship to Him: God gives meaning to our existence! But I can still understand how the writer might feel accomplised though his quest seem to still not have been fulfilled: in our search for God we dwell much to much in our own wisdom and limitations--this behavior, inherently, limits our understanding and our perspectives. His premise is still good because a) there is nothing new under the sun (one unabridged and complete Creation), and b) there's a time for everything under the sun (we are born, we grow, we learn, we search for God, we find God, we die, we are reborn in Jesus). God Bless! Angel |
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