Subject: Where was Ecclesiastes written |
Bible Note: "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 |