Bible Question: How many ages have there been since Adam? Is there any possibility that the "before us" in Eccl. 1:10 means before man as we know him? |
Bible Answer: Hi, Mr. Jay... I probably was not as clear as I might have been: Solomon was not using the word "age" as a particular unit of time. Rather he intended it to be read as "time immemorial" or "way back before anyone remembers." In other words, old things are thought to be new because human beings (individually and as a group) do not have long memories or they simply are ignorant of what went on a long time ago. I do not think there is any possibility that Solomon was talking about before man. That would be contrary to the point he is making. In Him, Doc |