Tag: Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 5 A hallmark of being a fool is a propensity to make many promises to God. A wise man is more apt to listen to God than to make declarations and promises to Heavenly Father. It is also wise to make good on our promises as quickly as we are able rather than taking…

Ecclesiastes 4 Operating in isolation is a great disadvantage because there is no safety net. There is a single point of failure and a singly perspective. There is no source of assistance or alternative viewpoint to assist in balancing the frailties of the individual. As a king Solomon understood that if he wouldn’t listen to…

Ecclesiastes 3 I think the message here is that we must expect our lives to pass through various situations or seasons. It’s not just that we should plan to move from one stage to another and that there are times and seasons where specific things are appropriate to our focus but that independent of our…

Ecclesiastes 2 Solomon sought to find meaning in any of the worldly pursuits (e.g. fun, wealth, prestige) and they had no intrinsic meaning. It sounds like he made no attempt to bridle himself in seeking these things. He did find that wisdom had some merit compared to the alternative except that he saw that even…

Ecclesiastes 1 Solomon is seeking to put mortality in perspective. No matter how hard we work we live and we die and take only or soul with us (not it goods).

Ecclesiastes 10 – 12 At the end of Ecclesiastes I am no more impressed than I was at the beginning.

Ecclesiastes 8 – 9 The idea that the dead “know not any thing” or in other words that there is nothing else before them, could be a justification for the philosophy of the Sadducees that there was to be no resurrection.

Ecclesiastes 6 – 7 I am starting to wonder why history thinks so well of Solomon—unless all the historians look at is the fact that he was a very wealthy king reputed for his wisdom and the peace in his time. Getting a window into the man himself seems to yield hollowness and a depressed…

Ecclesiastes 3 – 5 The theme of Ecclesiastes seems to be that nothing is substantial. In light of the words of Ecclesiastes I wonder if Solomon gave up on righteousness and began drifting spiritually. It would seem so based on the conclusion of his life. The best counsel I have seen so far is that…

Ecclesiastes 1 – 2 I knew that proverbs was from Solomon and of course the Song of Solomon was from Solomon, but I had not realized that the book of Ecclesiastes was also from Solomon. Solomon does not sound happy or content here. He soy D’s restless and dissatisfied. Perhaps that is why he turned…