Ecclesiastes Death Equalizer

Now that you’ve filled in the blanks, read the verse again, OUT LOUD. This time as you come to the word “death”, substitute it with the phrase “broken relationships”- because broken relationships is what death is all about.

It is to not be taken literally, but rather metaphorically. Take his saying with deep thoughts and interpretation to find the true faith of God. When one obtains the full truth, the thought of death will never cross one’s mind.

(Lev. 18:3; Deut. 12:9; 15:4, 7; 17:14; Num. 2:l; Lev. 14:8; 16:21; 17:3, 9; Exod. 15:27; 25:5; Gen. 41:43; Deut. 14:5; Lev. 11:16). (Ch. 1 Pg. 25)

“Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil; for if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him – a threefold cord is not quickly broken” (Ecclesiastes 4:9-12)

Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying. Everyone who lives in me and believes in me will never ever die. Do you believe this, Martha?” (NLT). Death is used to tell the world that we do not know when Jesus is coming back and when judgment come it will be too late to ask God for redemption and to try to get into heaven.

In Ecclesiastes: we have Solomon's (generally agreed upon to be the author) analysis of life. It seems cynical, but overall the message of the book is hope in God. In Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 we get Solomon's basic lesson to those who are seeking a full and abundant life “ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, For this is man’s all. For God will bring every work into judgment, Including every secret thing,Whether good or evil.”

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— Isaiah 45:4-5. He used this as one of his

All men die, all animals die, all plant life dies. The “whole creation groans” (Romans 8:22), waiting for the time when Christ will return to liberate it from the effects of death. Because of sin, death is an inescapable reality, and no one is immune. “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23). Worse still, we not only die, but if we die without Christ, we experience eternal

The Lord was so displeased with 'everyman' that he decides judgement is due and sends Death to stop humanity from living with

Solomon was the one that wrote most of Proverbs. Ecclesiastes; List the “10 vanities” and why the author say they are futile. Human wisdom-2:15-16, Human labor -2:19-21 14, Human purpose-2:26, Human rivalry-4:4, Human avarice-4:8, Human fame-4:16, Human insatiateness-5:10, Human coveting-6:9, Human frivolity-7:4, Human awards-8:10 Because of the word human in front of them and because of their own flesh.

Ecclesiastes means “the preacher”, “the teacher”, or “assembler.” While the author is not identified by name he does identify himself as “the preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem”(1:1); “I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.”(1:12) It is a widely held belief that Solomon wrote Ecclesiastes as well as other wisdom literature in the bible. Scholars assume it was written during the reign of King Solomon a little before Solomons death from 970-935 BC.

The last chapter in Ecclesiastes 12 concludes, “The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. Similarly Proverbs 1 begins with this admonition “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.” (Italicized mine) These two certainties are bookends or sorts, serving as a contrast between each of the books perspectives on how life actually happens under the sun. Ecclesiastes can serve as a rebuttal to the elements of retribution theology presented in Proverbs and also exploits the acquisition of wisdom as penultimate and fearing Yahweh,

Out of all the verse from the book, Ecclesiastes, the verse that’s stood out to me the most was chapter five verses nineteen to twenty which states

These verses cover some very deep doctrine which most people choose to discard, but I believe that if it’s in the Bible it’s here for a reason. These verses read,” For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;” In this verse they answer a very important question, what happens to those who never have a chance to know and accept God into their lives. In this verse it explains to us that after death Christ went a preached to others which were dead. This gives them the opportunity to know of Him, and to either accepted or reject Him just as we have chosen.