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Eccl 1:2-32 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
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the writer associated vanity with life under the sun or names something about life under the sun as being vain or vanity.
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Eccl 1:14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Eccl 2:11 …behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
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Eccl 2:17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Eccl 4:7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
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Eccl 8:14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
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Eccl 9:9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
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Eccl 12:88 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
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Pessimistic and cynical?
An “inspired book of error”? Eccl.12:10No!
Eccl 12:10-1110 The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth.11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
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It does not mean that there is no pleasure in life.
Eccl 3:13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
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Eccl 11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth …. and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth….
It does not mean that there is no pleasure in life
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It does not mean that there is no pleasure in life.
It does not mean that there is no purpose to life.
Eccl.12:13 “The whole duty of man”
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“Life under the sun”
The writer’s assessment is of things peculiar to this earth– things associated with this world only and that end when
life on earth ends.
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“Vanity”“emptiness; futility, and vapor, somethingtransitory and unsatisfactory.”
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Some things that are “crooked” that cannot be made “straight” Eccl.1:15
The things of this world do not fully satisfy man Eccl. 1:8
There is no profit under the sun Eccl.1:3
“Vanity”
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“Vanity Under the Sun” Childhood and youth yield to the years Eccl.11:10
Riches can’t satisfy Eccl.5:10-12
Death comes to all – rich, poor, wise and foolish
There will always be injustices Eccl.8:14
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Eccl 12:13-14Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment…
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Earthly treasures? or Heavenly treasures?
Matt 619 "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20 "but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.”
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Earthly treasures ? or Heavenly treasures?
Inordinate concern for the body?
or Concern for the soul?
1 Tim 48 For bodily exercise profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.
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Earthly treasures ? or Heavenly treasures?
Inordinate concern for the body?
or Concern for the soul?
Ignore God and disobey Him?
or A life of obedience?
Matt 16 26 "For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
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Life will get you down Eccl. 2.17
You will foolishly waste your life and lose your soul Lk.12:16-20
