Ecclesiastes....ah sah...i read the whole thing

[evanovitch]

again last nite...now it is attributed to Solomon....famous for the verses on 'time' ...i.e.time fi dis ,time fi dat

HOWEVER, i would love to have some views on this whole book by anyone who has delved into it n its relevance....

hope someone will respond

[johnnycakes]

Re: Ecclesiastes....ah sah...i read the whole thin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn!_Turn!_Turn!

Dang! the link won't take but Google " Turn Turn Turn Pete Seeger" and see what this has engendered in the music world.

[johnnycakes]

Re: Ecclesiastes....ah sah...i read the whole thin

For meaning:

http://www.biblenotes.net/ecclesiastes.html

[Skelly]

Re: Ecclesiastes....ah sah...i read the whole thing

Ecclesiastes is one of the most philosophical books in the Bible...other than that I really have no further input...

[evanovitch]

Re: Ecclesiastes....ah sah...i read the whole thin

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: johnnycakes</div><div class="ubbcode-body">For meaning:
http://www.biblenotes.net/ecclesiastes.html </div></div>

i know all that but why was it included...y was it inspired by God....wat is the message that is hidden in it...it cant be that since everything is predestined u shudden even try to mek a change...

[evanovitch]

Re: Ecclesiastes....ah sah...i read the whole thing

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Skelly</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ecclesiastes is one of the most philosophical books in the Bible...other than that I really have no further input... </div></div>

funny but one of the Bible editions i read last nite credited its author as juss being a philosopher...no Solomon r nutten...

i even read Spurgeon but apart from sermons based on certain verses ,i cannot find an overall commentary on it...i know one is out there ...once i sent Compray an extensive commentary by Barclay i believe...it was a computer file...but chances of her answering in here is nil...wish i had that computer i had saved all that too...

[evanovitch]

Re: Ecclesiastes....ah sah...i read the whole thing

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The account we have of Solomon’s apostasy from God, in the latter end of his reign (1 Ki. 11:1), is the tragical part of his story; we may suppose that he spoke his Proverbs in the prime of his time, while he kept his integrity, but delivered his Ecclesiastes when he had grown old (for of the burdens and decays of age he speaks feelingly ch. 12), and was, by the grace of God, recovered from his backslidings. There he dictated his observations; here he wrote his own experiences; this is what days speak, and wisdom which the multitude of years teaches. The title of the book and the penman we shall meet with in the first verse, and therefore shall here only observe,
Henry, Matthew: Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible : Complete and Unabridged in One Volume. Peabody : Hendrickson, 1996, c1991, S. Ec 1:1 </div></div>

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found this in Matthew Henry's commentary a

[evanovitch]

okay i have found wat the message basically is

life lived by purely human and earthly standards is empty, while life with God at the centre is fulfilling...Jesus is the meaning of life and if He is not at the centre of our daily experience we will find only futility and frustration....

[evanovitch]

Re: okay i have found wat the message basically is

I, Me, and My

consider this Ecclesiastes 2.11

the words I, me ,my and myself appear more than 40 times in Eccl 2:1-11..this says a lot about the lifestyle the writer was pursuing....he seems to have been forcused on the gratification and glorification of himself

does tgus self-centred outlook sound familiar...many people today are using their skills to attain a lifestyle that is built around their own comforts and convenience...the needs of others hardly matter to them

But Ecclesiastes shows that this approach to living is ultimately empty, futile and passing: it is 'vanity and grasping for the wind'

is there a better way? yes, the book goes on to say that real value in life can be found in fearing God (12:13) and honouring Him in the simple, basic 'stuff' of life such as work and family (2:24; 3:22; 5:18-19; 8:15)

one way to evaluate ourselves in this regard is to ask: In the midst of all our pursuits, whose life is enhanced by what we are about? If the only answere is 'me' , then we are already on the perilous road of self-indulgence



The Word in Life Study Bible NKJV

[evanovitch]

Re: okay i have found wat the message basically is

living without God being the end all is futile..does not bring lasting happiness...transitory existence...

wat is my path

[f0rTyLeGz]

Re: Ecclesiastes....ah sah...i read the whole thing

http://www.biblewiki.be/wiki/History_of_the_interpretation_of_Ecclesiastes

[Wahalla]

Re: Ecclesiastes....ah sah...i read the whole thing

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">again last nite...now it is attributed to Solomon....famous for the verses on 'time' ...i.e.time fi dis ,time fi dat

HOWEVER, i would love to have some views on this whole book by anyone who has delved into it n its relevance....

hope someone will respond </div></div>

Kinna like the thoughts of Marcus Aurilias...

[evanovitch]

SATAN'S MEETING

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgJ-w5GSaYo

[evanovitch]

well i am finished wid dis chapter fi dis go rung

will revisit in the new year when di yearly reading reach deh so...

waiting to see to wich Chapter i am next led to study...

[jah_yout]

Re: okay i have found wat the message basically is

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">life lived by purely human and earthly standards is empty, while life with God at the centre is fulfilling...Jesus is the meaning of life and if He is not at the centre of our daily experience we will find only futility and frustration....

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is this what befell solomon?