Ecclesiastes: The Difference an End Makes

A Surprising Voice in Scripture – Ecclesiastes / Qoheleth In Ecclesiastes, a wisdom teacher (Qoheleth) speaks sometimes in the character of Solomon, an ideal of wisdom, wealth, and power. He looks at practical human life and says “Vapor!” His image is not so much that everything is meaningless or absurd but, that it is passing. There’s nothing substantial, lasting: Life goes round without clear pattern or reason and then you die. At times Qoh. felt despair, but he knows God is over all and gives us this life. But not so that we can make sense of it. A season for everything. Eternity in our hearts. But also frustrating confusion. Death Turns Everything into Vapor

The Difference an End Makes: Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 9:1-18

A Surprising Voice in Scripture – Ecclesiastes / Qoheleth
Last week we focused on Jesus urging us not to be anxious about our lives. This week we hear from one who is deeply anxious about life’s circumstances and meaning. A Teacher (Qoheleth), he speaks sometimes in the character of Solomon, an ideal of wisdom, wealth, and power – and says “Vapor!” His image is not so much that everything is meaningless or absurd but that it is passing. There’s nothing substantial, lasting: Life goes round without clear pattern or reason and then you die.