2013년 10월 31일 목요일

Ecclesiastes

Summary

The author of this book,Solomon says he discovered conclusion after looking at the matter from every possible angle(7:27). And, the conclusion is Everything is meaningless, completely meaningless(1:2).

He tried,experienced and observed all the things he could do.
He cheered himself with wine(2:3),tried to find meaning by building huge homes for himself(2:4)-(this is still one of biggest dream of people at present), he took anything he wanted(2:10), observed time,love,hate,war,peace,happy,enjoying and even all the oppression.(ch.3,4).
He found a serious problem of hoarding riches harms the saver(5:13), and a serious tragedy which weighs heavily on humanity(6:1).  And, he shoot through the human's greed and said as "All people spend their lives scratching for food, but they never seem to have enough(6:7)".

Consequently he reached to his final conclusion. And he taught as "Everything is completely meaningless(12:8)",so don't waste time for seeking a meaning or wisdom of life, instead, "Fear God and obey his commands, for this is everyone's duty. God will judge us for everything we do, including every secret thing, whether good or bad(12:13~14).
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