When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: fear God and keep his commands, because this is for all humanity. —Ecclesiastes 12:13
There is “a time for every activity under heaven.” In the book of Ecclesiastes, wise King Solomon is on a quest to find meaning in any of them. Observing everything from work and wealth to funerals and feasting, Solomon beautifully details our struggles “under the sun,” and ultimately discovers the purpose of life in the character of God.
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This study focused on the book of Ecclesiastes. I had never spent a lot of time in that book of the Bible before. The book is about how everything on this earth or under the sun is "meaningless" or chasing the wind. Because this life is not eternal and when we die nothing we did or didn't do will really mean much, also all men will ultimately share the same fate of death. The author of this book is different than the teacher in this book. The author is writing about what the teacher has taught, warning against searching too much on this earth for meaning or importance but instead looking to the eternal, a relationship with God is all that lasts.
I really do love she reads truth! However, this study seemed more like here is a reading plan versus diving into the word and evaluating it and explaining more. Ecclesiastes is a heavy book that needs to be broken down and talked through and that didn’t happen. I wish there would’ve been question or prompts or something instead it was just verses displayed in an aesthetically pleasing kind of way. Maybe they said it would be this way and I assumed it would be something different.
It’s not really a study it’s just the book of Ecclesiastes. There is no teaching and only one observation question repeated throughout the study. Save your money and just read Ecclesiastes straight from the Bible.