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Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes . Back to the 1960s . Turn, Turn, Turn . To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn) There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn) And a time to every purpose, under Heaven. Turn, Turn, Turn .

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Ecclesiastes

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  1. Ecclesiastes

  2. Back to the 1960s

  3. Turn, Turn, Turn To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn)There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn)And a time to every purpose, under Heaven

  4. Turn, Turn, Turn A time to be born, a time to dieA time to plant, a time to reapA time to kill, a time to healA time to laugh, a time to weep

  5. Turn, Turn, Turn To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn)There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn)And a time to every purpose, under Heaven

  6. Turn, Turn, Turn A time to build up, a time to break downA time to dance, a time to mournA time to cast away stones, a time to gather stones together

  7. Turn, Turn, Turn • To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn)There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn)And a time to every purpose, under Heaven

  8. Turn, Turn, Turn A time of love, a time of hateA time of war, a time of peaceA time you may embrace, a time to refrain from embracing

  9. Turn, Turn, Turn To Everything (Turn, Turn, Turn)There is a season (Turn, Turn, Turn)And a time to every purpose, under Heaven

  10. Turn, Turn, Turn A time to gain, a time to loseA time to rend, a time to sewA time for love, a time for hateA time for peace, I swear it's not too late

  11. Paradox • Each table come up with a paradox.

  12. Paradox • Bailing out wall street • Wonder and Awe of God • Inconsistent premises always make an argument valid • Buying a lottery ticket to win • Practice moderation in all things. Including moderation

  13. Background on Ecclesiastes • Who: Qoheleth • Why: to make commentary • When: Second Century BC • What: Wisdom Literature • How: In Hebrew

  14. Who • Who: Qohelethko-HEHL-ehth • Son of David, Solomon

  15. Why • Commentary: This is the way life is… contridictory and challenging.

  16. When • Second Century BC

  17. Who • Wisdom Literature--reflections, aphorism, some poetry, paradox, seemingly opposites in comparisons

  18. How • According to Talmud, the point of Qohelet is to state that all is futile under the Sun. One should therefore ignore physical pleasures like and put all one's efforts towards that which is above the Sun. This is summed up in the second to last verse: "The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God, and keep His commandments; for that is the whole duty of everyone"

  19. Summary • Ecclesiastes: The book is concerned with the purpose and value of human life. While admitting the existence of a divine plan, it considers such a plan to be hidden from men and women, who seeks happiness without ever finding it below Ecclesiastes applies his “Vanity of vanities” to everything “under the sun,” even to that wisdom which seeks to find at last a semblance of good in the thing of the world. Merit does not yield happiness for it is often tied by suffering. Riches and pleasure so not avail. Existence is monotonous, enjoyment fleeting and vain; darkness quickly follows. Life, then is an enigma beyond human ability to solve.

  20. Outline • Outline: • Prologue (1:1-20) • Qoheleth’s Investigation of Life (1:12—6:9) • Qoheleth’s conclusions (6:10—12:8)  • Epilogue (12:9-14)

  21. Today’s Reading1:1 The words of David's son, Qoheleth, king in Jerusalem:

  22. Today’s Reading1:2 • Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth, vanity of vanities! All things are vanity!

  23. Today’s Reading1:3 • What profit has man from all the labor which he toils at under the sun?

  24. Today’s Reading1:4 • One generation passes and another comes, but the world forever stays.

  25. Today’s Reading1:5 • The sun rises and the sun goes down; then it presses on to the place where it rises.

  26. Today’s Reading1:6 • Blowing now toward the south, then toward the north, the wind turns again and again, resuming its rounds.

  27. Today’s Reading1:7 • All rivers go to the sea, yet never does the sea become full. To the place where they go, the rivers keep on going.

  28. Today’s Reading1:8 • All speech is labored; there is nothing man can say. The eye is not satisfied with seeing nor is the ear filled with hearing.

  29. Today’s Reading1:9 • What has been, that will be; what has been done, that will be done. Nothing is new under the sun.

  30. Today’s Reading1:10 • Even the thing of which we say, "See, this is new!" has already existed in the ages that preceded us.

  31. Today’s Reading1:11 • 11 There is no remembrance of the men of old; nor of those to come will there be any remembrance among those who come after them.

  32. What’s Up • Next Week: January 20—Eccl 1:12-6:9 • January 27 The Parish Mission • February 3 Eccl 6:10-12-13

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