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Wisdom: Applying Truth Correctly. Learn it, Live it, DO IT! Ecclesiastes. New Life Class. Is it better that man was created, or would it have been better if he were not?. Ecclesiastes 4:1-3. Meet Qoheleth : Solomon. Qoheleth: the Preacher. Design is an interview/dialog

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  1. Wisdom: Applying Truth Correctly. Learn it, Live it, DO IT! Ecclesiastes New Life Class

  2. Is it better that man was created, or would it have been better if he were not? Ecclesiastes 4:1-3

  3. Meet Qoheleth: Solomon

  4. Qoheleth: the Preacher • Design is an interview/dialog • It is in retrospect or review fashion • He is looking back and sharing the results with the listener through this mock dialog • The perspective is how this is to be approached

  5. Jewish Feasts and Wisdom Literature • Ruth – Pentecost • Song of Songs – Passover • Ecclesiastes – Tabernacles • Lamentations – anniversary of the fall of Jerusalem or occasions of mourning • Esther – Purim

  6. 5 General approaches • Pessimistic/Skeptic view • Shows incompleteness of OT and great need • Preacher of Joy view • Rejoice in sufferings • Existential view • Since life is absurd, find inner truth • Apologetic view • Shows to warn that secular satisfaction is an illusion • Confusion of order view • Everything has its place, to confuse the order will bring angst

  7. 5 General approaches • Pessimistic/Skeptic view • Shows incompleteness of OT and great need • Preacher of Joy view • Rejoice in sufferings • Existential view • Since life is absurd, find inner truth • Apologetic view • Shows to warn that secular satisfaction is an illusion • Confusion of order view • Everything has its place, to confuse the order will bring angst

  8. Let’s Read Some . . . • Chapter 2 • 3:1-11 • 3:12-15 • 5:10-12 • 5:15-17 • 7:19-29 • 9:1-9 • 12:9-14

  9. So . . . Conclusion: Fear God and keep his commandments

  10. Because . . . Life without God is meaningless; life with god is Savory

  11. Wisdom: Applying Truth Correctly. Learn it, Live it, DO IT! Ecclesiastes New Life Class

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