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THE PREACHER
These are the words of the Teacher, King David’s son, who ruled in Jerusalem.
CONTEXT:
- KING SOLOMON -> SON OF DAVID (Man after God’s own heart)
Richest person whoever lived
More power & prominence
700 Wives 300 Concubines
HIS POINT
2 “Everything is meaningless,” says the Teacher, “completely meaningless!”
HIS PROOF
3 What do people get for all their hard work under the sun?
4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth never changes.
5 The sun rises and the sun sets, then hurries around to rise again.
6 The wind blows south, and then turns north.
Around and around it goes, blowing in circles.
7 Rivers run into the sea, but the sea is never full.
Then the water returns again to the rivers and flows out again to the sea.
8 Everything is wearisome beyond description.
No matter how much we see, we are never satisfied.
No matter how much we hear, we are not content.
9 History merely repeats itself.
It has all been done before.
Nothing under the sun is truly new.
10 Sometimes people say, “Here is something new!”
But actually it is old; nothing is ever truly new.
11 We don’t remember what happened in the past, and in future generations, no one will remember what we are doing now.
THE PROBLEM
12 I, the Teacher, was king of Israel, and I lived in Jerusalem.
13 I devoted myself to search for understanding and to explore by wisdom everything being done under heaven.
I soon discovered that God has dealt a tragic existence to the human race.
14 I observed everything going on under the sun, and really, it is all meaningless—like chasing the wind.
15 What is wrong cannot be made right.
What is missing cannot be recovered.
16 I said to myself, “Look, I am wiser than any of the kings who ruled in Jerusalem before me.
I have greater wisdom and knowledge than any of them.”
17 So I set out to learn everything from wisdom to madness and folly.
But I learned firsthand that pursuing all this is like chasing the wind.
18 The greater my wisdom, the greater my grief.
To increase knowledge only increases sorrow.
15 REFERENCES TO SELF (“I” or Myself”) IN 7 SHORT VERSES…
THE REAL POINT
9 Yes, I am the gate.
Those who come in through me will be saved.
They will come and go freely and will find good pastures.
10 The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy.
My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.
27 Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?
28 “And why worry about your clothing?
Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow.
They don’t work or make their clothing,
29 yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are.
30 And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you.
Why do you have so little faith?
31 “So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat?
What will we drink?
What will we wear?’
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