Emptiness
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· 10 viewsScripture stresses the emptiness of human life without God, and notes that Jesus Christ chose to empty himself in order to redeem humanity.
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Emptiness and creation
Emptiness and creation
The world created to be filled
The world created to be filled
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Emptiness as a symbol of judgment
Emptiness as a symbol of judgment
I looked at the earth, and behold, it was wasteland and emptiness,
and to the heavens, and they were without their light.
Human life can be empty
Human life can be empty
I went away full, but Yahweh brought me back empty-handed! Why call me Naomi when Yahweh has testified against me and Shaddai has brought calamity upon me?”
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Human words can be empty
Human words can be empty
“Surely God does not hear an empty plea,
and Shaddai does not regard it.
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Human attempts at fulfilment are empty
Human attempts at fulfilment are empty
Work does not satisfy
Work does not satisfy
Why do you weigh out money for what is not food,
and your labor for what cannot satisfy?
Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good,
and let your soul take pleasure in rich food.
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Pleasure does not last
Pleasure does not last
that the rejoicing of the wicked is short,
and the joy of the godless lasts only a moment?
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Wealth does not satisfy
Wealth does not satisfy
Whoever loves money is not satisfied with money,
and whoever loves wealth is not satisfied with profit.
This also is vanity!
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Material possessions are unreliable
Material possessions are unreliable
And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and I will gather in there all my grain and possessions. And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many possessions stored up for many years. Relax, eat, drink, celebrate!” ’ But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your life is demanded from you, and the things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’
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False religion cannot save
False religion cannot save
When you cry, let your collection deliver you,
and the wind will carry all of them away;
a breath will take them away.
But he who takes refuge in me shall take possession of the land,
and he shall inherit my holy mountain.”
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Emptiness as the result of sin
Emptiness as the result of sin
And I also have made you sick by striking you down,
making you desolate because of your sins.
You yourself will eat but not be satisfied;
your hunger will be in your midst,
and you will put away, but you will not save,
and what you save I will hand over to the sword.
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God wants to remove the emptiness of people’s lives
God wants to remove the emptiness of people’s lives
because you know that you were redeemed from your futile way of life inherited from your ancestors not with perishable things like silver or gold,
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Jesus Christ accepts emptiness in order to redeem humanity
Jesus Christ accepts emptiness in order to redeem humanity
but emptied himself
by taking the form of a slave,
by becoming in the likeness of people.
And being found in appearance like a man,
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