Ecc Notes Week 1

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Ecc 1:2

Ecclesiastes 1:2 CSB 2 “Absolute futility (Hevel, Hevaleem),” says the Teacher. “Absolute futility (Hevel, Hevaleem). Everything is futile.”

Ecclesiastes 1:2 AFAT

2 הֲבֵל הֲבָלִים אָמַר קֹהֶלֶת הֲבֵל הֲבָלִים הַכֹּל הָבֶל׃

Hevel, hevaleem’

Vanities of Vanity

Futility of all futilities

meaningless

perplexing & frustrating

breath, mist, vapor (unable to be grasped)

Ecc 1:3 - What Gain is there?

Ecclesiastes 1:3 CSB 3 What does a person gain for all his efforts that he labors at under the sun?

This is the Major Question posed by the Teacher.

What gain is there? What advantage? What good is there in...

all of our effort

all of our labors

in all of his toil

Under the Sun — here on earth.

What does it all mean? Can you get ahead?

Ecc 1:4-7 Examples of the Cycle of Hevel

generations come and go

sun rises and sets

wind goes there and back

streams cont’ flow

Ecc 1:8 - No Satisfaction

Ecclesiastes 1:8 CSB

8 All things are wearisome, more than anyone can say. The eye is not satisfied by seeing or the ear filled with hearing.

Ecc 1:9-11 - No Remembrance/Legacy

There is nothing new here

everything goes in cycles

Nothing is really ever rememberd

You will not be rememberd in 50 years

do you remember your great grandparents? Great Great?

No

So what does it all mean? What gain is there?

That is the question of Ecc.

Paul’s answer to this:

1 Corinthians 13:3 CSB

3 And if I give away all my possessions, and if I give over my body in order to boast but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Words

Hevel

Under the Sun

Application Ideas

Go walk around a grave site and see how many people’s names you recognize