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Intro: What if I told you that tonight once I finish and pray, you were going to LAX and flying to Benin.
No option, against your will, youre headed to the country of Benin.
You would probably have questions like
What the heck is Benin?
Where is this place?
How long is the flight?
What should I pack?
What is the weather like?
How long will I be gone?
What do they eat there?
What language do they speak?
Where will I get the money to buy food?
Is it safe?
Is it dangerous?
WHY am i going there?
We all want to know where were going and be prepared for it
Tonight I want to prepare you for a trip, a trip that you are taking today or tomorrow or in 1 year 2 years 3 years 50 years, IDK when your flight leaves but I know it is leaving, you are going and you have no choice/
Of course Im speaking of the most certain thing in your life, your death
Think about that for a moment - the only thing you can be sure of is your death
You may never graduate HS
You may never get a GF or BF
You may never get married
You may never have kids’
You may never get a good job
You may never get a degree
You may never travel the world
You may never do the VERY thing you are planning, preparing and training to do
But you will die - everybody does - its the safest bet you can ever make
So why spend our lives preparing for things that are not promised, things that may not happen, things that may be cancelled?
You need to prepare to die
Over the next 4 weeks I want to help you prepare to die.
Just like you would want to know what happens when you step of the plane to Benin - I want to show you bivlically what happens when you close your eyes for the last time on earth and open them for the first time in Eternity
Death is a transportation device - that has 2 stops… Heaven & Hell.
Over the next 4 weeks were going to get the Bibles travel guide through heaven, through Hell and how to know where you will go.
But before we talk about your eternal home we must talk about your temporary one.
This life on Earth.
I want to show you the Word of God through Solomon in the book of Ecclesiastes
Who is Solomon?
The King of Jurusalem.
Wisest man to ever live save Jesus himself
Richest man (Bezos = 1.4 Bil & Elon 221.5 Bil) Solomon had 2.2 Trillion dollars
700 wives & 300 concubines - so many women at his beckon call
He oversaw the most prosperous Israel ever
He had a strong military
He literally had or could have whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted ,however he wanted it.
And what does he say at the end of His life in this book?
What is the secret to success?
What is the thing that he learned?
2 realities about life that change how we LIVE
1. Life is short
Ecc 1:2 ““Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher, “Vanity of vanities!
All is vanity.””
Vanity = Hevel (Onomatopoeia) Like sizzle or cuckoo
its like a warm breath on cold morning where you see the mist vanish in a moment
It refers to emptiness, vapour, futility
That is his word to us - All of life amounts to nothing & I’d even say he speaks to how short life is, its here one moment and gone the rest, Time flies
You remember when you were 10 and you wanted to drive SO BAD and your parents said you can’t until your 16 and you basically gave up all hope of driving?
Because 16 was 6 years away and that might as well be an eternity and now all of sudden you’re getting your permit or license or you've been driving for a year.
You’re like how did I get here?
Thats all of life “I’ll never be 16, Now I’ve been driving for 6 years” “I’ll never be married, now going on 1st anniversary” “I’ll never have kids, now Im a grandparent” “I’ll never be 80, now you're dead”
Time is flying, what are you doing with it?
How are you using your 1 life?
Does your life provide any meaning, any lasting contribution?
Or is your life all about you?
Life is short, you’re dying as we speak - time gives no refunds BUT LIFE ISN’t just short, its empty
2. Life is empty
v. 3 - Work won’t satisfy
Our culture is defined by work.
Go up to any adult and say tell me about yourself
v. 4 - No one will remember you
Whats your dads name?
You dads dads name?
Add 3 dads what is his name? in 80 years you will be dead and in 100 forgotten
v.5-7 - The world is cyclical and just keeps moving with our without you
Sun goes down and comes up every 24 hours
Wind blows in circles
rivers flow into oceans and the oceans are never filled
So is life;
You wake up
check your phone
go to school
sit through class
go to break
have the same conversation with the same friends in the same spot as yesterday
go back to class
go to lunch - eat the same thing as always and sit in the same place as always
Go home
Eat food
watch youtube
do homework
eat dinner
scroll on your phone
shower
go to bed and do it all again
Life is cyclical and predictable and we find our rhythm and never leave it - BUT Solomons words keep begging us to aks the question, “Is their more to this life?”
v. 8 - Life on Earth has a HUGE appetite and is never satisfied
You never listen to a song and delete it from your playlist, you want to hear it again
You don’t watch one tiktok, and close the app but you sit down intending a 5 min break and come out of a trance 30 min later - unsatisfied
We have an entertainment tape worm - the more we feed it the bigger it grows and hungrier it gets
v. 9 - 11 - You will make no lasting impact
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