Feast: Ecclesiastes Resumed (Part Thirty-Three): Ecclesiastes 8:10-9:1

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Given 20-Oct-24; 79 minutes

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Obsession with death has been a major part of every culture, with varied conclusions such as nothing beyond this life, achieving immortality through other people's memories of them, while others think they can outlive death through technology. Whatever explanation they choose, they do not want it on God's terms, but on their own terms. Since the good receive the same ultimate state as the wicked, the best one can do in the meantime is to eat, drink, and be joyful, enjoying the fruits of one's labor. To those who have been called, viewing an over the sun perspective, enjoying life's pleasures should not be the top priority, but rather seeking first the kingdom of God, with the promise that physical things will be added (Matthew 6:33). The deep things of God are hidden from the majority of the world's inhabitants, but revealed to God's saints (Deuteronomy 29:29; Ephesians 3:3). Sadly, evil, death, injustice, and unfairness are a part of the human condition under the sun. God is sovereign over the lives of the righteous and the wicked. Almighty God's called out saints must exercise the same patience as the farmer in James 5:7-8, 10-11), realizing that everything will eventually work out for those God has called out for His purpose Romans 8:28).




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