This is the Baymont podcast with Marty Solomon.

I'm his co-host, Brent Billings.

Today I'm with Josh Bosse to see Kohelet peacefully on her way.

Indeed.

This is the final chapter, chapter 12.

Not the final episode of this series, though.

Not the final episode. Marty wants though not the final episode marty wants

to have the last word well that's the thing about being the editor of this podcast josh is i

get the last word that's true that's true well we'll get into it here someone else there's going to be a

little struggle over the last word here in chapter 12 itself.

Yes. How fitting. Well, so once again, I am going to issue my famous warning, because if you haven't picked up on Kohelet and all her nuances at this point, it's over for you. You just got to go back.

Go back and re-listen to it if it hasn't sunk in yet.

No judgment, no judgment.

You know, sometimes we all need to hear something multiple times.

Oh, my goodness, yes.

The warning is also not quite so applicable this time because last chapter we kind of got to Coelelet's, I guess you could loosely call it a

conclusion. This is not necessarily going to be introducing any new ideas per se. I mean,

we can probably find some nuggets in here, but most of Kohelet's writing in chapter 12 is poetic. It's entirely poetic

and artistic. And that's not to say it doesn't have anything to say. It has, I think, a lot to say

in light of everything we've read so far and even just the tone of, you know, where we left off

last time about appreciating youth and

treasuring and enjoying all the things God has given us and all that. But let's dive into this,

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