Day 171 (Ecclesiastes 7-12) - Year 6

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Tara-Leigh Cobble

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🗓️ 19 June 2024

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0:00.0	Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.
0:07.0	Today we finished our 14th book of the Bible. Congratulations and this is the last
0:18.4	we'll see of possibly Solomon's wisdom. Let's look at what the preacher had to say to us today. In chapter 7 he urges
0:26.0	his readers to take life and death seriously and to let sadness do its job. Even though life is
0:32.4	fleeting, there's still weight to the human experience and
0:36.0	value in the emotions that come with it. He encourages us to wait on God's timing as we walk
0:42.0	through life.
0:43.0	Pride and patience are at odds.
0:45.5	Waiting requires humility.
0:48.1	And in the same way that we shouldn't look forward longingly,
0:51.1	we also shouldn't look backward longingly. In verse 10 he says it like this. Say
0:56.3	not why were the former days better than these for it is not from wisdom that you ask
1:01.0	this. Trusting God means we live in contentment in the now.
1:06.1	In verse 16, he seems to frown on wisdom and righteousness, but that feels contradictory to
1:11.3	everything else he said.
1:13.0	So what do we make of this verse?
1:15.0	It says,
1:16.0	Be not overly righteous and do not make yourself too wise.
1:19.4	Why should you destroy yourself?
1:21.6	The word righteous here isn't referring to morality. It's a word used most often in terms of a judicial system.
1:28.0	Given the context and word choice here, it almost seems like the preacher is saying,
1:32.0	don't puff yourself up. Don't be the person. here, it almost seems like the preacher is saying,
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