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Ecclesiasties chapter 1 versus 2 and 3. Vanity of Vanities says the preacher.

Vanity of vanities all is vanity.

What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun,

and thus begins one of the most depressing books in one sense in the Bible and yet

ultimately hope-giving so we'll pray through over the coming days these different verses and

Ecclesiasties but the key from the very beginning is to hear that phrase

under the sun so everything is vanity in other words everything is

pointless what does man gain by all the toilet which he toils under the sun that

phrase occurs 29 different times in the 12 chapters of

Ecclesiasties and it's a reference to life without God, life without reference to God. And this is so important to realize if we miss this then we will miss

likely the whole point of Ecclesiasties and we'll think how does this fit in the Bible but this book is constantly

pointing to vanity, meaninglessness, pointlessness, if there is no God. That's what under the sun is a reference to.

If this world is all there is, then, wisdom is pointless because the more you know, the more you know

how much you don't know, and the more you understand, the more problems you see, or pleasure

is pointless, like it's just going to lead to ever increasing desire for more and more and more.

And you're never going to be satisfied and labor, work is pointless. Like when you get to the end you've done all these things you die

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