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Ecclesiastes chapter 6, verse 6,

even though he should live a thousand years twice over, yet enjoy no good.

Do not all go to the one place, so this verse continues the journey through a fairly bleak

outlook on life if there is no God, if this life is all there is.

Ecclesiastes chapter 6 specifically is talking about somebody who has everything this world has

to offer. In the very beginning he talks about a man to whom God gives wealth, possessions,

and honor so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires, and then in verse 6 what I read

just a minute ago, even though he should live a thousand years twice over.

So he could have all the world offers for a thousand years and then do it all again,

yet. And so there's phrase yet he enjoys no good.

That goes back to verse 1 where it says he has all these things yet.

God does not give him power to enjoy them, and so we see the emptiness of things in this world,

even the best things in this world, if we separate them from the God who gives us those things,

and praise and glory and honor and gratitude to God, things in and of themselves,

even good things are empty apart from the author of those good things, and then this phrase

not all go to the one place. This verse is such a clear reminder of how empty life is if this

is all there is. If everybody regardless of how much they have or don't have, how much they enjoy

those things or don't enjoy those things, even how wise they are or how foolish they are,

the author of Ecclesiastes is saying in the end, what does it matter? If this world is all there is,

and we all go to the one place then to use his language, meaningless, meaningless, vanity,

it's all vanity. Just remember as we pray, according to these verses in Ecclesiastes,

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