Oh let the Son of God and found you with his spirit and his life,

let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you

whole. you home.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible Teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire

Bible. And on today's edition of the Word for today, Pastor Chuck continues with the

debater as we pick up in Ecclesiasties chapter 1 verse 1 and now with today's

message here's faster Chuck.

The book of Ecclesiasties begins the words of the preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.

So it identifies the author as Solomon.

The Hebrew word that is translated preacher is a word that can mean one of the assembly or a debater.

And it is determined that the translation preacher

is not necessarily a good translation of this Hebrew

Kalele, that it might be better translated the debater,

the words of the debater, the son of David the king of Jerusalem he refers to this and in

Ecclesiasties is the only time this Hebrew word is used and it is in the

feminine form and it is used seven times here as Solomon is referring to himself and really a debater or one who is searching, the searcher, the son of David, the king of Jerusalem.

And the book of Ecclesiasties is indeed a search. Vanity of vanities, saith the searcher or the debater. Vanity of vanities all is vanity.

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