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When King Solomon uses the term under the sun in the book of Ecclesiastes, he is referring to a life without God.

Whenever you hear the term under the sun, he is talking about a life that is lived in this life without God.

In fact, the book of Ecclesiastes, King Solomon repeats those words under the sun so many times.

I didn't count him.

And he's basically saying this, that there is nothing new under the sun. Everything that scientists discovered has

always been there. There is monotony and there is boredom under the sun. He said life is really

empty under the sun. He said life is meaningless when you live it under the sun. Because under the sun in the

Bible as a euphemism, as I told you, of a life that is lived without God. But a life that is lived

with God and in fellowship with God and under the authority of God, it is a life that is lived

above the sun.

So that everyone who has ever been born and ever will be born, every human being can live

either under the sun or above the sun.

Every human being that was ever born and will ever be born, they either experience meaninglessness in life and emptiness

and boredom because they live it without God under the sun, or they can experience it as fulfilling

and joyful and exciting life because they live it above the sun with God.

The book of Ecclesiastes is really a great book because it just puts things together.

Think of the average person and the average home in this land or any land.

And just think of that individual, waking up in the morning, beating everybody into the shower

so he can get ready for work and then get on the road and beat the traffic so they can get to

work on time, and then they go under work all day and work hard, and then get in the car and

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