Today’s passage: Ecclesiastes 3:16-22
Helpful thoughts:
- The Preacher points out that even in the courts of this world, injustice can be found.
- God is going to judge, and His judgment is perfect.
- Solomon perceived, with God out of the picture entirely, we are no different than the animals. Charles Darwin and millions of others have come to the same conclusion.
- He shows the sadness of the idea that since we cannot see and verify that the soul of man has gone “upward” (The immortality of the soul), man could not have anything more to look forward to than any animal.
- By the way, check out Proverbs 30:4 and John 3:13. We do not look for best-selling books about “first-hand” accounts of going to heaven and back for proof, when the Bible says that does not and will not happen. Only Jesus has been to heaven and then come to earth. Only four prophets/apostles were given visions of heaven. Go to the Scriptures to learn about heaven, not unbiblical (Both in description and in disobedience) accounts of people’s, at best, dreams…and at worst, lies.
- He shows the sadness of the idea that since we cannot see and verify that the soul of man has gone “upward” (The immortality of the soul), man could not have anything more to look forward to than any animal.
Questions to consider:
- How amazing is it that God’s Word was saying, about 2,700 before man actually started believing, that mankind would be seen like no more than animals if they removed God from the picture?
- Why is there injustice on this earth? How does the knowledge of God’s final justice help us to endure injustices we see or experience?