{"id":958,"date":"2023-05-01T00:00:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T00:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/241-mitch-haughton-exhortation-ecclesiastes\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:43:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:43:52","slug":"241-mitch-haughton-exhortation-ecclesiastes","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/241-mitch-haughton-exhortation-ecclesiastes\/","title":{"rendered":"241: Mitch Haughton – Exhortation: Ecclesiastes"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to an exhortation that was given at the Cranston Ecclesia in Rhode Island on Ecclesiastes by Brother Mitch Haughton April 23, 2023. <\/p>\n

We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

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\nfor the talk.
\nYou’re about to listen to and <\/p>\n

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\nnow let’s talk more about this
\nweek’s talk. <\/p>\n

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\nThis talk is an excitation by
\nBrother. <\/p>\n

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\nMitch Haughton that he gave just
\nlast week, April 23rd at the <\/p>\n

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\nCranston Rhode Island.
\nEcclesia here in the states. <\/p>\n

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\nHis topic is Ecclesiastes, it’s
\nbeen in the readings lately and <\/p>\n

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\nhe does a really good job kind
\nof over viewing the entire book <\/p>\n

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\nand applying it to the question
\nof why do we go to work? <\/p>\n

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\nHe did he details that as an in
\nhis introduction, which I <\/p>\n

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\nthought was really helpful and
\nstuck with me through this week <\/p>\n

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\nwhen I was at work and I think
\nit’s a really great as station. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m excited to share it.
\nIt was a suggestion suggested <\/p>\n

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\nright after they the person
\nfinished hearing it. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so that’s why it’s so new.
\nIt was just last week so happy <\/p>\n

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\nto share it here is brother.
\nMitch had Anan Ecclesiastes. <\/p>\n

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\nSolomon the wisest man to ever
\nwalk. <\/p>\n

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\nThe earth, besides Christ, Kings
\nand rulers came from all over, <\/p>\n

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\nto hear him, talk to present,
\nproblems for him, to solve to <\/p>\n

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\nask him questions.
\nSometimes I wish I could lay <\/p>\n

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\nsome of my own problems before
\nhim and ask for advice. <\/p>\n

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\nHow would he handle our
\nproblems? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat would he advised us to do?
\nWhat questions should we ask <\/p>\n

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\nhim?
\nThis is the wisest man on Earth,<\/p>\n

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\ndivinely influenced.
\nWhat are we asking the biggest <\/p>\n

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\nquestions of life that life has
\nto offer? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat about the answer to life?
\nWhy are we here? <\/p>\n

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\nHow can we live a life worth
\nliving? <\/p>\n

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\nHow can we, as humans find
\nUltimate lasting fulfillment? <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s something that at one
\npoint or another. <\/p>\n

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\nI think everyone considers we
\nwork day in and day out at our <\/p>\n

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\njobs.
\nWe come home, rest, wake up and <\/p>\n

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\ndo it again.
\nWe stress out over the <\/p>\n

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\nhappenings at work, we come
\nhome, we still think about work,<\/p>\n

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\nwe go on vacation or week or two
\nout of the year and sometimes <\/p>\n

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\nalso still think about work.
\nAnd yet, when we permanently <\/p>\n

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\nleave that job, all of that goes
\naway. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we might ask what was all of
\nthat stress for Maybe we picked <\/p>\n

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\nup a few new skills but all
\nthose things that we stress out <\/p>\n

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\nabout disappear, all those
\npeople that we butted heads with<\/p>\n

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\nthat caused endless,
\nfrustration, if we step back, <\/p>\n

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\nwhat is it really?
\nTake away the company that we <\/p>\n

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\nare working for and what’s left?
\nTo struggle without purpose. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m not saying we shouldn’t work
\nhard. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat I’m saying is what we get
\ncaught up in the things of this <\/p>\n

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\nlife, underlying all of it is an
\nunderstanding that the worldly <\/p>\n

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\nthings we busy ourselves with
\nthat. <\/p>\n

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\nWe think are important
\nultimately aren’t actually that <\/p>\n

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\nimportant when we let our jobs
\nDefine us. <\/p>\n

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\nWe lose sight of the bigger
\npicture of life, When we’re in <\/p>\n

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\nbetween jobs, it’s like coming
\nup for air briefly before we <\/p>\n

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\nfind a new job, with the next
\npharaoh, to give our time to if <\/p>\n

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\nour nine to five jobs.
\nDefine us. <\/p>\n

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\nIf it’s our life’s purpose, Then
\nwe, then when we leave that job,<\/p>\n

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\nwe also lose our life’s purpose.
\nWe might start to consider what <\/p>\n

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\nour lives mean.
\nAgain, what am I here for? <\/p>\n

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\nIf not to give my time to
\npharaoh, And just maybe we have <\/p>\n

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\ntime to think about a greater
\npurpose than our 925 before the <\/p>\n

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\nresponsibilities of Life hit us
\nagain and we get right back to <\/p>\n

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\nthe job hunt and find the next
\nplace to work and put her head <\/p>\n

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\ndown once again.
\nAnd that’s life. <\/p>\n

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\nTypically, we’re too busy to
\nconsider. <\/p>\n

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\nIf what we’re doing is really
\nworth it, if it really gives us <\/p>\n

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\nany true sense of fulfillment,
\nAnd that’s where Ecclesiastes <\/p>\n

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\ncomes in.
\nEcclesiastes. <\/p>\n

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\nWe can be fairly confident was
\nwritten by Solomon. <\/p>\n

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\nIn Ecclesiastes chapter 1.
\nEcclesiastes. <\/p>\n

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\nChapter 1.
\nAnd verse 1. <\/p>\n

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\nThe words of the preacher, son
\nof David King in Jerusalem. <\/p>\n

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\nThis Narrows down the
\npossibilities of writers to the <\/p>\n

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\nsons of David who were rulers,
\nbut it could be any who were <\/p>\n

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\nrulers or Kings over Judah.
\nIf we equip skip down to verse <\/p>\n

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\n12, we read I the preacher was
\nKing over Israel in Jerusalem. <\/p>\n

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\nFrom that, we know that there
\nare only two sons of David who <\/p>\n

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\nruled over Israel from
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause once the kingdom split
\nJerusalem was the place where <\/p>\n

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\nthe king of Judah ruled, those
\ntwo sons are Solomon and real <\/p>\n

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\nbone.
\nAnd then we come to verse 16 and<\/p>\n

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\nwe read, I communed with mine
\nwith mine own heart, saying lo I<\/p>\n

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\nam come to Great Estate and have
\ngotten more wisdom than all. <\/p>\n

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\nThey that have been before me in
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n

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\nYe may heart had great
\nexperience of wisdom and <\/p>\n

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\nknowledge.
\nNow, we have a much more clear <\/p>\n

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\nanswer between Solomon.
\nRehoboam Solomon was the one who<\/p>\n

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\nwas given wisdom and
\nunderstanding exceeding much. <\/p>\n

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\nSolomon was a king.
\nHe was wise wealthy beyond all <\/p>\n

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\nother kings present and past.
\nBy the way, when I say he was <\/p>\n

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\nthe wisest just understand the
\nday do mean besides Christ, he <\/p>\n

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\nwas also incredibly busy.
\nHe had his own kingdom to run <\/p>\n

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\nbut the rulers from all over
\ncame to ask him questions asked <\/p>\n

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\nfor his help to solve their
\nproblems, but despite being busy<\/p>\n

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\nSolomon, still had his head
\nabove water. <\/p>\n

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\nHe made time to consider, he put
\nthe wisest mind on Earth, his <\/p>\n

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\nmind to the task of answering
\nlife’s, biggest questions, and <\/p>\n

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\nboth his journey and his answers
\nare recorded here in <\/p>\n

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\nEcclesiastes for all of us.
\nHere’s something to ponder as we<\/p>\n

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\ngo through the book this
\nmorning. <\/p>\n

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\nNotice that no one asked Solomon
\nto answer this question. <\/p>\n

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\nThis didn’t come from, God
\nSolomon, said out in this <\/p>\n

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\njourney, to answer these
\nquestions on his own. <\/p>\n

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\nWhy didn’t this come from God?
\nJust keep that in mind as we <\/p>\n

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\nread through Ecclesiastes.
\nAnd look at the beginning, <\/p>\n

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\nSolomon starts with a thought.
\nAnd a question Ecclesiastes, 12 <\/p>\n

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\nverse 2, vanity of vanities,
\nsaith the preacher vanity of <\/p>\n

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\nvanities.
\nAll is Vanity. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat prophet?
\nHalf a man of all his labor <\/p>\n

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\nwhich he taketh under the sun,
\nHe’s given life some thought and<\/p>\n

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\nhis initial outset is this
\nfeeling of vanity. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat prophet hath a man of all
\nhis labor which he taketh Under <\/p>\n

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\nthe Sun.
\nWhat lasting value? <\/p>\n

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\nDo we get from our labor?
\nVerse for one generation passeth<\/p>\n

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\naway and another generation
\ncometh. <\/p>\n

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\nBut the Earth abideth forever.
\nThis one also arises in the sun <\/p>\n

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\ngoes down and he stiffed to his
\nplace where he arose the wind <\/p>\n

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\ngoes toward the South and
\nturneth about into the north. <\/p>\n

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\nIt worth about continually the
\nwind return if again according <\/p>\n

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\nto a circuits, all the rivers
\nrun into the sea. <\/p>\n

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\nYet, the sea is not full.
\nI’m to the place from whence the<\/p>\n

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\nrivers come together.
\nThey return again. <\/p>\n

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\nAll things are full of Labor,
\nman cannot utter it the eye is <\/p>\n

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\nnot satisfied with seeing nor
\nthe ear filled with hearing the <\/p>\n

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\nthing that hath been is that
\nwhich shall be, and that, which <\/p>\n

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\nis done, is that which shall be
\ndone? <\/p>\n

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\nThere is no new thing under the
\nsun. <\/p>\n

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\nIs there?
\nAnything where of it? <\/p>\n

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\nMaybe said see this is new.
\nIt has been already of all time <\/p>\n

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\nwhich was before us.
\nSo Solomon looks at Ation and he<\/p>\n

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\nsees the same thing.
\nEverything is busy, work is <\/p>\n

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\nbeing done, but nothing is ever
\nfully satisfied. <\/p>\n

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\nAll the rivers run into the sea.
\nAnd yet the sea is not full. <\/p>\n

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\nNo matter how much we work, we
\nwill never be satisfied. <\/p>\n

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\nThere will always be something
\nto chase more money or status or<\/p>\n

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\nrecognition more fulfillment,
\nmore entertainment. <\/p>\n

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\nLike to see, we will always want
\nfor more and yet never be <\/p>\n

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\nfilled.
\nThat is a condition of mankind. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat about creating a legacy for
\nourselves? <\/p>\n

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\nWe do something great.
\nEven if we can’t take it with <\/p>\n

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\nus, when we die, at least, maybe
\nwe’ll be remembered. <\/p>\n

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\nVerse 11.
\nSolomon says, there is no <\/p>\n

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\nremembrance of former things,
\nneither shall there be any <\/p>\n

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\nremembrance of things that are
\nto come with those that shall <\/p>\n

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\ncome after For the vast majority
\nof humankind, no matter how much<\/p>\n

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\nwe work, everything we did will
\nbe forgotten anyway, within a <\/p>\n

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\ngeneration or two.
\nThis is the problem that Solomon<\/p>\n

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\nset out to solve in
\nEcclesiastes. <\/p>\n

151
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\nHow do we gain lasting
\nfulfillment? <\/p>\n

152
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\nAnd he searches for answers
\nwithout God verse 12. <\/p>\n

153
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\nI the preacher was King over
\nIsrael and Jerusalem. <\/p>\n

154
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\nI gave my heart to seek, and to
\nsearch out by wisdom, concerning<\/p>\n

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\nall things that are done under
\nHeaven, this sore. <\/p>\n

156
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\nTravail hath God, given to the
\nsons of man to be exercised, <\/p>\n

157
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\ntheir with I have seen all the
\nworks that are done under the <\/p>\n

158
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\nsun and behold, all is Vanity
\nand vexation of spirit, that <\/p>\n

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\nwhich is crooked cannot be made
\nstraight now, which is wanting <\/p>\n

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\ncannot be numbered.
\nBird I communed with mine own <\/p>\n

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\nheart.
\nSaying lo I am come to Great <\/p>\n

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\nEstate and have gotten more
\nwisdom than all. <\/p>\n

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\nThey that have been before me in
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n

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\nYay!
\nMy heart had great experience of<\/p>\n

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\nwisdom and knowledge and I gave
\nmy heart to know, wisdom and to <\/p>\n

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\nknow Madness and Folly.
\nThey perceived that this also is<\/p>\n

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\nvexation of spirit.
\nAnyone can solve this puzzle, <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:03,300 –> 00:11:06,600
\nit’s Solomon, the wisest man who
\never lived. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:07,300 –> 00:11:10,100
\nHe’s also a king blessed with
\nWealth Beyond. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:10,100 –> 00:11:14,400
\nAny other king for in much
\nwisdom is grief and he that <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:14,400 –> 00:11:16,800
\nincreaseth knowledge increaseth
\nsorrow. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:18,300 –> 00:11:21,100
\nThis is of course, wisdom and
\nknowledge of worldly things. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:21,800 –> 00:11:24,400
\nAs we read through Ecclesiastes,
\nwe will see just how much of the<\/p>\n

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\nworld Solomon came to know and
\nthe feeling of uselessness he <\/p>\n

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\ngained from it.
\nWe come to chapter 2. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Solomon is going to run a
\ntest 2:1 I said in my heart, go <\/p>\n

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\nto now I will prove thee with
\nmirth. <\/p>\n

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\nTherefore, enjoy pleasure.
\nSo Solomon’s first test is to <\/p>\n

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\nenjoy all the pleasures that
\nlife has to offer. <\/p>\n

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\nIt is a test of personal
\nexperience. <\/p>\n

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\nIf work brings some satisfaction
\neven temporarily, then he will <\/p>\n

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\nwork harder than anyone else if
\nentertainment and money brings <\/p>\n

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\nsome level of satisfaction, then
\nyou will experience an <\/p>\n

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\naccumulate more than anyone
\nbefore him ever had. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:10,000 –> 00:12:13,900
\nVerse 3, I saw it in my heart to
\ngive myself unto wine. <\/p>\n

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\nYet, acquainting, my heart with
\nwisdom and to lay hold on Folly <\/p>\n

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\ntill I might see what was that
\ngood for the sons of men, which <\/p>\n

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\nthey should do under Heaven, all
\nthe days of their life. <\/p>\n

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\nI made me great works.
\nI builded me houses, watch for <\/p>\n

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\nall these action words, I
\nplanted me Vineyards. <\/p>\n

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\nI made me Gardens and Orchards.
\nI planted Vineyard trees and <\/p>\n

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\nthem of all kinds of fruit.
\nI made me pools of water to <\/p>\n

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\nwater their, with the wood.
\nThat bringeth forth trees. <\/p>\n

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\nI got me.
\nServants and maidens, had <\/p>\n

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\nservants born in my house, he’s
\nof life and power over others. <\/p>\n

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\nAlso, I great possessions of
\nGreat and Small cattle above all<\/p>\n

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\nthat were in Jerusalem before
\nme. <\/p>\n

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\nI gathered me also, silver and
\ngold is accumulating wealth and <\/p>\n

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\nthe peculiar Treasure of kings
\nin the of end of the province’s.<\/p>\n

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\nI got me, men, singers and women
\nsingers, and the Delights of the<\/p>\n

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\nsons of men, as musical
\ninstruments and out of all <\/p>\n

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\nsorts, So, I was great and
\nincreased more than all that <\/p>\n

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\nwere before me in Jerusalem and
\nalso my wisdom remained with me.<\/p>\n

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\nHe did not forget his goal among
\nall this intelligence and <\/p>\n

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\nwhatsoever.
\nMine eyes desired, I kept not <\/p>\n

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\nfrom them.
\nI withheld, not my heart from <\/p>\n

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\nany joy for my heart rejoiced in
\nall my labor. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this was the portion of all
\nmy labor. <\/p>\n

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\nThere is joy to be held in
\nlabor. then I looked on all the <\/p>\n

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\nworks that my hands had wrought,
\nand on the labor that I had <\/p>\n

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\nlabored to do and behold, All is
\nVanity and vexation of spirit <\/p>\n

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\nand there was no profit under
\nthe sun. <\/p>\n

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\nJust imagine the vast amount of
\nboth human and material <\/p>\n

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\nresources that went into running
\nthis test. <\/p>\n

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\nHow many people were involved?
\nHow many hours and providing <\/p>\n

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\nSolomon with all that he
\ndesired? <\/p>\n

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\nAll the workers to do the
\nbuilding. <\/p>\n

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\nAll the people who gathered
\nresources, the people who were <\/p>\n

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\nfind the resources, all the
\npeople who trained for years at <\/p>\n

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\ntheir craft, their music, the
\ncattle, herders, the traitors <\/p>\n

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\nall to help Solomon run.
\nThis test more resources than <\/p>\n

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\nany of us could ever muster all
\ndirected it fulfilling Solomon’s<\/p>\n

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\nevery desire.
\nSolomon indulged himself to a <\/p>\n

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\ngreater extent than any of us
\never could. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd in the end, it’s still
\nwasn’t enough. <\/p>\n

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\nHe wasn’t satisfied all the
\njoints fulfillment. <\/p>\n

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\nHe got were temporary and he was
\nleft wanting more. <\/p>\n

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\nHow often in life do we think I
\njust had a little bit more, I <\/p>\n

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\nwould be content and yet, there
\nare people who already have what<\/p>\n

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\nwe desire.
\nThey are already where we want <\/p>\n

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\nto be and guess what?
\nSometimes they think if I just <\/p>\n

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\nhad a little bit more, I’d be
\ncontent. <\/p>\n

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\nWe can never be fully satisfied
\nin the sweat of thy face. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:11,100 –> 00:15:14,100
\nShalt thou eat bread till thou
\nreturn unto the ground was the <\/p>\n

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\ncurse of Labor to Adam in the
\ngarden. <\/p>\n

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\nWhether first survival or want
\nof more, there will always be <\/p>\n

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\nlabor.
\nSo what about wisdom itself? <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:26,700 –> 00:15:28,800
\nWisdom had gained Solomon, much
\nin this life. <\/p>\n

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\nIt helps solve so many problems
\nalready. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:31,400 –> 00:15:34,100
\nQuit wisdom, provide any
\nfulfillment. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:35,700 –> 00:15:40,500
\nFirst 12 chapter 2 and I turned
\nmyself to behold, wisdom and <\/p>\n

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\nMadness, and Folly for what can
\nthe man do that cometh after the<\/p>\n

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\nking even that which hath been
\nalready done. <\/p>\n

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\nThen I saw that wisdom Excel of
\nfolly. <\/p>\n

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\nAs far as light Excel with
\nDarkness, the wise man’s eyes <\/p>\n

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\nare in his head.
\nBut the fool walketh in darkness<\/p>\n

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\nand I myself perceived also that
\none event happened at to the <\/p>\n

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\nmall.
\nAnd I said my heart as a <\/p>\n

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\nhappiness to the fool.
\nSo it happened at the even to me<\/p>\n

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\nand why was I then more wise,
\nthen I said, in my heart that <\/p>\n

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\nthis also is Vanity for there is
\nno remembrance of the wise more <\/p>\n

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\nthan of the fool forever seeing
\nthat, which now is in the days <\/p>\n

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\nto come shall all, be forgotten,
\nhow diet the wise man as the <\/p>\n

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\nfool, Wisdom is great to have.
\nIt is better than being a Fool <\/p>\n

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\nby far but in the end, death
\ncomes for all regardless of how <\/p>\n

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\nwise or foolish all is Vanity.
\nVerses 24 to 25 here. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:44,400 –> 00:16:46,100
\nSolomon’s conclusion of this
\ntest. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:48,900 –> 00:16:51,300
\nHere is nothing better for man
\nthan that. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:51,300 –> 00:16:54,300
\nHe should eat and drink that he
\nshould make his soul, enjoy good<\/p>\n

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\nin his labor.
\nThis also I saw that it was from<\/p>\n

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\nthe hand of God for who can eat.
\nWho else can hasten hereunto <\/p>\n

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\nmore than I So it’s a blessing
\nfrom God that while we do have <\/p>\n

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\nto work our entire lives, labor
\ndoes provide some amount of <\/p>\n

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\ntemporary satisfaction and
\nfulfillment. <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve tried it to a greater
\nextent than anyone else can says<\/p>\n

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\nSolomon.
\nAnd the emptiness that you <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:19,300 –> 00:17:22,700
\nexperience now is the same that
\nyou will experience. <\/p>\n

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\nIf you take work to an extreme,
\nthis life is not designed to <\/p>\n

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\nprovide Eternal satisfaction.
\nSo don’t try to go too far with <\/p>\n

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\nit.
\nUnderstand that enjoyment is <\/p>\n

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\ntemporal and appreciate it for
\nwhat it is. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen you can And The Echoes this
\nin Chapter 3 of Ecclesiastes and<\/p>\n

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\nverse 22.
\nWhere for I perceive that there <\/p>\n

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\nis nothing better than that.
\nA man should rejoice in his own <\/p>\n

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\nworks for that as his portion
\nfor who shall bring him to see <\/p>\n

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\nwhat shall be after him.
\nSo having concluded this test of<\/p>\n

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\nexperience, Solomon Begins the
\nnext experiment and this is an <\/p>\n

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\nexperiment of observation.
\nThe first thing that he observes<\/p>\n

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\nis life’s oppressions and
\nunfairness, what if a person’s <\/p>\n

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\nsituation robs them of their
\nenjoyment? <\/p>\n

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\nEcclesiastes 4 and verses, 1 to
\n2. <\/p>\n

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\nSo I returned and considered all
\nthe oppressions that are done <\/p>\n

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\nunder the sun and behold the
\ntears of such as were oppressed <\/p>\n

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\nand they had no comforter and on
\nthe side of their oppressors, <\/p>\n

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\nthere was power, but they had no
\ncomforter wherefore, I praised <\/p>\n

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\nthe dead, which are already
\ndead, more than the living, <\/p>\n

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\nwhich are yet alive.
\nVerse 4, again. <\/p>\n

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\nI considered all the travail and
\nevery right work that for this <\/p>\n

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\nis a man envied of his neighbor.
\nThis also is Vanity and vexation<\/p>\n

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\nof spirit.
\nThe joy of a job. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:50,700 –> 00:18:53,900
\nWell done can be tarnished when
\none is envied by their neighbor <\/p>\n

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\nfor it.
\nAnd what little Joy he was <\/p>\n

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\nlooking forward to is taken
\naway. <\/p>\n

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\nJust because we did the work,
\ndoesn’t guarantee that we will <\/p>\n

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\nhave a chance to appreciate and
\ngain the joy. <\/p>\n

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\nFirst, five, the fool folded his
\nhands together and Edith his own<\/p>\n

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\nflesh.
\nThe full doesn’t get any <\/p>\n

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\nsatisfaction from labor because
\nhe doesn’t do any Skip over to <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 5 and verse 8.
\nIf thou seest the oppression of <\/p>\n

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\nthe poor in violent perverting
\nof judgment and Justice in a <\/p>\n

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\nprovince Marvel, not at the
\nmatter for he that is higher <\/p>\n

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\nthan the highest regardeth and
\nthey would be higher than they. <\/p>\n

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\nSome are oppressed by those who
\nare in higher positions than <\/p>\n

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\nthey and those in higher
\npositions can be oppressed by <\/p>\n

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\nthose in positions higher than
\nthem. <\/p>\n

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\nSkip the chapter 6 and first
\none. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s an evil, which I have
\nseen Under the Sun and it is <\/p>\n

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\ncommon among men, a man to whom
\nGod hath. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:54,800 –> 00:19:58,500
\nGiven riches wealth and honor.
\nSo that he wanted nothing for <\/p>\n

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\nhis soul of all that.
\nHe desireth yet. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:01,400 –> 00:20:04,000
\nGod giveth him.
\nNot power to eat thereof, but a <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:04,000 –> 00:20:07,800
\nstranger eateth it.
\nThis is Vanity and it is an evil<\/p>\n

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\n00:20:07,800 –> 00:20:13,100
\ndisease.
\nSome seem to have all that one <\/p>\n

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\ncould want in life, but maybe
\nthey died early and they’re not <\/p>\n

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\nable to partake of the
\nsatisfaction that they Acted in <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:19,808 –> 00:20:22,700
\neverything that they had is
\npassed on to someone else. <\/p>\n

317
\n00:20:24,400 –> 00:20:27,700
\nVerse 6.
\nYay though we live A Thousand <\/p>\n

318
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\nYears twice, old yet hath he
\nseen no good. <\/p>\n

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\nDo not all.
\nGo to one place. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:34,000 –> 00:20:35,500
\nSo here’s the opposite
\nsituation. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:35,700 –> 00:20:39,300
\nSome may be blessed with a long
\nlife but they experienced no <\/p>\n

322
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\ngood and in the end die.
\nAnyway, as all do So what <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:46,000 –> 00:20:47,600
\nSolomon doing with these
\nexamples? <\/p>\n

324
\n00:20:48,200 –> 00:20:51,900
\nWhat’s the thought process in
\nthe first experiment? <\/p>\n

325
\n00:20:52,000 –> 00:20:54,300
\nWe established that.
\nEven if we do not gain, <\/p>\n

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\nEverlasting satisfaction from
\nlabor, at least we can gain <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:57,800 –> 00:21:00,400
\nsomething temporary.
\nHe’s established. <\/p>\n

328
\n00:21:00,400 –> 00:21:04,500
\nSomething that feels somewhat
\nlike an answer, but in the <\/p>\n

329
\n00:21:04,500 –> 00:21:08,300
\nsecond guest in the second test,
\nhe’s observing cases where that <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:08,300 –> 00:21:12,300
\nanswer is not always true.
\nThere are those who do honest <\/p>\n

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\nwork and do not get any
\nfulfillment from it even <\/p>\n

332
\n00:21:15,300 –> 00:21:18,600
\ntemporarily.
\nSo the answer he came up with in<\/p>\n

333
\n00:21:18,608 –> 00:21:22,400
\nthe first test is now thrown
\nback into question and he <\/p>\n

334
\n00:21:22,400 –> 00:21:25,100
\nsecurity, we feel that we, that
\nmay have been gained by the <\/p>\n

335
\n00:21:25,100 –> 00:21:28,000
\ninitial answer is now, once
\nagain, broken down. <\/p>\n

336
\n00:21:29,200 –> 00:21:30,900
\nWe don’t know what tomorrow will
\nbring. <\/p>\n

337
\n00:21:31,600 –> 00:21:33,800
\nWe don’t know how life will work
\nout. <\/p>\n

338
\n00:21:33,900 –> 00:21:36,800
\nWe may not even get to enjoy the
\nlittle that we were hoping to <\/p>\n

339
\n00:21:37,700 –> 00:21:43,200
\nlife is not fair.
\nLife is not certain and we’re <\/p>\n

340
\n00:21:43,200 –> 00:21:48,700
\nleft feeling empty.
\nVanity Vanity, all is Vanity. <\/p>\n

341
\n00:21:50,400 –> 00:21:54,600
\nSolomon is finding that life
\noutside of God means nothing, <\/p>\n

342
\n00:21:55,700 –> 00:21:58,700
\nthat is something that God built
\ninto us from the beginning <\/p>\n

343
\n00:21:59,600 –> 00:22:04,000
\nEcclesiastes 3 real quick, Three
\nin verses 10 to 11. <\/p>\n

344
\n00:22:07,900 –> 00:22:11,000
\nI’ve seen the travail which God
\nhath given to the sons of men to<\/p>\n

345
\n00:22:11,000 –> 00:22:13,800
\nbe exercised in it.
\nHe hath made everything <\/p>\n

346
\n00:22:13,800 –> 00:22:17,300
\nbeautiful in his time.
\nAlso, he has set the world in <\/p>\n

347
\n00:22:17,300 –> 00:22:20,400
\ntheir heart so that no man can
\nfind out the work that God <\/p>\n

348
\n00:22:20,400 –> 00:22:22,500
\nmaketh from the beginning to the
\nend. <\/p>\n

349
\n00:22:24,100 –> 00:22:26,700
\nThat word world is eternity in
\nthe Hebrew. <\/p>\n

350
\n00:22:27,600 –> 00:22:29,500
\nGod has set eternity in their
\nheart. <\/p>\n

351
\n00:22:30,600 –> 00:22:35,400
\nAnimals cannot grasp at Eternal
\nthings, animals, live in the now<\/p>\n

352
\n00:22:36,500 –> 00:22:39,800
\nman can grasp at Eternal and so
\nhe chases it. <\/p>\n

353
\n00:22:40,700 –> 00:22:43,900
\nHe chases Eternal satisfaction
\nand fulfillment. <\/p>\n

354
\n00:22:44,300 –> 00:22:47,900
\nAnd yet never attains it and
\nthis Chase can cause a man to be<\/p>\n

355
\n00:22:47,900 –> 00:22:50,300
\nfrustrated.
\nAnd that frustration, that <\/p>\n

356
\n00:22:50,300 –> 00:22:55,100
\nemptiness that feeling of vanity
\nthat Solomon is left with leads <\/p>\n

357
\n00:22:55,100 –> 00:22:58,600
\nto seeking out answers.
\nAnd by coming to the conclusion <\/p>\n

358
\n00:22:58,600 –> 00:23:02,000
\nthat the answer is not in the
\nworld, because the world is <\/p>\n

359
\n00:23:02,000 –> 00:23:06,700
\nuncertain and unfair and vein,
\nthen we are left seeking <\/p>\n

360
\n00:23:06,700 –> 00:23:10,600
\nelsewhere.
\nAnd her hopefully led to God. <\/p>\n

361
\n00:23:12,000 –> 00:23:16,300
\nGod is the only source of
\nEternal lasting fulfillment. <\/p>\n

362
\n00:23:17,300 –> 00:23:20,900
\nJohn 14 4 and verse 14
\nwhosoever, drinketh of the water<\/p>\n

363
\n00:23:20,900 –> 00:23:22,900
\nthat I shall give him shall
\nnever thirst. <\/p>\n

364
\n00:23:23,300 –> 00:23:26,000
\nBut the water that I shall give
\nhim shall be in him. <\/p>\n

365
\n00:23:26,000 –> 00:23:29,500
\nA well of water springing up
\ninto Eternal into lasting <\/p>\n

366
\n00:23:29,600 –> 00:23:34,500
\neternal life.
\nSo reading through queasy astiz <\/p>\n

367
\n00:23:34,500 –> 00:23:37,000
\nmay make us feel depressed, but
\nit has a purpose. <\/p>\n

368
\n00:23:37,700 –> 00:23:41,400
\nIt prepares, the mind, the
\ncarnal mind to accept the answer<\/p>\n

369
\n00:23:42,100 –> 00:23:44,500
\nbecause the answer contradicts
\neverything that the world in our<\/p>\n

370
\n00:23:44,500 –> 00:23:47,700
\nhuman nature tells us his
\nvaluable and worth our attention<\/p>\n

371
\n00:23:47,700 –> 00:23:52,500
\nand effort.
\nEcclesiastes chapter 7 to 10 <\/p>\n

372
\n00:23:52,600 –> 00:23:55,800
\nrecord Solomon’s deductions and
\nexpectations to the Ecclesia of <\/p>\n

373
\n00:23:55,800 –> 00:23:59,200
\nGod regarding these experiments
\nand IT Major. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:23:59,200 –> 00:24:03,500
\nShe theme is showing the value
\nof wisdom and man’s inability to<\/p>\n

375
\n00:24:03,500 –> 00:24:07,700
\nbe saved by wisdom alone.
\nAnd the last few chapters <\/p>\n

376
\n00:24:08,000 –> 00:24:11,000
\nchapters 11:49 are as final
\nconclusions. <\/p>\n

377
\n00:24:14,000 –> 00:24:19,300
\nEcclesiastes 11.
\nSolomon gives advice for what to<\/p>\n

378
\n00:24:19,300 –> 00:24:24,600
\ndo with the uncertainty of life.
\nEcclesiastes 11 and verse to <\/p>\n

379
\n00:24:25,500 –> 00:24:29,000
\ngive a portion to seven and also
\n28 for thou knowest. <\/p>\n

380
\n00:24:29,000 –> 00:24:31,200
\nNot what evil shall be upon the
\nEarth. <\/p>\n

381
\n00:24:32,400 –> 00:24:35,700
\nWe don’t know what will happen
\ntomorrow be generous so that if <\/p>\n

382
\n00:24:35,708 –> 00:24:38,300
\nyou find yourself in trouble,
\nothers are willing to offer <\/p>\n

383
\n00:24:38,300 –> 00:24:41,600
\nhelp.
\nFirst five as thou knowest. <\/p>\n

384
\n00:24:41,600 –> 00:24:45,000
\nNot what is the way of the
\nspirit, nor how the bones do <\/p>\n

385
\n00:24:45,000 –> 00:24:47,700
\ngrow in the womb of her, that is
\nwith child even. <\/p>\n

386
\n00:24:47,700 –> 00:24:52,800
\nSo thou knowest not the works of
\nGod, who maketh all We don’t <\/p>\n

387
\n00:24:52,800 –> 00:24:56,500
\nknow how God works or what he
\ncan do busier cell. <\/p>\n

388
\n00:24:56,800 –> 00:25:01,600
\nSo that God May bless our
\nefforts for six in the morning. <\/p>\n

389
\n00:25:01,600 –> 00:25:04,800
\nSo thy seed and in the evening
\nwith whole not thine hand, for <\/p>\n

390
\n00:25:04,800 –> 00:25:07,700
\nthou knowest.
\nNot whether whether shall <\/p>\n

391
\n00:25:07,700 –> 00:25:10,700
\nprosper either this or that or
\nwhether they both shall be <\/p>\n

392
\n00:25:10,700 –> 00:25:11,700
\nalike.
\nGood. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:25:12,900 –> 00:25:16,300
\nBe generous and enterprising
\nbecause we don’t know how it <\/p>\n

394
\n00:25:16,300 –> 00:25:21,000
\nwill all work out. and yet,
\nthere’s one thing that is <\/p>\n

395
\n00:25:21,000 –> 00:25:26,500
\ncertain verse 9, Rejoice, O
\nyoung man in that youth and let <\/p>\n

396
\n00:25:26,500 –> 00:25:28,500
\nthy heart cheer.
\nThe, in the days of thy Youth <\/p>\n

397
\n00:25:28,500 –> 00:25:31,400
\nand walk in the ways of thine
\nheart and in the sight of thine <\/p>\n

398
\n00:25:31,400 –> 00:25:34,600
\neyes.
\nBut know, thou that for all <\/p>\n

399
\n00:25:34,600 –> 00:25:37,500
\nthese things, God will bring
\nthee into judgment. <\/p>\n

400
\n00:25:38,800 –> 00:25:42,200
\nLife is uncertain.
\nBut one thing is certain <\/p>\n

401
\n00:25:43,000 –> 00:25:46,300
\njudgment will be there for us at
\nthe end. <\/p>\n

402
\n00:25:48,500 –> 00:25:51,900
\nEcclesiastes 12 verses 1 to 8
\ndescribes the ending of one’s <\/p>\n

403
\n00:25:51,900 –> 00:25:55,700
\nlife.
\nRemember now thy Creator in the <\/p>\n

404
\n00:25:55,700 –> 00:25:59,700
\ndays of thy youth while the evil
\ndays come, not nor the years <\/p>\n

405
\n00:25:59,700 –> 00:26:02,000
\ndraw nigh.
\nWhen thou shalt say, I have no <\/p>\n

406
\n00:26:02,000 –> 00:26:04,600
\npleasure in them.
\nWhile the Sun or the light, or <\/p>\n

407
\n00:26:04,600 –> 00:26:07,600
\nthe moon or the Stars, be not
\ndarkened, or the clouds return, <\/p>\n

408
\n00:26:07,600 –> 00:26:12,500
\nafter the rain, When We’re Young
\nset roots and God before we grow<\/p>\n

409
\n00:26:12,500 –> 00:26:15,900
\nup and responsibility sets in
\nand becomes more difficult. <\/p>\n

410
\n00:26:17,200 –> 00:26:19,400
\nAnd the day, when the keepers of
\nthe house shall tremble, in the <\/p>\n

411
\n00:26:19,408 –> 00:26:21,800
\nstrong, men shall bow
\nthemselves, and the Grinders <\/p>\n

412
\n00:26:21,800 –> 00:26:24,400
\ncease because they are few and
\nthose that look out of the <\/p>\n

413
\n00:26:24,400 –> 00:26:27,800
\nwindows be darkened, the door
\nshall be shut in the streets. <\/p>\n

414
\n00:26:28,100 –> 00:26:31,100
\nWhen the sound of the grinding
\nis low and he shall rise up but <\/p>\n

415
\n00:26:31,100 –> 00:26:34,000
\nthe voice of the bird and all
\nthe daughters of music shall be <\/p>\n

416
\n00:26:34,000 –> 00:26:36,900
\nbrought low.
\nAlso, when they shall be afraid <\/p>\n

417
\n00:26:36,900 –> 00:26:39,500
\nof that, which is high and fear
\nshall be in the way. <\/p>\n

418
\n00:26:40,000 –> 00:26:41,500
\nAnd the Almond Tree shall
\nflourish. <\/p>\n

419
\n00:26:41,700 –> 00:26:44,900
\nThe grasshopper shall be a
\nburden and desire shall fail. <\/p>\n

420
\n00:26:46,100 –> 00:26:49,000
\nBecause man go with to his long
\nhome, in the mourners, go about <\/p>\n

421
\n00:26:49,000 –> 00:26:52,400
\nthe streets, wherever the silver
\ncord, be loosed, or the Golden <\/p>\n

422
\n00:26:52,400 –> 00:26:55,400
\nBowl, be broken, or the pitcher
\nbe broken at the fountain or the<\/p>\n

423
\n00:26:55,400 –> 00:26:59,300
\nwheel broken at the cistern.
\nThen shall the dust return to <\/p>\n

424
\n00:26:59,300 –> 00:27:02,400
\nthe Earth as it was and the
\nspirit shall return unto God. <\/p>\n

425
\n00:27:02,400 –> 00:27:05,900
\nWho gave it vanity?
\nA vanity saith the preacher. <\/p>\n

426
\n00:27:05,900 –> 00:27:11,000
\nAll is Vanity.
\nThis is the decline of old age, <\/p>\n

427
\n00:27:11,600 –> 00:27:17,300
\nthis is the end of all mankind.
\nThe wise, the fool, the rich, <\/p>\n

428
\n00:27:17,300 –> 00:27:22,100
\nand the poor.
\nIn verse 9 moreover because the <\/p>\n

429
\n00:27:22,100 –> 00:27:24,700
\npreacher was why’s he still
\ntaught the people knowledge. <\/p>\n

430
\n00:27:25,200 –> 00:27:28,400
\nYeah he gave good heed and
\nsought out and sit in order <\/p>\n

431
\n00:27:28,400 –> 00:27:30,400
\nmany.
\nProverbs the preacher sought to <\/p>\n

432
\n00:27:30,400 –> 00:27:33,400
\nfind out acceptable words and
\nthat which was written up. <\/p>\n

433
\n00:27:33,400 –> 00:27:35,900
\nRight was upright even words of
\ntruth. <\/p>\n

434
\n00:27:36,600 –> 00:27:39,500
\nThe words of the wise are as
\ngoads and as Nails, fastened by <\/p>\n

435
\n00:27:39,500 –> 00:27:42,600
\nthe masters of assemblies which
\nare given from one Shepherd. <\/p>\n

436
\n00:27:44,000 –> 00:27:45,900
\nNails.
\nFastened our secure. <\/p>\n

437
\n00:27:46,500 –> 00:27:48,700
\nThey can be relied upon like the
\nwords from the ultimate <\/p>\n

438
\n00:27:48,700 –> 00:27:53,800
\nShepherd.
\nAnd verse 12, and further by <\/p>\n

439
\n00:27:53,800 –> 00:27:58,100
\nthese, my son, be admonished and
\nmaking many books of making many<\/p>\n

440
\n00:27:58,100 –> 00:28:00,300
\nbooks.
\nThere is no end in much. <\/p>\n

441
\n00:28:00,300 –> 00:28:02,200
\nStudy is a weariness of the
\nflesh. <\/p>\n

442
\n00:28:03,500 –> 00:28:08,200
\nThe wisdom of the world is a
\nweariness solemn is expanded <\/p>\n

443
\n00:28:08,200 –> 00:28:11,600
\nvast resources and energy to
\nexplore these life questions. <\/p>\n

444
\n00:28:11,900 –> 00:28:15,000
\nAnd he reaches the answer here,
\nverse 13. <\/p>\n

445
\n00:28:15,700 –> 00:28:18,100
\nLet us hear the conclusion of
\nthe whole matter. <\/p>\n

446
\n00:28:19,200 –> 00:28:21,900
\nFear.
\nGod, keep his Commandments for <\/p>\n

447
\n00:28:21,900 –> 00:28:27,100
\nthis is the whole of man.
\nThis is the completed, the <\/p>\n

448
\n00:28:27,100 –> 00:28:31,900
\nfilled the Satisfied Man,
\nfollowing this path of life, we <\/p>\n

449
\n00:28:31,900 –> 00:28:34,800
\nhave the potential to attain
\nEverlasting fulfillment. <\/p>\n

450
\n00:28:35,900 –> 00:28:38,900
\nNo more treadmill.
\nNo more vain chasing. <\/p>\n

451
\n00:28:40,300 –> 00:28:42,900
\nNo more filling the void that
\ncan never be filled. <\/p>\n

452
\n00:28:44,100 –> 00:28:46,800
\nThe work we do.
\nIn the truth is stockpiled, will<\/p>\n

453
\n00:28:46,800 –> 00:28:50,500
\nstill be relevant after we die.
\nUnlike all the other cares of <\/p>\n

454
\n00:28:50,500 –> 00:28:55,200
\nthe world.
\nVerse 14 for God shall bring <\/p>\n

455
\n00:28:55,200 –> 00:28:57,700
\nevery work into judgment with
\nevery secret thing. <\/p>\n

456
\n00:28:58,300 –> 00:29:02,900
\nWhether it be good or whether it
\nbe evil, Try as he might <\/p>\n

457
\n00:29:03,300 –> 00:29:06,300
\nSolomon, could not find anything
\nin the world that would give <\/p>\n

458
\n00:29:06,300 –> 00:29:13,100
\nmankind, lasting fulfillment.
\nSo, why didn’t God asked Solomon<\/p>\n

459
\n00:29:13,100 –> 00:29:18,500
\nto embark on this journey?
\nBecause God gave mankind the <\/p>\n

460
\n00:29:18,500 –> 00:29:24,400
\nanswer a long time ago.
\nDeuteronomy 17 verse 19 details,<\/p>\n

461
\n00:29:24,400 –> 00:29:27,600
\nthe charge to all the kings of
\nIsrael, it shall be with him, <\/p>\n

462
\n00:29:27,600 –> 00:29:30,100
\nand he shall read therein all
\nthe days of his life that he may<\/p>\n

463
\n00:29:30,100 –> 00:29:33,800
\nlearn to fear the lord, his God
\nto keep all the words of his law<\/p>\n

464
\n00:29:34,100 –> 00:29:36,300
\nof this law, and these statutes
\nand do them. <\/p>\n

465
\n00:29:38,200 –> 00:29:40,900
\nUnder the law.
\nIn Leviticus. 22 and verse 31. <\/p>\n

466
\n00:29:41,200 –> 00:29:43,700
\nTherefore, shall you keep my
\nCommandments and do them? <\/p>\n

467
\n00:29:44,000 –> 00:29:49,600
\nI am the Lord. and finally, the
\nwords of Jesus Christ in <\/p>\n

468
\n00:29:49,600 –> 00:29:55,200
\nMatthew, 19 and verses 16 to 17
\nAnd behold one came and said, <\/p>\n

469
\n00:29:55,300 –> 00:29:58,800
\nsaid unto him.
\nGood Master, what good thing <\/p>\n

470
\n00:29:58,800 –> 00:30:00,000
\nshall?
\nI do that? <\/p>\n

471
\n00:30:00,000 –> 00:30:03,000
\nI may have eternal life and he
\nsaid unto him. <\/p>\n

472
\n00:30:03,700 –> 00:30:05,000
\nWhy callest thou me?
\nGood? <\/p>\n

473
\n00:30:05,400 –> 00:30:09,900
\nThere is none good but one that
\nis God But if thou Wilt enter <\/p>\n

474
\n00:30:09,900 –> 00:30:12,600
\ninto life, keep the
\nCommandments. <\/p>\n

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