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Ecclesiastes 3:1-15
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Ecclesiastes 3:1-15. Moore Theological College. 1980. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://images.quartexcollections.com/moore/thumbnails/preview/727a978c-b64d-414f-8c24-9ef7e822cd6a.APA citation style
(1980). Ecclesiastes 3:1-15. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://images.quartexcollections.com/moore/thumbnails/preview/727a978c-b64d-414f-8c24-9ef7e822cd6a.Chicago citation style
Ecclesiastes 3:1-15. Moore Theological College. 1980. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://images.quartexcollections.com/moore/thumbnails/preview/727a978c-b64d-414f-8c24-9ef7e822cd6a.Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.
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- Hill preaches on the theme of time based on Ecclesiastes 3:1-15. The poem reflects on different truths concerning reality in different situations of life. What is the point of the collected aphorisms? Verse 1 reveals 2 ideas presented throughout the section. Firstly, there is an appropriate time for different events. Secondly, for every type of event, there is an appropriate time for each event. It is suitable and proper for when an event occurs and for how long it endures. All events appear to be robbed of value; the events leave us with a sense of meaningless and despair. These individual events bring out certain happiness and enjoyment. What is done is not done sooner or later than it ought to. A recognition of this allows for man to enjoy each event in themselves. Each event has a beauty and significance. Such an understanding is only derived from a broader perspective of the ordering and pattern to life. In 3:11, it is revealed that we hold a limited perspective on beholding the true significance to life. God has placed eternity on the mind of man. Three alternative meanings to the word 'eternity' are considered. Because of man's experience of the beauty of God's gifts, man is aware of the existence of something greater that lasts beyond death. The quality of his experience is such that he is drawn to see that there is a plan and order that is not of his own making. God produces the discontent so that man may be drawn into relationship with Him. In conclusion, the passage draws attention to our complete dependence on God. For those who know God and are in relationship with God, they are comforted despite the unknown nature of life's course. For those who stand outside a relationship with God, reality produces disconcertment and discontent. The passage also provides a basis of apologetics to all men.
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- In copyright - educational use permitted. This item may be used for the purposes of research and study. Please acknowledge that it is held by Moore Theological College