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To Everything There is a Season

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This songs theme is found in the book of Ecclesiastes chapters 1-4

Vanity of vanities; all is vanity

The author Solomon presents the idea that life is empty and

useless, with cycles of nature and history repeating themselves:

"nothing new under the sun"

There is no Joy or Satisfaction apart from God

even though natural man may attempt such qualities.

There is a Time for Everything in Life

GYS

There is a time for everything in life.

Wisdom may seem foolish in the eyes of the world.

Mortality robs a man of the fruits of his labor, because death is certain.

There are many inequities in life and so many things are wasted away.

Even a miser's wealth is a cheap substitute for human fellowship.

Being a king of royal power and fame doesn't satisfy the yearning

in ones soul.

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To Everything There is a Season

1To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

2A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

3A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

4A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

5A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

6A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

7A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

8A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

The Excellence in God's Works

9What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? 10I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

11He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

12I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. 13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God. 14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. 15That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

From Dust to Dust

16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. 17I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. 18I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. 19For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. 20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. 21Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? 22Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

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*Ecclesiastes is part of the wisdom literature books that include Job, Psalms, Proverbs, and Song of Solomon

Solomon was thought to authorize the book and written in a spirit of despair, depicting the emptiness and disappointment of life.

Written from the point of a natural man with his reasons and actions apart from God,

it is a bleak picture of a meaningless, purposeless, empty life.

since it was written from the point of view of natural man and human reasoning.

God gave Solomon wisdom and unparalleled opportunity to explore wisdom in every aspect of life.

In Ecclesiastes, there is evident a yearning for something beyond One's self,

a yearning that can only be filled through Christ.

In Him there is no longer vanity but joy, peace, and gladness.

Only through Christ may one have a full, abundant, and glorious life.



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