Author
– Solomon
Time – 960 B.C.
Summary
– The name Ecclesiastes comes from the root meaning "to assemble
together". As such, the book forms a collection of many wise sayings
and proverbs of Solomon. The book is mainly composed of observations
of life. Solomon, having lived a full life with all its pleasures,
concludes that life is "vanity". "Vanity" in Ecclesiastes, and
elsewhere in Scripture, does not mean foolish pride, but the emptiness
of life apart from God. It means "that which soon vanishes away".
What better man to speak about life than a man who was given all
it had to offer. Without God, life would be meaningless, and all
his worldly possessions would amount to nothing. Therefore, the
conclusion of his studies states that man should love and fear
God and obey His commandments.
|
Passage
|
Subject
|
| 1
v 1 to 11 |
The
futility of all human endeavours |
| 1
v 12 to 2 v 26 |
The
test of practical experience |
| 3
v 1 to 22 |
Men’s
opportunity limited by time |
| 4
v 1 to 16 |
Human
folly greatly increased by oppression |
| 5
v 1 to 8 |
Folly
of insincere worship |
| 5
v 9 to 6 v 2 |
Vanity
of riches |
| 6
v 3 to 11 v 6 |
Vanity
of human desires |
| 11
v 7 to 12 v 8 |
Advice
and warning to youth |
| 12
v 9 to 14 |
Conclusion |
