Book of Ecclesiastes Summary: A Complete Animated Overview 

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I’m responding to a very old comment, but boy did you nail that little, ehh, proverb. Good job, I really like it ;) Flesh and blood did not reveal that to you.

Raif Barrett Amen brother

Amen!

Amen

This works only in English :(

Amen

That is the true blessing of the wisdom books.

Haha, my 2 favorite books actually.

These are my two favorite books

Based department; NN taleb is calling for you.

“Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.” - ‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭11‬:‭9‬‬ God will bring thee into judgement❤

The word of the Bible is not just powerful emotionaly but also spiritualy

Books will inspire you but the bible is life!

Spirit and life.

indeed

How beautiful to find wisdom direction love peace in God precious word. It was there beside you all along, waiting patiently for you to find him. He was with you all along. May his powerful word continue to bless you as you grow into the wonderful person he designed you to be. Thanks for sharing very inspiring and heart warming.

Me Too!!!!!!

How ??

ITS THE MOST BEATIFUL

It's not even an upper or a downer, really. Properly understood, at least. It's just wise. People take it as they are, more or less.

Only paying attention to how it reveals an apparent pointlessness of life, it can appear to be quite a downer. However, when one notices the grains of hope sprinkled in, the misery may then fade away, banished by hope and a renewed and fortified joy in the same way darkness is banished and retreats away in the presence of a shining light. Those bits of hope point the frustrated and downtrodden soul to God as the solution to the problems presented in Ecclesiastes. Though major apparent sources of joy and meaning in life, such as wealth, power, status, or pleasure...etc., fail to bring true joy and meaning, they can still provide some. Additionally, by pointing out that God, out of His sovereign control of divine providence, allows people to enjoy these things and gain joy and meaning from them, by a "transitive property of deriving joy and meaning," the reader may realize that God is ultimately the source of joy and meaning in life. If these things provide joy and meaning, but those things were provided by God, then it seems that God ultimately provided the joy and meaning a person gains in life. Then comes the final grain of hope, that loving the Lord and keeping His commandments as the duty of man is the true meaning of life in which true joy and meaning may be provided. Meanwhile, those other things alone only provide temporary glimpses of the true joy and meaning of life, as "people drink water from wells, but the water that Jesus offers is of a quality in which those who drink from Jesus will never thirst again," having gained true and complete fulfillment. Also, this all comes out of Ecclesiastes alone. When one compares to how perfect obedience to Godly law and wisdom in Proverbs does not account for all of life's complexities, and Ecclesiastes reveals how some of these things sometimes go wrong in a life and world that is not always fair, one is even more greatly compelled to wonder why this is so? Why is life like this? Why is there death, unfairness, suffering...etc? This is explained when one looks back within the entire Bible, back to Genesis, when God told Adam and Eve and the serpent how their sins had cursed the world and themselves. Through Ecclesiastes, we see more clearly what God meant. For example, work was said to be made more difficult. For example, without a sense of purpose and meaning, work does become more tedious, wearisome, and burdensome. Another example: death was the ultimate result of sin. Death is the cause of much of the "vexation of spirit" one experiences when contemplating the meaning of life, as its equalizing nature makes meaningless the distinctions that exist among people, its finaliy makes efforts and chasing after things pointless, since they will be gone soon anyway. Death diminishes the joy and meaning of life quite a bit as a result. This is also explained when one looks forward to other parts of the Bible, such as the 4 Gospels, when God as Jesus, reveals and expounds the truths He had been sharing with humanity since Adam and Eve. For example, there is the claim in John that Jesus is the way the truth and the life and that no man may come to the father any other way. There is no answer, no meaning of life outside of Jesus, and therefore God as well, since Jesus is God. From all this and more, we see that Ecclesiastes, as well as each other work in the Bible, is like a puzzle piece of truth, that when fitted with the other revealed truths and divine wisdom of the mind of God, reveals the nature of God (in terms of His loving goodness) and His redemption plan for Humanity, (which saves His most beloved creation and vindicates His loving good nature). Hope this helps! 😊

Me too

Same here. Infact when I read this book the first time, I smiled. Because I finally felt unburdened. I felt like finally someone sees the very things I did and put them into better words than I could. The only difference is that I didn't have the answer whereas thanks to sweet LORD, he did.

It literally tells you that god punishes the good for the wicked. That the wicked get rewards for the righteous. That's not all loving nor is that balance. That's chaos personified

@@bradbarfuss6472 it doesn't tell you God punishes anyone it simply says that due to the chaos in the world that sin brought we all live in an unpredictable life which like smoke and therefore is unclear and unfair so we shouldn't stress too much over it and simply wait for God to clear this chaos and bring his perfect world.

@@CozyToni Be in God's Presence, and then what?

AMEN.

I agree, but how does this bring any peace to you? That there is a God that allows for this meaningless life?

@hermit gains You have to remember that it is the Hebrew word “hevel” being translated into “meaningless”. So no, he’s not saying it is meaningless, that is just how some English translators render it. In the original language, the word “hevel” means that it is like vapor or smoke, fleeting/enigmatic.

What about social media? 😉

In the ultimate sense, yes, life has zero meaning without God. Is it not true that rescuing a family from a house burning to the ground has meaning? Or turning loose a dog from a bar trap?

Find Truth in scriptures , I meam real Truth not all this fully christain stuff, as a Former Engineer and head manager when I walked away after 33 years on in that trade, I had no idea what repent meant, turning away from all that worldy stuff, even though I work harder now and making a fraction of what I used to I am SO blessed.

That's great

Likewise my dude, how's it going nowadays?

God be praised :)

As a physics student, i love this book as well hah. I think it's great that was is presented in this book, can be applied to everyone, no matter their beliefs. Atheists, Agnostics, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists etc... the core message in this book is something everyone can take to heart.

And even truer to me. I worked hard and had little satisfaction, and now I take life easy, and there is little to no diferrence at all!

Felix Walne me too!!!!

Amen, same here!!

Amen! Same here brother!

Just turned 50, I feel death is coming quickly. God is always on my mind. I make six figures, great pension and benefits, healthy family but what I really want is peace & with God and Jesus. This is why I was created and I have done poorly figuring that out.

How are you doing?

Hope all is well with you

Hope all is well

How are you doing now?

That’s how I felt. Every time I had a hard time or felt forsaken I always read a Bible chapter before frustrating myself to sleep. The next day, relieved. Psalm 30:5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

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I see this is 2 years old, but I will comment anyway. 😬😬😬 The question “Why do bad things happen to good people?” The same question I’ve heard my whole life especially by Christians. I believe I have an answer to that. That question implies that Godly rewards are based on works; and the belief that good life blessed and protected by God is rewarded by good works. If I’m good, then my life will be good. We never see a place in scripture, where good things are based on being “good.” We see God is a rewarder, “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” Without quoting many scriptures about how to receive blessing and protection, I believe the blessed life comes from a life of seeking God, Godly love, forgiveness, prayer and faith based on scripture that’s in your heart. Now the answers to Job, they’re clear in our face, but the problem is bad teachers keep telling us how to interpret Job. I’m KJV preferred but I have a Complete Jewish Bible sitting next to me, so I will use this. In Job 1:5 we see Job said “my sons might have sinned and blasphemed God in their thoughts. This is what Iyov (Job) did every time.” First thing I see here is fear. Job is offering sacrifices out of fear. Should fear sacrifices be acceptable to God? Shouldn’t it be based on a repentant heart? Another thing I see, adult children. They have their own houses and servants, we can agree these are adults or some type of age of reason. Yes? Ok, shouldn’t they be offering sacrifices for their own sins? How can a father force repentance for his grown children? He can’t, Job is just so deep in his own fear. Job 3:24(25) “for the thing I feared has overwhelmed me, what I dreaded has happened to me.” There is the complete answer to all of this. He didn’t believe God would protect him. He had faith in his fears, and obviously played this scenario out in his mind over and over. What’s the opposite of faith? Fear. If faith is the substance of things hoped for in God and the evidence of things not seen. Then fear is the substance of things dreaded in the devil, and evidence of things not seen. Basically, fear is opening the door to the enemy. “For God hath not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love and of a sound mind.” Notice “spirit of fear.” Fear is a spirit, not an emotion as we’re taught in school. Fear can be resisted. That means Job had been entertaining a spirit of fear more than he had faith in God’s protection. The short answer of why did this happen to Job? You reap what you sow! It’s good to ask the tough questions. Most pastors and people shy away from them and conclude (escape the answer with) God is mysterious. Put them before you and expect answers from God, He will give you all the answers. 🙂

Thank you so much. I'm always asking 'why' for everything that happens in life and struggle to find answers. Sometimes I don't need to have answers.

@@Shadrake You’re right! You do need answers to everything. God will answer you. I have never failed to receive an answer to why. I will be honest I did have to wait many years to hear why to several issues because of anger problems. I did feel a heavy conviction to handle it during that time, and I didn’t know they were related, but as soon as I did answers came. It’s hard to know exactly why you’re not hearing your answers yet. Many years ago, I used to pray “Lord, please prepare me to receive an answer.” Now when something happens, I ask the Lord, “Where did I miss it?” As in, where did I miss my direction? Even with other people, I ask, but I had to get to place to learn to keep my mouth SHUT when I get an answer. I’m like you, I gotta know WHY to everything and have a hard time moving on without it. Matthew 7:7-8 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. I believe we have to get to place where we believe the Word works or admit to ourself we don’t. If the Word isn’t working, the fault is on our end. For me to hear answers I had to mature in Christ; be ready to hear my faults, not blame God, not be sinfully angry at others, not be discouraged and not run from God. I’m not saying these are your problems, but just encouraging you to change tactics. Ask God to show you why you can’t get your answers. He loves you, He wants you to hear from Him. That’s part of the close relationship He wants to have with us through Christ.

@@KristiTalk Thank you! That's really encouraging to hear. Being reminded of Matthew 7:7-8 is good, I wasn't thinking of it. You're really speaking so much truth. Thank you so much for taking the time to write all that out ^_^ God bless you

It's not strange at all

I find great comfort In knowing that everything is Hevel. Why? Because it's liberating!

RandyG what’s good Randy

What is the mea nak ong of life?

RandyG, don't fall for the likes of Benedict Arnold here. He is trying to pull you into the church world by twisting the messages of Ecclesiastes.

It's interesting that it seems to be saying that "yes, in fact there IS no hope" and what our soul knows to be true is true, that our hope is in Him, in God alone, and THAT is encouraging.

Samuel Blakey amen

SOAP BUBBLES! This is awesome. And true, this whole comment is true.

I like the soap bubbles metaphor, thank you for sharing it. Soap bubbles can be beautiful if you take the time to appreciate them and watch how the light catches on them as they float. But if you try to control them or expect them to last forever you will end up frustrated and disappointed when they inevitably pop or float out of your grasp.

When you fear God, you will keep his 10 commandments, when you keep his 10 commandments you know you fear God, they are synonymous. This is “wisdom” and the whole duty of man.

Amen Brother

I need to know, how does this bring peace to you? That life is meaningless (which it is) and God allows for this meaninglessness? I'm very sincere and I hope you see this and answer.

@@miker1582 that's simple. Our purpose for being created was to serve God. But we've been deceived and lied to that this world is all about what we have now and how much we can accomplish here. We serve him by reading and abiding in his word. It's truly the best way. The reason we are so disappointed in this life, in things i.e possessions is because we know in our hearts that no matter how much we strive to accomplish and accrue, it all comes to nothing. God said in his word that if we followed Christ we'd suffer persecution and hardship. But for true believers we know that our inheritance is not of this world and it's eternal.compared to a few fleeting years we have here. So much more awaits us on the other side of eternity. Again only for the ones who truly believe and trust in God. So much more I'd like to tell you but I'm working now. I'll send another reply when time permits.

Amen

​@@kevinharrissr5255 I truly appreciate you taking the time to answer. As a short personal background, for context, I am a christian (ortodox), both my parents are strong believers, my relatives are in general. It's just that through reading a ton, personal experience and in the end gut feeling, I started to loose faith that God actually exists as the bible depicts it. I stopped believing in the resurrection or even Jesus having been born from a virgin Mary. Coming back to my question and your answer, I feel like you wrote beautiful ideas, but somehow parallel to my question.. I am not 'disappointed in this life' as you say. I would actually be at peace and living fully if I knew God truly didn't exist. I don't see life without God as meaningless as the one without him, not at all. Why such statements? Because without God, you accept the hazard of life as it happens, a complete miracle we developed as human beings in a Universe that is unfathomably huge, on this planet, and the way we did it. And then I derive meaning from what surrounds me: having and growing a child, working to help others, challenging the mind through reading and the body through a fitness regime and so on. Everything per se is without meaning of course, the absolute beauty being that through the mind you, yourself are able to give meaning to anything you choose. However, through believing in God, if I have to accept that he truly does exists and acts, and has acted through what the bible and the religious history affirms, than I begin to start asking why did this God put me trough this meaningful life in the first place, if he doesn't want as here, but in the "eternal life". What's with this incredibly complicated middle ground between us and him? I am much more at peace without him than with, mainly because of this reason (and many more less important ones). How do you find peace in knowing that God puts you through this meaningful life? This was my question, and was sparked by your initial post.

Dear Kathy, may God bless you with unwavering knowledge that He is with you, always, through these dreadfully difficult times.

praying for your strength and wisdom , continue to fear god !!

Praying for you, I am so sorry for your loss. If I may ask, what has your walk with the Lord been like in the past year since you posted this?

My walk has been so much better and I am stronger. I had a vision of Jesus holding my girl last Sunday during worship. I still cry a lot because I miss her presence in my life. My youngest went into the Good Samaritan rehab program 4 months ago. Praise God she is walking with the Lord and is clean and sober. She started a job this week and is working on getting her boys back. Aged 3 & 4 months whom we have had since she gave birth and went into treatment. Thank you for the prayers everyone. God is so good and hears our cries.

I had to pause and go back to that statement. "Go climb a mountain, see if it cares. 😭"

@@wambuindishu5052 you supposed to be moving that mountain hahaha

And the word became flesh and he dwelled with us for 33 years he came to Earth To Die For Us so that we may have a chance to spend all eternity and Heaven Can you even grasp your mind around eternity versus what 60 to 80 years here I'm already 50 years old I can't wait to be with Jesus but this world isn't such an evil place and that's why he is allowing all of these things to go on because people all around the world are sending against him and denying him he demanded his disciples to go out into the world and preach the gospel so we do the same thing we have one of two places our souls are Eternal or flesh is not tell everybody you possibly can about the love of Jesus and what he did for us on that cross without him shedding his blood on the cross there would be no possibility for humans to be saved God bless you and when you get down or you look at everything that's going on think of the world to come Heaven is going to be a place that we cannot even imagine your beauty no sickness being with the Lord just hang on and obey the Lord God bless you all

@Benedict Abumere I’m still trying to figure that out honestly at the same time although it’s my favorite book. Sometimes I feel like I can’t really enjoy things for the fear of being “too worldly”

the four Gosperls are good too

@@lindalatelyI understand that. God doesn’t have us here to simply suffer. We are called to enjoy the gifts, He’s given us, but that’s the key. Remembering, He has blessed them to us. Being grateful when we have little, and being grateful when we have much. Always, placing God first, and always thanking God first. Knowing He is our God. He has provided, He has made a way, and just living with Him, and loving Him one step at a time. Anything can happen at any moment. Holding on to anything but Christ is the problem. When we keep our eyes focused on Him, it allows us to experience His fullness in every season. And that, is the fear and wisdom of God. Something God has been teaching me recently. Stay focused on our Father, and grateful in all circumstances, and He will always make a way. He will always be there. Our life here is but of hevel, but our life afterwards is far more abundant with Him then we could ever imagine. One beautiful day at a time friend. 💜🙏🏻☺️

How ??

@@pedrorodriguez2129 because it makes everything in life more enjoyable. Because it gives you more reason to not afraid of God's second coming. It gives you hope because there is always light at the end of the tunnel, God bless you bro

That's kind of like the christian life.Were broken and crying over our sins but also rejoice and sing for what Christ did.Christians sure are a paradox.

@@wisanggenikertyaadi9568to add to your point the darkest time is when true light comes to life. We as human beings have killed the Son of God and incarnate that came to not condemn the world but to save the world but in his most torturous, painful, and horrible moment before Christ Jesus died he begged to the Father to forgive humans for they act in ignorance and unbelief. 3 days after he died he came back from the dead conquering sin and death and showing humanity God's unlimited love, grace, and mercy. Then he offers us everlasting life, love, peace, and salvation to those that simply believe in him hence why this is the Good News or in my opinion the most perfect news humans had in their history. Through Christ, death is life, darkness is light, hopelessness is hope, hate is love, meaningless is meaningful. There is so much joy, purpose, hope and meaning living for the one that loves you, died for you, and lives for you and me forever.

@@junkim5853 , what do I do if this is actually the thins that makes me angry and restless the most - the fact there supposedly is a God that allows for this meaningless life?

This Book _is_ the unwavering response...*

I prayed

I also prayed. Hope things are better for you soon.

Please don't do it bro God loves you

Im praying for you

God is always with you, even if your heart feels heavy.

Great for our time because we are going through a dark dark period of time in this world.

Many in our bible study group do the same thing! The Bible Project is invaluable!!!

not to disregard the channel but you might be better off reading the books of the Bible without any prior knowledge of them so as not to expect the same conclusion but to see which parts speak directly to you. Reading into things can be dangerous

Did you ever come to a conclusion of what you think this dream meant?

Marius Ihlar, I’m 51 and just started reading this book. Yes it is awesome and full of wisdom

Its been in the bible the whole time. Why do you need people to show you the bible and the books within?

@@adamgoodword7888 well you can't exactly judge him my bro, he could be a new Christian, he could have no Bible study experience, and many more. God bless

I'm 37 and it's my first time reading this book. It's my first time actually reading through the Old testament

At 24 you got in quite early. I thank God for you.

artisticlimon life is hevel

Winter always comes

@@albertsantiago2069 not in the game of thrones tho

Friday evening too always comes.

I always laugh when I hear that part, I’m gonna use it

I think thia book is similar to stoicism

we do now! jointhebibleproject.com/resources/?swoof=1&product_tag=posters&paged=1

there are also free to download from that page too

Oh, awesome!

Why would you want to earn money with the Bible? We can learn much from the story of Jesus visiting the Temple when the Pharisees were selling "offers" in it.

+Oshea Faustus The reason the moneyhandlers were at fault was because they were cheating people out of their money and turning the temple into a cheater's market. Also, they would have to sell the posters in order to make them in the first place. That's why Bibles are sold.

Are you still agnostic?

It’s incredibly deep. It’s about the nihilism that you find yourself being a chronic over thinker such as I.

Josiah Shank AGREE

Mmmm!!!!!

Because the enemy knows that Ecclesiastes is the very first building block to place on the foundation of Christ.

Very helpful 👍👍👍👍🙏

Whats that?

many other things are being given worldly names. Satan is rewriting everything that's even good from God, making the individual think he or she has it figured out. we lose ourselves even more because we have no fear of God.

Well said brother 👏

U remind me of me

Yeah I was thinking of the same thing. A lot of Philosophers didn't realize that the same wisdom they say to be modern is only found in ancient but timeless book, the bible.

As a grad student in philosophy, most philosophers post Kant don't see their work as groundbreaking or as anything "new," but a reiteration of past experiences and theories that properly subvert commonly held, cultural philosophies. Kierkegaard and Camus certainly didn't theirs as special.

Warren Arthur I really enjoy these videos but Buddhism also talks about something similar to this idea of "hevel" and I'm sure there's philosophy even older than that to talk of this idea. Anyway, I believe we should not be focused on who did what first but on finding of the truth.

Warren Arthur you think they didn’t read the Word at all? How sad... what a waste. It’s the missing piece of everybody’s puzzle!

everybody with sense has these same thoughts without reading the bible which is quoting a man. further more, the tao te ching was written thousands of years ago and says exactly the same things

J Carrington this is a great idea

My sister refuses to read the bible and bashes it but loves God. Then yells at me calling the book false... But she has never read it.

@@quititwiththelies4865 please remind your sister that the Bible is not just stories, it's also an impresive piece of literature, and tell her to read it for literary purpoces(then wait for God to work through her(

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Jesus should be of interest to all humans because only through him you have eternal life and get back to the God who created us. You can choose to reject that message, but the Bible, written by many many authors separated by thousands of years, all point consistently to the Messiah who saves us from the wrath of God. That is no coincidence or superstition, that is divinely orchestrated. God will judge *everyone* not just Jews and Christians. The Christians and Messianic Jews are the ones who will be spared.

@@Marlaina I'm saying, one needn't change their religion to appreciate the content of Ecclesiastes. A Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Taoist, Jain, Confucian, or Shintoist, might read Ecclesiastes and think it to be one of their own books

@@Marlaina By the way- if you want to strengthen your faith, check out Tovia Singer. He makes a lot of good, Biblically-founded points, that if you as a Christian can address, will make you a much stronger Christian. His Bible knowledge is extensive (both Old & New Testaments).