Sep 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- – ECCLESIASTES 10:1-12:14. The reporter contrasts the wise and the foolish. Wisdom is the skill of knowing the right thing to do and doing it. Wisdom is learning what God has commanded and then putting these commands into...
Sep 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- ECCLESIASTES 7:1-9:18 The major part of the Book of Ecclesiastes records the speech of the Qoholeth. (As we have learned, this Hebrew word can be translated as Reporter, Teacher, Preacher or Speaker.) His speech begins in...
Sep 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- ECCLESIASTES 4:1-6:12. The Teacher (Reporter, Quester, Speaker) is giving his perspective on society (3:18-4:3). He observes injustice (3:16-17), oppression (4:1), depression (4:2-3), competition (4:4-7) and work addiction...
Sep 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
TODAY’S READING FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT- ECCLESIASTES 1:1-3:22 Today we start reading the Book of Ecclesiastes. Ecclesiastes 1:1 1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Ecclesiastes 1:12 12 I, the Preacher, have been king over Israel in...