Stagione 1
Ecclesiastes 11 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Ecclesiastes 11 Solomon starts wrapping up his testimony and finally comes to start to say meaningful things. He prescribes three remedies for a meaningless life Generosity Gratitude Holiness For someone who messed up their life so much, Solomon gives great advice on how to avoid the struggles and pain he experienced.
Ecclesiastes 10 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Ecclesiastes 10 Solomon continues his testimony and pauses for a few pearls of wisdom. HE starts by talking about dead flies and perfume and it reminded me of a time in childhood when I saw Queen Elizabeth II. The video finishes by thinking about the idea of cursing people in your thoughts. What is that all about?
Ecclesiastes 9 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Ecclesiastes 9 Solomon continues his testimony and discusses death. He concludes that all people die, both the rich and the poor and considers this meaningless. Without Christ of course it is meaningless, but Christ has a lot to say about life, and about trusting in him for life. So we cannot consider this chapter without considering Christ.
Ecclesiastes 8 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Ecclesiastes 8 Solomon continues his testimony, and we discover that anxiety and uncertainty were big problems back then too. What is the solution to these things? It is Christ, just the same as he is the solution to all the other problems we have encountered in Ecclesiastes too.
Ecclesiastes 7 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Ecclesiastes 7 Solomon continues his testimony and continues his human philosophizing. While he is right on a practical and human level, he is pessimistic because he speaks without Christ. But when we add Christ to the equation the book of Ecclesiastes comes alive in another entire way.
Ecclesiastes 1 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Ecclesiastes 6 Solomon continues his testimony and outlines three great tragedies. A man (ie person) who doesn't receive a good burial A man who works hard but another gets the benefit Working and not being certain what the long term results of your work will be. In this video we consider the tragedies and conclude that without Christ they are tragedies, but with Christ, none of them are tragic at all.
Ecclesiastes 5 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Ecclesiastes 5 Solomon continues his testimony and pauses from sharing human wisdom (ie his nihilistic worldview that he struggled with before repenting) to instead share some practical tips for life. He speaks to the struggles that the wealthy have which we do not often consider. What do the wealthy want? A good sleep, and for their children to turn out well, but these things don’t easily happen.
Ecclesiastes 4 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Ecclesiastes 4 Solomon continues his testimony which sounds in many places like an ancient nihilistic worldview, which makes sense because he has left Christ out of it. In the many places where God is mentioned, the name Yahweh (who is Christ) never appears once. However if we place Christ, life is no longer nihilistic but supremely purposeful. In this chapter we also find the famous marriage passage used at weddings. This passage too as we shall see is a reminder to include Christ in all you do, especially marriage.
Ecclesiastes 3 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Ecclesiastes 3 we come to the famous passage sung by the band the seekers. Solomon makes a series of 14 comparison observations about time and life. He then goes on to continue the idea of what is the point of life. Of course the burden of sin is on everyone and without Christ to lift it off, life is a complete burden. Solomon observes that life is a test, but Jesus is the answer.
Ecclesiastes 2 read by David Alley, followed by comments and prayer. In Ecclesiastes 2 Solomon continues his testimony. He had concluded that laughter was meaningless, but of course that is only if you don’t have christ. Christ brings laughter and joy to your life. The son of Abraham was named Isaac because it means laughter, and Isaac was the seed of Abraham, a picture of Christ. We continue thorough this video finding that without Christ everything is meaningless, but with Christ everything is meaningful.