Ecclesiastes Overview
(Class Notes)
- Ecclesiastes Book
Outline
- Introduction to the Preacher (1:1)
- The chief good - What
it is not (Chapters 1-6):
- The vexation of spirit, i.e. the vanity of the labor of one's own hands (2:11)
- The vexation of spirit, i.e. the vanity of the labor of another one's hands (4:4)
- The vexation of spirit, i.e. the vanity of the desire for that which is NOT (6:9)
- The chief good - What
it is (Chapters 7-12):
- Wisdom "giveth life" (7:12; John 6:63)
- Wisdom is "better than strength" (9:16)
- Wisdom is "profitable to direct" (10:10)
- Conclusion of the Preacher (12:13-14)
- Divinely Inspired Theme