God has established fixed LAWS concerning man's EARTHLY
life (3:1-8) just as He has ORDERED the HEAVENLY lights above, sccording to His
redemptive purposes (Genesis 1:14)
God's works in their APPOINTED SEASONS are beautiful (3:11)
as a FIT WORD spoken in SEASON(Proverbs 25:11)
God has set ETERNITY within the hearts of men, but has
LIMITED man's perception of it (3:11)
- only God KNOWS the end from the beginning, since all is according to His COUNSEL (Isaiah 41:4; Isaiah 46:9-10)
MAN'S JOY is in GOD'S WORKS and to do good as He does
(3:12)
and to know that the FRUIT OF HIS LABOR is the GIFT OF GOD (3:13)
- MAN'S GLORY is not in himself, but in THE LORD (Jeremiah 9:23-24)
The SOVEREIGNTY of God should invoke FEAR (SOBER RESPECT)
in those to whom God has committed Himself (3:14)
- that is the INTENT of His PROMISES to them (II Corinthians 7:1)
God DOES NOT FORGET (3:15)
and although the WICKED and UNJUST may PROSPER FOR AWHILE (3:16)
- He WILL JUDGE them AT the APPOINTED TIME (3:17
cf. Psalms 73:3-17)
God is NOT MOCKED - man REAPS WHAT HE SOWS (Galatians 6:7)
God wants to show MAN (3:18),
whose head FACES UP (3:21)
- that he stands on the SAME LEVEL (3:19)
AS the BEAST, whose head FACES DOWN (3:21)
- DEATH brings AN END TO BOTH ALIKE (3:19)
Both are subject to CORRUPTION (3:20)
UNTIL the RESURRECTION of God's redeemed (Romans 8:19-21)