Qoheleth, the Preacher, on God and the Big Questions of Life

Introduction to Ecclesiastes “Qoheleth” The Hebrew Title “Qoheleth” or “Koheleth” is from the Hebrew דִּבְרֵי֙ קֹהֶ֣לֶת “Dabari Qoheleth” (soft “b” pronounced davari) the first words of the Hebrew text meaning literally “words of the preacher.” Qoheleth appears 7 times in Ecclesiastes: 1:1, 2, 12; 7:27; 12:8, 9, 10. More literal (formal equivalence) translations render Qoheleth as “Preacher” (ESV, KJV, NKJV,

Text: Ecclesiastes 1:9 This is a very familiar saying even to some who may not be very familiar with the Bible. Of course, most Bible students will know that this comes from the Word of God: “What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the

“I said to myself, ‘Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy yourself.’ And behold, it was futility”(Ecclesiastes 2:1). In I Kings 1:38-48 David, in his old age, had his son Solomon anointed king. Although it is not specifically mentioned how old Solomon was when this happened he refers to himself in a dream he had with God

Text: Ecclesiastes 3:9-13 There have been many times in my life where I feel like I’m just on a treadmill, running but feeling like I’m not getting anywhere. I used to have a very busy and stressful job, my boss would describe it as running just to stand still. Oftentimes it was difficult to make improvements. It seemed like it

Text: Ecclesiastes 4:1-16 The basic premise of this article is that life is absurd without an adequate world-view. In Ecclesiastes 3:11, Solomon’s observed that: “He (God) has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to

Ecclesiastes 12 There is a big difference between a wise man and a wise guy. In our vernacular, we view the wise guy as someone who is proud, thinking he knows everything and looks down on others. In reality, he has limited information and uses his confidence and charisma to take control and sometimes take advantage of others. A wise