The Strand Study Bible

ECCLESIASTES FINDING CHRIST IN ECCLESIASTES

Ecclesiastes 1 Ecclesiastes 2

Laboring to live, instead of learning to labor, is vanity

Indulgence and gaiety is vanity; Step #1 to better living

Steps #2-3 to better living; The promise of a JUDGMENT DAY to come

Ecclesiastes 3

No one is better off dead; Steps #4-6 to better living

Ecclesiastes 4 Ecclesiastes 5 Ecclesiastes 6 Ecclesiastes 7 Ecclesiastes 8 Ecclesiastes 9

Be swift to hear and slow to speak

The futility of earthly riches

The sorrows of this life ought to lead you to appreciate the blessings of the next life

The unequaled excellence of a wise man

The futility of life Ecclesiastes 10 Woe to the wise man who acts foolishly Ecclesiastes 11 Learn to labor, trusting God for the results;

Step #7 to better living; the promise of a JUDGMENT DAY to come

Ecclesiastes 12 Life is vain unless God is in it;

The promise of a JUDGMENT DAY to come

SIMPLE CHRONOLOGICAL SETTING OF ECCLESIASTES

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SUBJECT HEAD

DATE

Ecclesiastes 1-12 I Kings 11:26 - 12:8 (II Chro 9:29 - 10:8)

King Solomon writes Ecclesiastes

c. 970 BC

The LORD chastens King Solomon

c. 970 BC

PROPHETICAL EVENTS IN ECCLESIASTES Prophecies Fulfilled

The promise of a Judgment Day to come Eccl 3:17,21 & 11:9 & 12:7,14 (c. 970 BC)

To be fulfilled at Christ’s White Throne Judgment Revelation 20:11-15

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