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To: jo kus
The writer ALSO thought that there was no resurrection

Do you have a verse for this? I thought the book of Ecclesiates was about the temporary nature of life.

3,519 posted on 03/13/2006 9:18:05 AM PST by HarleyD ("A man's steps are from the Lord, How then can man understand his way?" Prov 20:24 (HNV))
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To: HarleyD
I thought the book of Ecclesiates was about the temporary nature of life.

It is throughout the book. God's gifts come to us in this world, according to the writer. All are vanities. Why would life be 'vanities' if there was a hope AFTER this life? For example:

"As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour" Ecc 5:15

"And this also [is] a sore evil, [that] in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind? " Ecc 5:16

"[it is] good and comely [for one] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it [is] his portion. " Ecc 5:17

Pretty hopeless sounding book regarding the afterlife.

Regards

3,534 posted on 03/13/2006 11:25:35 AM PST by jo kus (I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore CHOOSE life - Deut 30:19)
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