Session 6 - Problem: Injustice and Death (3:16-22)

April 10, 2023 00:23:06
Session 6 - Problem: Injustice and Death (3:16-22)
Ecclesiastes
Session 6 - Problem: Injustice and Death (3:16-22)

Apr 10 2023 | 00:23:06

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Show Notes

Solomon turns his gaze to two great enigmas: injustice and death. This thought-provoking session walks through the unsettling reality that justice is often corrupted, and death comes for all—human and animal alike. Despite God’s orderly design for time and seasons, Solomon sees wickedness in the very places where righteousness should prevail. Yet, he concludes that God must have appointed a future time for judgment, even if it is not for a time as now. Death, too, is troubling: if both humans and animals share the same fate under the sun, what distinguishes them? This session explains how Ecclesiastes wrestles honestly […]

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