“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.” Matthew 24:36 NASB No one knows – “Prophecy Expo Presents: The Final Days – An Intelligent Look into Bible Prophecy” coming to a city near you. That’s the advertisement I received in the…
Who knows that the breath of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth? Ecclesiastes 3:21 NASB Ascends upward – “Ecclesiastes, alone in the Bible, is aware of the belief that at death the soul goes upward to the heavens, rather than down to Sheol. This idea is not…
There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven – Ecclesiastes 3:1 Appointed Time – Do you believe that God has an appointed plan for your life? Do you think that everything is already mapped out for you and you are just waiting for it to happen? …
Indeed, he does not know what is to happen; even when it is on the point of happening, who can tell him. Ecclesiastes 8:7 NJPS On the point of – Do you know what’s happening? Now, really, do you actually know? Anyone who claims to actually know what’s happening is either a complete fool or…
And Naomi said to her two daughter-in-law, “Go, return each of you to her mother’s house. May the LORD deal kindly with you as you have dealt with the dead and with me.” Ruth 1:8 NASB Deal kindly – What is the heart of the gospel? What lies right at the core of the good…
So she departed and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech. Ruth 2:3 NASB Happened – How much does luck play a part in your thinking about life? How many “accidents” just…
Then I said to myself, “As is the fate of the fool, it will also befall me. Why then have I been extremely wise?” So I said to myself, “This too is vanity.” Ecclesiastes 2:15 NASB Fate – Is your future already set in stone? Have the fates declared what will come to be? Does…
I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy yourself.” And behold, it too was futility. Ecclesiastes 2:1 NASB I said to myself – The world is filled with people who have reached the end of their ropes. They find life pointless or worse. They manage a day at a…
Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ; so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; Philippians 1:27 NASB Striving – Koheleth, the Teacher,…
And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind. Ecclesiastes 1:16 NJPS Mind – When were you last in the Garden, standing in front of that Tree? You know, the one that promises knowledge, that tempts you to think you can…
