{"id":11953,"date":"2025-03-26T01:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/servias.org\/?p=11953"},"modified":"2025-03-07T09:02:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T15:02:34","slug":"the-final-conclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/servias.org\/?p=11953","title":{"rendered":"The Final Conclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What was the overall and final conclusion of Solomon?<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There has been some discussion among scholars about who wrote Ecclesiastes, whether it was Solomon or someone else.  I submit that it was authored by The Holy Spirit so it does not really matter who wrote it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Ecclesiastes chapter 1:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 The Words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 \u201cVanity of vanities,\u201d says the Preacher. \u201cVanity of vanities! All [that is done without God\u2019s guidance] is vanity [futile, meaningless\u2014a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes, merely chasing the wind].\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The writer expands on futility in chapter 2:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 So I became great and excelled more than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. My Wisdom also remained with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10 Whatever my eyes looked at with desire I did not refuse them. I did not withhold from my heart any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor; and this was my reward for all my labor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11 Then I considered all which my hands had done and labored to do, and behold, all was vanity and chasing after the wind and there was no profit (nothing of lasting value<\/u><\/strong>) under the sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each of us has a choice to focus on things of temporary value or things of lasting, Eternal value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chapter 3:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11 HE has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted Eternity [a sense of Divine purpose] in the human heart<\/u><\/strong> [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]\u2014yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good as long as they live;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13 and also that every man should eat and drink and see and enjoy the good of all his labor\u2014it is the gift of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14 I know that whatever God does, it endures forever; nothing can be added to it nor can anything be taken from it, for God does it so that men will fear and worship Him [with awe-filled reverence, knowing that He is God<\/u><\/strong>].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walking in the Fear of THE LORD it vital for us to understand our Divine purpose.  All is summed up in the final chapter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chapter 12:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11 The Words of the wise are like [prodding] goads, and these collected sayings are [firmly fixed in the mind] like well-driven nails; they are given by one Shepherd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12 But beyond this my son, [about going further than the Words given by one Shepherd], be warned: the writing of many books is endless [so do not believe everything you read], and excessive study and devotion to books is wearying to the body.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

13 When all has been heard, the end of the matter is: fear God [worship Him with awe-filled reverence, knowing that He is Almighty God] and keep His commandments, for this applies to every person<\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

14 For God will bring every act to judgment, every hidden and secret thing, whether it is good or evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wisdom commands us to walk in The Fear of THE ALMIGHTY GOD!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What was the overall and final conclusion of Solomon? There has been some discussion among scholars about who wrote Ecclesiastes, whether it was Solomon or someone else.  I submit that it was authored by The Holy Spirit so it does not really matter who wrote it. It is written by The Holy Spirit in Ecclesiastes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-love","category-truth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11953"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11954,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11953\/revisions\/11954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/servias.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}