Ecclesiastes

Weeter Test

No other Old Testament book is as mysterious as what?

Qoheleth - Ecclesiastes

What is the voice of the author?

Of the septic, the pessimist

What are the opening words?

Word of the preacher

What word is only found in Ecclesiastes?

Qoheleth

What does Qoheleth mean?

to assemble

Who is the author of Ecclesiastes?

there is not an author given but it is assumed to be Solomon

If Solomon wrote this book, how many books did he write?

3 books:

Songs of Songs - youth
Proverbs - middle age
Ecclesiastes - old age

The author attempts to show two different views of life. What are they?

Natural man without revelation
truth may be known through revelation

Man seeks truth without revelation in two ways:

Empiricism - knowledge through our sense
Rationalism - human resource

There are two main points about the purpose to correct a faulty world view. What are they?

All pursuits of man are futile without God &
Only God's work endures

What is the outline of Ecclesiastes?

1:1-11 Premise - all is vanity
1:12-2:26 1st Sermon
3-5 2nd Sermon
6-8:13 3rd Sermon
8:14-12:7 4th Sermon
12:8-12:14 Conclusion

There is a double title in Ecclesiastes. What are they?

Preacher and King

What is the keyword in Ecclesiastes?

Vanity

What does vanity of vanities mean?

Utter emptiness all life is futile

What does "under the sun" mean and how many times is it used in Ecclesiastes?

the whole world
30 times

What is the cynical view?

What does it profit

What are three examples of the endless repetitiveness of nature?

Sun
Wind
Sea

The focus changes from what we can learn from analogies and impression to what?

what can we learn from experience

What is typical wisdom?

back to the will of God

What five things can you have to consider having it all?

Pleasure
Works
Possessions
Status
Wisdom

What is the conclusion on if you have it all?

All is vanity

Why is everything vanity?

Because death will come to the wise and the fool
and you leave it all behind

What is the solution if we leave all earthly possession behind?

All things that really matter come from God

How is the poem in Chapter 3?

Pleasant

Does life control us instead of us controlling it?

Yes

What is the problem if it is not that life does not stand still?

The problem is that we see such a small part of it

What is another typical wisdom category?

The problem of injustice

What is the outline of the Rat Race?

Competition
Drop out
True Alternative
Compulsive moneymaker

What are the five levels of the earth?

1. Constant repetition
2. lack of Satisfaction from lifestyle
3. We're not the master
4. Tyranny and cruelty
5. Rat Race

After seeing the poverty of the loner, what becomes the key word?

Better

What are some of the three-fold cord theories?

Husband, Wife, God
or
Husband, Wife, Kids

How long was the Popular Claim?

short lived

What is man life during the pious talk?

worshipper

What is better than anarchy?

tyranny

What are some concerns about money?

The passion it creates
The people it attacks
The problems it brings

What is the key word in chapter 6?

God

What does man not have the ability to do?

change himself

We can enjoy God's gifts while on earth. What are some examples?

Dreams
Children

How are some ways to face the facts in Ecclesiastes?

1. Secular man's pessimistic view
2. Death can teach us more than life
3. Christian view - be absent from the body

What is the nostalgic view?

unrealistic

What should we do with what life gives us?

Take what life gives

Honest admission of failure leads to what?

wisdom

God is not blamed for life in Ecclesiastes, who is?

man

How do you tell a King what to do and what not to do?

only God is in control of the King

What is moral perversity?

few things are more obnoxious than the sight of wickedness flourishing

What will hard work never answer?

the ultimate question

What does Solomon do before the last three chapters?

he wishes to make sure we are building on reality

What does Solomon ask in Chapter 9?

Is God a loving God or a hating God?

What does the fickleness of men look like?

they don't count on anything as fleeting as gratitude

Changes and chances

it seems sometimes we are not the fishermen but the fish

Who cannot really know truth?

man

The world is what?

unjust

Solomon has made the case against self-sufficiency with what?

cynical proverbs

Solomon gives glimpses to better keep what alive?

hope

What is easier to destroy than to create?

Folly

The wise man's _______ leads him right, but you cannot disguise foolishness.

heart

What is the plain facts of life?

Look ahead

What 2 things can go wrong?

Words and the simplest things

because we cannot control things like rain and clouds, what is the best thing to do?

launch out

Who is life meaningful to?

God

What does caperberry mean?

aphrodisiac

There is a partner ship between what?

research and teaching

What must you do when you have learned?

apply it to our lives

What is the point of Ecclesiasties?

Fear God
Nothing goes unnoticed
Nothing is pointless

What are some things that are beyond earthly vanities to God who made us?

There is no delight in old age
Chill of winter - the fading of physical powers
Great old house in decline - our former glories are but relics
Old age
The fragility of the human frame
Body reverts to the elements
Nothing in the search has led us home