Coping With Change - Ecclesiastes
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Ecclesiastes is a book filled with good news for those struggling to make sense of what is happening in life. Why does man madly pursue one thing and then another without meaning? True joy comes from the Lord himself, and for the one who has learned to fear God and keep his commandments, all of life holds purpose and delight. In Coping with Change, noted theologian Walter Kaiser mines the riches of Ecclesiastes to reveal the source of true joy.
Top Highlights
“Later we will make the case that in Ecclesiastes 1:2, the word hebel has the sense of ‘breath, vapor, mist’ 11 or the like and thus should be rendered ‘temporality’ or ‘transition of transitions, everything is changing!’ or ‘change is everywhere!’” (source)
“So, the mood of Ecclesiastes is one of delight, with the prospect of living and enjoying all the goods of life once man has come to fear God and keep His commandments.” (source)
“Therefore, we can fairly propose, as was argued in the introductory chapter, that each of his four sections added something to the progress and development of that argument. Consequently, the best way to begin to analyze the book is to look at each of the four conclusions to the four sections of the book, which in the first section comes in Ecclesiastes 2:24-26. By this means, we should be able to determine where the writer, Solomon, believed the first section of his argument led him in its argumentation.” (source)
“One final remark might help to set the tone for us. Ecclesiastes was intended to be a book in celebration of ‘joy’ and of God’s ‘good’ creation. In Judaism, this book was read on the third day of the Feast of Tabernacles.” (source)
“Our times are in God’s hands (Ps. 31:15); therefore, what those who fear God must do is to ‘redeem the time’ (Eph. 5:15), for God has made everything ‘beautiful in its time’ (Eccles. 3:11).” (source)
Product Details
- Title : Coping With Change - Ecclesiastes
- Author: KAISER, WALTER C. JR
- Publisher: Christian Focus
- Publication Date: 2013
- ISBN: 9781781912232
Walter C. Kaiser (1933–) is an evangelical Old Testament scholar, writer, speaker, and educator. He earned degrees from Wheaton College and Brandeis University.
Kaiser taught Bible and archaeology at Wheaton College and taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in several capacities. He currently serves as the Colman M. Mockler Distinguished Professor of Old Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in 2006 retired as their President.
Kaiser has contributed to numerous publications like Journal for the Study of Old Testament and Westminster Theological Journal. He has also written over 30 books including Toward an Exegetical Theology and A History of Israel: From the Bronze Age through the Jewish Wars.