Queen's Road Cell

  7  All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied 8  For what advantage has the wise man over the fool? And what does the poor man have who knows how to conduct himself before the living? 9  Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is vanity and a striving after wind. 10  Whatever has come to be has already been named, and it is known what man is, and that he is not able to dispute with one stronger than he. 11  The more words, the more vanity, and what is the advantage to man? 12  For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his vain life, which he passes like a shadow? For who can tell man what will be after him under the sun?   In this study we see Qoheleth asking many questions and not providing answers. We will unpack his thought in 3 parts to unravel his meanings: v.7-9 (What is Qoheleth saying here?) v.10-11 (Compare the idea of naming in Gen 2:19-20 ...

1 For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. 2  Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins? 3  But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. 4  For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. (Heb 10:1-4) The book of Hebrews was written to encourage Jewish Christians who were tempted to give up their faith. Time and time again the author (we don’t know who he was but we know from the Greek grammar in 11:32 that it was a ‘he’) gives reasons why Christ is superior. He is superior to angels, to Moses, and to the Old Testament priesthood and sacrificial system. In this way, he encourages his readers to endure. Together with them, we are called to hold ...