I already gave a book report on Eccl. so I will choose some verses that jumped out at me this time.
Eccl. 12:6,7-"Remember your Creator
before the silver cord is loosed,
Or the golden bowl is broken,
Or the pitcher shattered at the fountain,
Or the wheel broken at the well.
Then the dust will return to the earth as it was,
And the spirit will return to God who gave it."
Isn't it interesting that death is portrayed here
as the loosing of the silver cord,
the breaking of a golden bowl,
the shattering of a pitcher at the fountain,
and the broken wheel at the well?
What do these things mean?
Is there special significance to the illustrations
or is it just a portrayal of the end of things?
Oh! He does go on to say,
"Vanity of vanities, all is vanity."
Maybe all of these illustrations
have to do with the illusion of
wealth and usefulness.
"The Preacher" (Solomon or another)
seems disillusioned with illusions.
Someone said to me the other day
that everything else seems 'trite'
in the face of the death of her son.
I think 'The Preacher' would agree.
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