ECCLESIASTES 1:2
"Everything is meaningless, says the teacher, completely meaningless!"
Have you ever wondered how the "wisdom of Solomon" could ever lead to such despair and false conclusions? You would think that the "wisest man that ever lived" would have something a little more edifying and uplifting to say about life. In Solomons opinion hard work is useless, and we are never satisfied. History just repeats itself and there is nothing new under the sun according to our teacher. He tells us what is wrong can not be made right and to increase wisdom is to increase sorrow. He even said that no one will bring us back from death to enjoy life after we die. If that were true then everything would be completely meaningless.
We must remember however, that Solomon lived before Christ and that the Good News and the New Testament had not been revealed to him or other old testament recipients. The truth to Solomon was without the knowledge of Jesus Christ the Lord God who came to earth and died for our sins so that we could have everlasting life in Heaven with Him. So if we listen in perspective to Solomons conclusions we can grasp the despair of those who never knew of Jesus Christ and His Saving Grace. We can understand how he could despair and see how useless life is without Jesus Christ.
Now lets apply this same lesson to the people of today. If you do not know of or believe in Jesus Christ then your life is meaningless, completely meaningless. Nothing is new and everything is just history repeating itself. You die and everything you have done is of no value. You can have nothing to hold forever and there is great despair and a recklessness that comes with no future. The more earthly wisdom you obtain the more sorrow comes your way. What is wrong you can not make right. You ask, what do people get for all their hard work. The answer is the same for all those who do not know or believe in our Saviour Jesus Christ. EVERYTHING IS MEANINGLESS, without the saving grace and mercy of the Lord. This world has no real value and your eternal destination is determined by your knowing, loving and believing in Jesus Christ! That is true wisdom and that is true knowledge and that makes it all worthwhile!
