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The name Ecclesiastes means one who addresses an assembly,

The name Ecclesiastes means one who addresses an assembly, hence the author's self-designated title, The Preacher (CP Ecc 1:1-2, 12; 7:27; 12:8-10). While not every bible scholar agrees, it is plainly evident from scripture that Solomon was the author. In 1:1 he refers to himself as the son of David, king in Jerusalem (CP 1:1).

In V12 he declares that he was also king over Israel in Jerusalem. Solomon was the only immediate son of David who was king over Israel in Jerusalem (CP 1:12 with 1Ki 1:38-39, 43-46; 2:10-12; 4:1). In Ecc 1:16 he claimed to have great wisdom. Solomon's wisdom was unrivalled - it was given to him by God (CP Ecc 1:16 with 1Ki 3:11-12; 10:23-24). Solomon's wealth was unsurpassed (CP 2:4-10 with 1Ki 3:13; 10:14-23, 25-27; 2Chr 9:22-24).

Solomon had a huge retinue of servants (CP Ecc 2:7-8 with 1Ki 9:17-19, 10:4-8, 26). Solomon declared that there was no man who did not sin (CP Ecc 7:20 with 1Ki 8:46). There was not one God-fearing woman among Solomon's seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines - one thousand women (CP Ecc 7:28 with 1Ki 11:1-8). Solomon was wise and taught the people knowledge - it was he who sought out and set in order many proverbs (CP Ecc 12:9 with 1Ki 4:32).

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-The name Ecclesiastes means one who addresses an assembly, hence the author's self-designated title, The Preacher (CP Ecc 1:1-2, 12; 7:27; 12:8-10). While not every bible scholar agrees, it is plainly evident from scripture that Solomon was the author. In 1:1 he refers to himself as the son of David, king in Jerusalem (CP 1:1). In V12 he declares that he was also king over Israel in Jerusalem. Solomon was the only immediate son of David who was king over Israel in Jerusalem (CP 1:12 with 1Ki 1:38-39, 43-46; 2:10-12; 4:1). In Ecc 1:16 he claimed to have great wisdom. Solomon's wisdom was unrivalled - it was given to him by God (CP Ecc 1:16 with 1Ki 3:11-12; 10:23-24). Solomon's wealth was unsurpassed (CP 2:4-10 with 1Ki 3:13; 10:14-23, 25-27; 2Chr 9:22-24). Solomon had a huge retinue of servants (CP Ecc 2:7-8 with 1Ki 9:17-19, 10:4-8, 26). Solomon declared that there was no man who did not sin (CP Ecc 7:20 with 1Ki 8:46). There was not one God-fearing woman among Solomon's seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines - one thousand women (CP Ecc 7:28 with 1Ki 11:1-8). Solomon was wise and taught the people knowledge - it was he who sought out and set in order many proverbs (CP Ecc 12:9 with 1Ki 4:32).
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+The name Ecclesiastes means one who addresses an assembly, hence the author's self-designated title, The Preacher (CP Ecc 1:1-2, 12; 7:27; 12:8-10). While not every bible scholar agrees, it is plainly evident from scripture that Solomon was the author. In 1:1 he refers to himself as the son of David, king in Jerusalem (CP 1:1).
-Ecclesiastes is a series of reasonings by Solomon from which a core teaching can be extracted by God's children in every generation, of the utter futility of life apart from God; of basing one's values in life on earthly possessions and self-gratifying pleasures; and of relying solely on human effort and wisdom to achieve lasting happiness and satisfaction from life. The key word in Ecclesiastes is vanity, which means something transitory, hollow, vain, empty, meaningless. From a New Testament Christian perspective this expresses the futility of life apart from God. Vanity translates from the Hebrew word hebel, meaning literally, "breath", which explains Solomon referring to it as "grasping for the wind" (CP Ecc 1:14, 17; 2:11, 17, 26; 4:4, 6, 16; 5:16; 6:19). The theme of Ecclesiastes from a New Testament Christian perspective, is the hollowness of natural man's accomplishments, and the complexity of life without God as the central focus. The lives of those in which God is not the central focus, are purposeless and meaningless (CP Ecc 1:2; 12:8).
+In V12 he declares that he was also king over Israel in Jerusalem. Solomon was the only immediate son of David who was king over Israel in Jerusalem (CP 1:12 with 1Ki 1:38-39, 43-46; 2:10-12; 4:1). In Ecc 1:16 he claimed to have great wisdom. Solomon's wisdom was unrivalled - it was given to him by God (CP Ecc 1:16 with 1Ki 3:11-12; 10:23-24). Solomon's wealth was unsurpassed (CP 2:4-10 with 1Ki 3:13; 10:14-23, 25-27; 2Chr 9:22-24).
+Solomon had a huge retinue of servants (CP Ecc 2:7-8 with 1Ki 9:17-19, 10:4-8, 26). Solomon declared that there was no man who did not sin (CP Ecc 7:20 with 1Ki 8:46). There was not one God-fearing woman among Solomon's seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines - one thousand women (CP Ecc 7:28 with 1Ki 11:1-8). Solomon was wise and taught the people knowledge - it was he who sought out and set in order many proverbs (CP Ecc 12:9 with 1Ki 4:32).
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