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Ecclesiastes 7:2 · BSB
7:2 It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.
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…to go to the house of feasting. For that's the end of all men, and the living will lay it to heart. That's a strange proverb, isn't it? It's inEcclesiastes 7:2. And he's not saying it's more fun. He's not saying it's more enjoyable to go to the house of mourning, the house of feasting. He's saying it's…
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…hey, look at some scriptures here now. Look at these things. Look at Ecclesiastes chapter 7 first, Ecclesiastes chapter 7. Look at verse number 2.Ecclesiastes 7, verse 2. It is better to go to the house of what? Mourning. You know what David was doing as he walked up that that hill, Mount Olivet? Brethren, look up…
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…life are not our comforts or our pleasures or our blessings, but our trials are the great teachers in this life. So now take a look at your text.Ecclesiastes chapter 7, verses 1 through 2. Solomon makes a statement about what is good. Or in Hebrew, tov. How many of you have gone to Ibex? You learned how to say bokeh tov every…
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…unhappiness is in not making the confession. Any true Christian can attest to the truth of that statement. So months ago, didn't we learn this fromEcclesiastes chapter 7 verses 2 to 4? It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to…
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…to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of everyone; the living should take this to heart.’ (Ecclesiastes 7:2) Response Death - life beyond this life - is our destiny! Have we taken this to heart? Death is an often ignored truth that must be faced. Death is…
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…that the years of our lives are limited and they fly away, and we gain wisdom as we see this life in the context of life to come and life eternal.Ecclesiastes 7 verse 2. Um let me uh turn to that. This is a verse that you won't like. There's lots of verses you probably don't like in the Bible. Oh well, get used to…
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…then vanishes. And yet we shove the reality of death as far away from us as possible. It creates existential trauma for us. What the Bible says inEcclesiastes 7, verse 2is that it's better to go to a house of mourning than to a house of celebration. It's another one of those thoughts that you need to ruminate a bit…
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…does in verse 24 he calls upon the daughters of Israel to mourn for Saul he also mourns personally pours out his grief for Jonathan. EcclesiastesEcclesiastes 7 verse 2says this better to go to the house of mourning than the house of feasting because death is the destiny of every person and the living should take…
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…The key, the key to what Solomon is teaching here is the word better. Better. And it's found 11 times in these 10 verses. It's found 11 times inEcclesiastes chapter 7, verses 1 through 10. Now, he's not teaching here about things that are right or wrong. That's not what he's doing. He is not teaching about things that are right and…
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