Ecclesiastes 2:1 I said in mine heart (SOLOMON SPEAKING), 'Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure:' and, behold, this also is vanity.
2:2 I said of laughter, 'It is mad:' and of mirth, 'What does it?'
HE IS ADDRESSING HIS OWN PLEASURE.
2:3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all their days of their life.
I LEARNT HOW TO ENLIST, BY WINE, MY VERY FLESH (IN THE WORK): THE WORK OF PROVING THE HEART WITH MIRTH---"YET RETAINING WISDOM".
2:4 I made me great works; I built me houses; I planted me vineyards:
I INCREASED OR MULTIPLIED MY POSSESSIONS.
2:5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruits:
I MADE MY OWN PARADISE.
2:6 I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood (FOREST) that bringeth forth trees:
2:7 I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
2:8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
2:9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
THE DIVINE WISDOM GIVEN BY GOD (I KINGS 3:5-15) HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN AWAY. THIS MUST BE REMEMBERED IN READING THIS BOOK. LIKE LUKE'S "UNDERSTANDING" IT CAME "FROM ABOVE".
2:10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor: and this was my portion of all my labor.
GOD BLESSED HIM WELL.
2:11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit (FEEDING ON WIND), and there was no profit under the sun.
MATERIAL THINGS WILL NOT MAKE YOU HAPPY.
2:12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
2:13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly (FOLLY=FOOLISHNESS), as far as light excelleth darkness.
FOOLISHNESS WILL GET YOU NOWHERE.
2:14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all (I TOO KNEW AS WELL AS THEY).
YOU WANT TO LOOK PAST THE FLESH BODY. YOUR SPIRITUAL SELF IS MORE IMPORTANT.
2:15 Then said I in my heart, 'As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise?' Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity (EMPTINESS).
RICH, POOR, WISE, FOOL, ALL GOING TO DIE. BUT LIFE BEGINS AT DEATH FOR THE BELIEVER.
2:16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool forever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And now dieth the wise man? as the fool.
DON'T PLACE EVERYTHING IN THE FLESH BODY ; IT'S NOT GOING TO LAST LONG.
2:17 Therefore I hated life (I WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH LIFE); Because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity (EMPTINESS) and vexation of spirit (CHASING THE WIND).
2:18 Yea, I hated all my labor which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
IN OTHER WORDS, SOMEBODY ELSE WAS GOING TO ENJOY THE FRUIT OF MY LABOR AFTER I DIED.
2:19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
AND WHO KNOWS IF THE NEXT PERSON THAT WILL TAKE OVER WILL BE WISE OR A FOOL? THIS IS ALSO EMPTINESS.
2:20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor which I took under the sun.
BE HAPPY FOR WHAT YOU ACCOMPLISH IN THIS LIFE, BUT LOOK TO GOD FOR YOUR GIFTS.
2:21 For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity (DO WHAT IS RIGHT);yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil (CALAMITY, BECAUSE WHEN YOU DIE IT GOES TO SOMEONE ELSE).
2:22 For what hath man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath labored under the sun ?
2:23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail (LABOR) grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also a vanity.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT EVERYTHING. FIX THE PROBLEM; GOD WILL ALWAYS FIND YOU A WAY OUT IF YOU LISTEN.
2:24 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
WHEN YOU TURN YOUR SOUL TO HIM YOU CAN ENJOY LIFE.
WITHOUT GOD LIFE IS EMPTY.
2:25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto (WHO CAN ENJOY) more than I ?
2:26 For God giveth to a man that is good in His sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner He giveth travail (TROUBLE), to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
IF YOU LOVE GOD YOU WILLHAVE A PEACE OF MIND, BUT FOR A SINNER HE CAN WORK ALL HE WANTS BUT HIS WORK COMES TO NOUGHT.
NO PEACE OF MIND AND NO ETERNAL LIFE.
GOD BLESS
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