Anthem Podcast: Chasing the Wind // Ecclesiastes 3:1-22

This week’s passage contains the most well-known verses of the entire book. “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven...” and “He has put eternity into man's heart...” There is undeniable truth and beauty in
the Preacher’s brief moments of lucidity. However, Solomon was not celebrating these things, quite the opposite. Living life “under the sun,” Solomon felt oppressed by the cycles of life. He was frustrated that God’s plans, eternity, and the afterlife were mysteries that his great wisdom alone could not solve. Solomon ends this passage by concluding that humans are of no more consequence than animals, and that everything remains vanity. Ecclesiastes 3 is a wonderful example that the context of scripture matters greatly.