Ecclesiastes has four basic sections, or divisions. In the first, Ecclesiastes 1:2–2:26, we see that Solomon’s experience shows that satisfaction cannot come from anything within the power or competence of man. In chapters 3:1–5:20, he shows that God is sovereign over everything. He then goes on to answer objections to this (perennially offensive) doctrine. Third, Ecclesiastes 6:1–8:15 carefully applies this doctrine that the sovereign God alone gives the power to enjoy this parade of vanity. Without an understanding of the Almighty, and without seeing His attributes, nature, and character,
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