Ecclesiastes #011 - Learn the Bible Broadcast - Ecclesiastes 1:5
Bro. Jonathan D. Judy

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b. Appointed by the Lord (Psalm 50:1)
i. From the beginning (Genesis 1:14-19)
ii. To give light for the day (Genesis 1:16; Psalm 104:19-24)
iii. To set time for us (Genesis 1:14, 16-18; Psalm 104:22-23)
iv. It shall not end without His approval (Genesis 8:20-22; Jeremiah 33:19-22)

c. Its hastening (Ecclesiastes 1:5)
i. Times in scripture where the sun did not hasten
1. With Joshua by his word when battling the Amorites (Joshua 10:1-14)
2. It went back at the word of the king (2 Kings 20:4-11)
3. In the future at the face of the Lord (Habakkuk 3:1-12)
4. Note: every time it took the Lord intervening to control the path of the sun. Man cannot do this.
ii. Compared to man’s life
1. Remember that Genesis told us that the lights in the firmament were “for days, and years.” He made “the greater light to the rule the day.”- It gives us our time.
2. Just like the sun and moon, men’s lives move quickly.
a. It is compared to:
i. Things that grow (Job 14:1-2; 1 Peter 1:24)
ii. Things that are used (Job 7:6; Psalm 39:5)
iii. Elements (Job 7:7; James 4:14)
b. Man’s lives hasten on just like the sun.
iii. Just like the coming and going of generations, the sun’s movements are one endless cycle.