Ecclesiastes 3:15

"That which is has been already, and that which will be has already been, for God seeks what has passed by."for God seeks what has passed by" -"Some events appear to contradict God's sovereign control and completeness of order in His world. However, the statement, 'God seeks what has passed by' assures the reader that any violation of the rules is only temporary, and in due season everything will return to proper order as it has always been" (Kidwell p. 84).

This verse gives hope and encouragement to the believer, for it assures him or her that this life isn't futile or hopelessly unfair. Right will prevail, and God will judge all the wrongs in the past (2 Cor. Ecclesiastes 5:10).

Man's Inhumanity

"This is not altogether. change of subject, for the thought of set times…is still present in verse 17. But the problem of injustice is too poignant to be left as. mere illustration of that theme. It becomes an issue on its own for. short while…and will return at intervals in later passages (Ecclesiastes 5:8; Ecclesiastes 8:10-15; Ecclesiastes 9:13-16; Ecclesiastes 10:5-7; Ecclesiastes 10:16)….in the setting of life's reversals and sudden shifts….if anything cries out to be reversed it is injustice. Here at last is some obvious gain from the twists and turns of our affairs. The fact that everything on earth is seasonal promises an end to the long winter of evil and misrule" (Kidner pp. 41-42).