Ecclesiastes 6:6

"Even if the other man lives. thousand years twice and does not enjoy good things----do not all go to one place?"

Even if such. rich man could live 2000 years, twice the lifetime of the oldest man mentioned in the Scriptures (Genesis 5:27). 1. Time doesn't necessary cause us to mature. Maturity and spirituality just don't happen naturally or without any effort (Heb. Ecclesiastes 5:12-14). 2. Some people think that given enough time greedy people would finally out-grow their greed and finally wake up to the important things in life. But God says, that. person could live 2000 years and still fail to realize what this life is all about! 3. So much for the idea that people end up lost because God didn't give them enough time (Romans 2:1-5). 4. If God had allowed mankind to live for the beginning of Creation to the end of this Creation, the percentage of those who obey God probably wouldn't change much. 5. Prior to the flood men lived for hundreds of years and yet such people-far from being godly or mature were extremely wicked (Genesis 6:1-6). 6. This verse also tells us that. person must make. firm decision to change-or they will never change. Too many people are hoping that they will just kind of naturally become. better person, or that their sinful habits will just kind of naturally go away, and that over time temptation will just kind of naturally lose its appeal. Not so! 7. This is why if you are going to change your life, repent or become. Christian, then you need to act today (2 Corinthians 6:1ff).

"and does not enjoy good things" -even after 2000 years of life and experience-and he still doesn't get it! So much for the idea that this life could provide me with lasting happiness if. just had enough, or if. just had enough time. There doesn't exist any fountain of material happiness on this earth!

"do not all go to one place?" -that is, the grave. Yet, compared to. man that lives 2000 years, has descendants without number, and all the material possessions he could ever want-and yet is not happy-better to have the earthly fate of the miscarriage than that type of life. Yes, the miscarriage had. brief earthly existence, but the rich man in this chapter simply had. long existence that will filled with frustration, depression, misery, discontentment, heartache, loneliness, lack of satisfaction, stress, toil, estrangement, bitterness, etc….Better to have never see the light of day-then live that type of life! And as Jesus will note, better to have never lived, than to end up lost in hell! (Mark 2:21 "It would have been good for that man if he had not been born").