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Verse Ecclesiastes 12:7. _THEN SHALL THE DUST RETURN TO THE EARTH AS
IT WAS: AND_ _THE SPIRIT SHALL RETURN UNTO GOD_]
5. Putrefaction and solution take place; the whole mass becomes
decomposed, and...
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THE SPIRIT - i. e., The spirit separated unto God from the body at
death. No more is said here of its future destiny. To return to God,
who is the fountain Psalms 36:9 of Life, certainly means to cont...
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CHAPTER 12
_ 1. Youth and old age (Ecclesiastes 12:1)_
2. The concluding epilogue (Ecclesiastes 12:9)
Ecclesiastes 12:1. Childhood and youth are vanity! That is the
concludin
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EPILOGUE.
Ecclesiastes 12:9 is an editor's praise of Qoheleth, who is identified
with Solomon, the sage compiler of proverbial wisdom, who wrote words
of truth in a pleasing and elegant (acceptable)...
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ECCLESIASTES 11:1 TO ECCLESIASTES 12:8. CLOSING COUNSELS. It is well
to do and to get all one can, in the way of industry and pleasure,
before old age draws on. Ecclesiastes 11:1 and...
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DUST. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, put for the body
which is made of dust (Genesis 2:7; Genesis 3:19; Psalms 104:29; Job
34:15;...
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_Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was_ The reference to
the history of man's creation in Genesis 2:7 is unmistakeable, and
finds an echo in the familiar words of our Burial Service, "Eart...
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THE PICTURE OF OLD AGE,
_From Ecclesiastes 12:1 according to the common Translation._
The royal preacher, in the first seven verses of this chapter,
enforces the duty of early religion, by arguments...
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THEN SHALL THE DUST RETURN TO THE EARTH.— Desvoeux connects this
with the preceding verse; at the end of which he places a semicolon
only, and reads thus, _And the dust return into the earth as it was...
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G. DEATH COMES TO EVERY MAN. Ecclesiastes 12:2-8
TEXT 12:2-8
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before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and
clouds return after the rain;
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in the day that the watchmen of...
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Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit
shall return unto God who gave it.
THE DUST - the dust-formed body; so called because formed from the
dust, and also because of it...
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12:7 spirit (e-13) See Note, Job 27:3 ....
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IN LIFE REMEMBER DEATH AND JUDGMENT
1. The Creator is to be remembered in youth. When the powers of mind
and body are failing, it will be too late.
1-7. Commentators have differed much as to the inte...
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THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES
BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES
_HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_
CHAPTER 12
YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD REMEMBER WHO MADE THEM – ECCLESIASTES 12:1-8
V1 Remember who...
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The preacher has risen above the doubts of Ecclesiastes 3:21. (See
also Genesis 3:19.)...
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וְ יָשֹׁ֧ב הֶ עָפָ֛ר עַל ־הָ אָ֖רֶץ
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FOURTH SECTION
The Quest Achieved. The Chief Good Is To Be Found, Not In Wisdom, Nor
In Pleasure, Nor In Devotion To Affairs And Its Rewards;
But In A Wise Use And A Wise Enjoyment Of The Present L...
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“THE END OF THE MATTER”
Ecclesiastes 12:1-14
This comparison of the human body to a house is extremely beautiful.
The inference is obvious that our bodies are not ourselves, but only
our tenement. Ou...
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The preacher now proceeds in language full of poetic beauty to urge
the young to remember their Creator. We then reach the epilogue of the
sermon. It first repeats the theme as announced at the beginn...
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Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the (u) spirit
shall return to God who gave it.
(u) The soul unconsciously goes either to joy or torment, and sleeps
not as the wicked imagine....
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_It. Man is composed of two distinct parts; the destination of which
we ought never to forget. Thus the objection of infidels (chap. iii.
19.) is refuted. Plato and some of the ancients had the same i...
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Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or
the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the
cistern. (7) Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: an...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 12.
The Book of Ecclesiastes is, up to a certain point, the converse of
the Book of Proverbs. (see NOTE TO PROVERBS below) It is the
experience of a...
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THEN SHALL THE DUST RETURN TO THE EARTH AS IT WAS,.... The body, which
is made of dust, and is no other in its present state than dust
refined and enlivened; and when the above things take place, ment...
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Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit
shall return unto God who gave it.
Ver. 7. _Then shall the dust return to the earth, &c._] What is man,
saith Nazianzen, but Nους και...
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_Then shall the dust_ The body, called _dust_, both on account of its
original, which was from the dust, and to signify its vile and
corruptible nature. _As it was_ Whence it was first taken. He allud...
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AN APPEAL TO THE YOUNG...
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Then shall the dust, out of which man was formed at the beginning,
Genesis 2:7, RETURN TO THE EARTH AS IT WAS, Genesis 3:19, AND THE
SPIRIT, namely, of every one that died in the true faith, SHALL RET...
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"THEN THE DUST WILL RETURN TO THE EARTH AS IT WAS, AND THE SPIRIT WILL
RETURN TO GOD WHO GAVE IT."THEN" -following the moment of death. The
physical body will immediately begin the process of decay, a...
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1-7 We should remember our sins against our Creator, repent, and seek
forgiveness. We should remember our duties, and set about them,
looking to him for grace and strength. This should be done early,...
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THE DUST; the body, called _dust_, both for its original, which was
from the dust, and to signify its vile and corruptible nature, JOB
4:19, JOB 30:19 PSALMS 103:14. RETURN TO THE EARTH AS IT WAS; whe...
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‘And the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return
to God who gave it.'
There is a clear reference here to the idea behind Genesis 2:7,
although ‘spirit' (ruach = spirit, wind, breath)...
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Ecclesiastes 8:16-12
I. The Preacher commences this section by carefully defining his
position and equipment as he starts on his last course. (1) His first
conclusion is that wisdom, which of all temp...
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Ecclesiastes 12:7
I. Nothing is more difficult than to realise that every man has a
distinct soul, that every one of all the millions who live or have
lived is as whole and independent a being in hims...
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Ecclesiastes 12:1. _Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy
youth:_
Now we get on solid ground. There is an irony in the advice,
«Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee...
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Ecclesiastes 12:1. _Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth,
while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt
say, I have no pleasure in them;_
Do not give God the dre...
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CONTENTS: Exhortation to the young to be religious. The vanity of the
world.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: The great antidote against the diseases of youth, the love
of mirth, the indulgence...
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Ecclesiastes 12:1. _Remember now thy Creator._ Hebrews בוראיךְ
_Boreicha,_ thy Creators. The word is plural, as אלהים _Elohim,
Genesis 1:1_, designating the Divinity or Godhead, as Romans 1:20.
Certai...
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_Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was; and the spirit
shall return unto God who gave it._
THE DEATH OF THE BODY, AND SEPARATE STATE OF SOULS
I. Death reduces our bodies to their primiti...
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_Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth._
THE CREATOR REMEMBERED
How shall we understand this? Is it an allegory describing the
weakening of the body? Is it a description of the Jews in ca...
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ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 12:2 This section is a symbolic
picture of aging and death. The common link between most of the images
used in v. Ecclesiastes 12:6 appears to be
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
ECCLESIASTES 12:1. THY CREATOR.] The Hebrew word is in the plural
form, denoting the fulness and wealth of the Divine nature. While the
evil days come not.] The time of joyless old a...
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EXPOSITION
ECCLESIASTES 12:1
The division into chapters is unfortunate here, as this verse is
closely connected with Ecclesiastes 12:10 of the preceding chapter.
REMEMBER NOW THY CREATOR IN THE DAYS...
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Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth (Ecclesiastes 12:1),
It is interesting that most conversions are made during the teenage
years. Seven-eighths of every decision for Jesus Christ is m...
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Daniel 12:2; Ecclesiastes 3:20; Ecclesiastes 3:21; Genesis 18:27;...
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THE RELIGION UNDER THE SUN
Ecclesiastes 12:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We use the word "religion" in preference to "Christianity." There are
many religions; there is but one Christianity, one Christ. There...