October 5, 2020 – Ecclesiastes 3-4

Here we get the lyrics to the famous Turn, Turn, Turn song.  Everything has its time.  We have talked about that before, about waiting for God’s time on things that we may think we need or deserve right now. 

Ch. 3 v. 15 – Sounds like a physics lesson.  Isn’t there a theory out there that matter can not be destroyed, only changed.  This is saying a similar thing.  Everything that is, was before, it is only changed slightly, and everything that will be already was.  There is nothing new under the sun.  I don’t think the author meant for it to apply to physics, but that is what it made me think of.  It is so hard for people of this time to think that there is nothing new under the sun.  We really believe that with all our technology and gadgets, exploring space and the smallest molecules has effected the way we are as humans.  We still struggle with the same sins and issues that people have always dealt with.  They may take on the form of something else or dress in different cloths, but the underlying issues haven’t changed.  If you think the sin of abortion and how we treat those innocent human beings as not being actually human is some new concept for us as humans, take a look at the opinion of the US Supreme Court in its ruling on Dred Scott.  The way the court talks about slaves not being human but that their owners could do what ever they wanted is very similar language to that set out in Roe vs. Wade.  There is nothing new under the sun.