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"The sun also rises, and the sun goes down"

Text: Ecclesiastes 1:5

SEEKING TO COMPREHEND NATURE

The Preacher was a student of nature. He was observant. He noted many things about the course of nature.

“The sun also rises, and the sun goes down,
And hastens to the place where it arose.
The wind goes toward the south,
And turns around to the north;
The wind whirls about continually,
And comes again on its circuit.
All the rivers run into the sea,
Yet the sea is not full;
To the place from which the rivers come,
There they return again.”
Ecclesiastes 1:5-7

1. Observations about the sun

a) It rises.

b) It sets.

c) It goes to the place where it came.

2. Observations about the wind

a) It goes towards the south.

b) It turns and goes towards the north.

c) It whirls around on a circuit continually.

3. Observations about the sea

a) All rivers run into the sea.

b) Yet the sea is never full.

c) The rivers like the wind seems to have a circuit too.

LESSONS TO PONDER OVER

1. Nature seems to go on perpetually.

2. But that cannot be said for the human being.

3. Man’s activities come to an abrupt end at death.

a) There is no guarantee about continuity in the next generation.

b) Man is not at all like:

i) The sun

ii) The wind

iii) The sea

c) Therein is pause for sober thinking.