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Eccl.1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem: 1:2 "Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher; "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity."

Many dislike Solomon's writings calling them negative. In fact, those same Christian's find the apostle Paul's writings negative, and even some words of Christ, but are they negative, or rather truth none of us can get around? Optimism is not always the truth, nor is being a pessimist the truth; truth stand because God Himself calls it truth rather we like it or not!

1 Timothy 6:5 constant friction of people of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. Withdraw yourself from such.{NU omits "Withdraw yourself from such."}

Habakkuk 2:9 Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

Mark 8:36 For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

God's creation was subjected to futility, or vanity because Satan made a challenge that human's are god's, and/or creators. That they could live without God and chose in their life what was good for their life, and bad for their life. However, leaving out one big point? Was mankind created too depend upon God for life? Not just living a few short years of vanity, where all their efforts perished at death? Unlike God YHWH where as the creator his words stand for ever.

Ps.90:4 For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night. 90:5 You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass. 90:6 In the morning it sprouts and springs up. By evening, it is withered and dry. 90:7 For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your wrath. 90:8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
90:9 For all our days have passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh. 90:10 The days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, and we fly away.

All then, truthfully on earth, that is, apart from God is vanity in God's estimation of human affairs. In other words, are human satisfy with a lie, the lie of our flesh that life just goes on, and what we do in building, working, and so forth, goes with us? Well, truth speaks! Death comes to all, and with death goes all of our activity for good or bad upon this earth. Is then our life not vanity as god's. Is not our works we do for recognition, vanity, and/or flattery to ourselves?

Ps.5:4 For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can't live with you. 5:5 The arrogant shall not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of iniquity. 5:6 You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
5:7 But as for me, in the abundance of your loving kindness I will come into your house. I will bow toward your holy temple in reverence of you.

1 Thessalonians 2:5 For neither were we at any time found using words of flattery, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness (God is witness).

Isaiah 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says Yahweh.

This is the process Solomon and Christ Jesus spoke about we humans go through from birth into death. Mankind cannot lay up enough treasure on earth to influence even the next generation without being forgotten. Satan and his demon scheme with mankind's help has tried unsuccessfully on every level of human living to project into government, commerce, and religion some way to extend human influence over others for more than one generation. By creating trust, corporation, monuments, laws, putting their names on streets, and building to extend their lives after their death. Subsequently, it is vanity, the next generation quickly forgets, they forget the history, and the mistakes of the last generation why? Because when man makes themselves equal to God, or a god they must take, them must oppress others, they must do evil for power and control, this is the nature of all sinful flesh.

James 4:1 Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don't they come from your pleasures that war in your members?
4:2 You lust, and don't have. You kill, covet, and can't obtain. You fight and make war. You don't have, because you don't ask.
4:3 You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.
4:4 You adulterers and adulteresses, don't you know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
4:5 Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who lives in us yearns jealously"? 4:6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."{Proverbs 3:34} 4:7 Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 4:8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.

Subsequently, such lust cannot take sin out of mankind, sin cannot be taken out of mankind, human are dead in sin, do you actually understand what this means? It means that if you have a tree that is corrupted it cannot produce fruits that gives a person eternal life. Hence, once a sinner always a sinner, one cannot work their way out of not being a sinner. All one can produce is fruits for this life, which ends in death, i.e. dead works. However, those fruits are very deceptive, why? Because they do good for the living on earth, but they do no good for taking sin out of us, or the world, they cannot give a person eternal life with God.

Psalms 49:7 none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give God a ransom for him.

So the grand scheme “religion” which justifies mankind's evil as good which religion teaches God must accept. The first lie! God YHWH is the one true God whom is our creator, we must obey him for life. God is the only one that take sin away, he can make a person new free of sin, and he can give us everlasting works that endure in heaven where moth and rust cannot consume. This truth is found in all the holy writings. Solomon is speaking to the that profound truth. To those promoting life on earth as from God, false religion will find Solomon's word very negative. Those storing up treasures on this earth and not like Solomon words, but those seek truth and Spirit from above Solomon's words are powerful, in full harmony with Christ Jesus words, and his apostles. No Solomon did not flatter our fallen flesh with greatness, he did not lie telling how wonderful man's work are, and how they would obligate God in the next life if we did enough good works upon this earth.

Romans 7:18 For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwells no good thing. For desire is present with me, but I don't find it doing that which is good.

Romans 8:5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

He told us the truth, all in this life is vanity a chasing after the wind that will end up in death where are thoughts will perish towards this earth and everyone upon it. We are not gods!
Rom.3:10 As it is written, "There is no one righteous; no, not one.
3:11 There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God. 3:12 They have all turned aside. They have together become unprofitable. There is no one who does good, no, not, so much as one."{Psalms 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Ecclesiastes 7:20}
3:13 "Their throat is an open tomb. With their tongues they have used deceit."{Psalm 5:9} "The poison of vipers is under their lips;"{Psalm 140:3} 3:14 "Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness."{Psalm 10:7} 3:15 "Their feet are swift to shed blood.
3:16 Destruction and misery are in their ways. 3:17 The way of peace, they haven't known."{Isaiah 59:7-8} 3:18 "There is no fear of God before their eyes."{Psalm 36:1}

Luke 12:19 I will tell my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry."' 12:20 "But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared--whose will they be?'

Matthew 10:28 Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.{or, Hell.}

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