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Ecclesiastes 9: Destiny

October 12, 2026

Jeremiah 30-31, Ecclesiastes 9, John 4:15-26, James 5:13-20   Ecclesiastes 9:   Most of this chapter is about how a common destiny awaits us all—wise or foolish. And in the “teacher’s” “under the sun” perspective, it is not really possible to know much of what life after death will be. In fact, he has a pretty depressing view of what…

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October 9, 2018: Wisdom

Today's Bible Reading: Jeremiah 19-22, Ecclesiastes 7:1-14, John 3:16-21, James 4:11-17 Ecclesiastes 7:1-14: This section about wisdom really needs to be read in context of some of the verses that immediately follow it. Consider ...
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October 8, 2018: Prosperity

Today’s Bible Reading: Jeremiah 16-18, Ecclesiastes 6, John 3:1-15, James 4:1-10 Ecclesiastes 6: But, a person may well ask, what about money? What about prosperity and financial success? Surely that is something that has ...
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October 7, 2018: Organized Religion and Money Making

Today's Bible Reading: Jeremiah 14-15, Ecclesiastes 5, John 2:12-25, James 3:13-18 Ecclesiastes 5: In this search for the meaning of life, the “teacher” has been attempting to prove his hypothesis. The theory that he ...
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October 6, 2018: Oppressed and Oppressors

Today’s Bible Reading: Jeremiah 12-13, Ecclesiastes 4, John 2:1-11, James 3:1-12 Ecclesiastes 4: Another slight “tweak” in his overall structure that there are a series of “experiments” to test his original hypothesis in chapter ...
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October 5, 2018: More About "Time"

Today's Bible Reading: Jeremiah 10-11, Ecclesiastes 3:16-22, John 1:43-51, James 2:14-26 Ecclesiastes 3:16-22: The Bible reading plan we are following in this devotional series breaks the readings at verse 15 (yesterday) and then from ...
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October 4, 2018: Time

Today's Bible Reading: Jeremiah 7-9, Ecclesiastes 3:1-15, John 1:35-42, James 2:1-13 Ecclesiastes 3:1-15: There is now a break from the “experiments” (see the introduction to Ecclesiastes on the first chapter). The “teacher” is going ...
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