o 7) Ecclesiastes 1:2-18, 2:1-24, 3, 9:2-12, 12:1-9 Summary: Throughout Ecclesiastes, a “Teacher” is introduced. The Teacher insists everything is “meaningless.” The Teacher goes into detail using almost analogies to say that everything is meaningless. The Teacher also says that wisdom, pleasures, wisdom and folly, and toil are meaningless. The Teacher also says that we should live while we can under God and says we live similar lives to animals in that we live and we die and how we choose to live our lives is one thing, while what happens after is meaningless. Commentary: Personally, I agree and disagree with statements made in this section. I don’t believe all of these things are meaningless. I believe everything happens for a reason and these reasons pile up and make us the extraordinary people that we are. I don’t think wisdom, pleasure, folly, and toil are meaningless. Even though we don’t always understand certain situations when they occur and we don’t understand why they happen to us, I think that they all serve a purpose in life (this is nearly identical to the scenario that happened with Job). Overall, I believe this section of reading taught me that everything in life has a purpose, despite what the reading says. We are who we are because of the difficult tasks that God presents us with, and I believe that is beautiful. o 8) Jonah tells his shipmates to toss him overboard, resulting in the halt to the harsh tides. They do so and Jonah is swallowed by a whale, and then stays inside of the whale for three days and three nights before God gets the whale to vomit him up. Jonah gets frustrated at God and tells him he’d rather die than live so Jonah goes out and stays outside of the city in the sun, where God makes a vine grow to shade Jonah while he sleeps, and when Jonah awakes to the hottest day, the vine has
In this book we shall begin with the main points which the teacher of this book as addressed to its reader, these points are mysterious, injustice and the frustrations of life. And in all these circumstances of life we see that God is the ruler and the controller of our destine. The first thing which the book as addressed to its reader is how someone can enjoy life through the gift of working hard which God as given to the sons of men under the sun. in this book life is been understood as useless because of its complications were by, no matter how somebody may spend the all entire life working and laboring hard, the question is this what do they have to show for it? Life is like casing after the wind because generation comes and go, but life continues. Therefore, no satisfactions, not even the ears can hear enough. In addition to this under the sun there is nothing new and there is no difference between the wise and the foolish because both of them they have same destine (death). This book teaches that the wiser you are, the more worries; the more you gain understand the more it hu...
The close reading is from The Odyssey by Homer in book nine lines 1-33. In this paper, one could see Odysseus goes full circle of emotions throughout the lines. Before this book starts Odysseus was lead to the palace of Alcinous, the king of the Phaeacians. Once he was there he plead for help from the Queen to get back to his land. The King thought Odysseus was a god but Odysseus put that to rest by saying he was a mortal. That evening, while the King and Queen were talking to Odysseus, the Queen noticed that he was wearing her daughter’s clothes. This lead to him being questioned by the Queen. At the end of the questioning the Queen was so impressed by him that the King offers Odysseus his daughter’s hand in marriage. The next morning, they
but is a continued motif throughout the book. He claims to write only so that his own life may be an example for his son of how one can live well and how...
There are many well-known stories in the bible, with a seemingly endless amount of tales and morals hidden in the text. Out of all seventy three books in the bible, I find that one of the most interesting stories is Jonah and the Fish, or more accurately, “Jonah Tries to Run Away From God” (Jonah 1). This story is about Jonah, a prophet, who was ordered by God to go to Nineveh help them stop their wicked activities that God had noticed. Instead, Jonah he went and boarded a ship sailing to Tarshish, to flee from God. Afterwards, God created a fierce storm, which caused Jonah’s shipmates to get rid of their cargo and wake up Jonah, who fell asleep. They decided to cast lots — which was a way to answer a question, like flipping a coin — and
Jonah tried to flee from God (1:3). As a result, he was overthrown into the raging sea. At this ...
Near the beginning of Moby Dick, Father Mapple reminds Pequod sailors of the biblical prophet Jonah and his unique encounter with a whale. The whale, known as a Leviathan in the Bible, swallows Jonah because Jonah refuses to obey God's command to preach to a wicked group of people. Father Mapple in his sermon says, "If we obey God, we must disobey ourselves; and it is in this disobeying ourselves, wherein the hardness of obeying God consists" (47). Once Jonah admits his sinfulness and follows his maker, the whale frees Jonah. Father Mapple says that obeying God can be difficult and might not seem logical to the person listening.
If my life had no purpose, no individuality, and no happiness, I would not want to live. This book teaches the importance of self expression and independence. If we did not have these necessities, then life would be like those in this novel. Empty, redundant, and fearful. The quotes above show how different life can be without our basic freedoms. This novel was very interesting and it shows, no matter how dismal a situation is, there is always a way out if you never give up, even if you have to do it alone.
This theme of death giving meaning to life is prevalent throughout the Odyssey. Hell is death, heaven is now, in life, in the field of time and action.
On an opposite note, Jonah was a man whom God called upon to become a prophet. Jonah refused because he didn't desire a life of servitude. Knowing that he had committed an ultimate sin, Jonah fled to the ocean, risking hundreds of crew members' lives, believing that God would not be able to follow. In the sea, Jonah was swallowed by God in the form of a whale In the whale's belly, he repented and prayed for forgiveness. He was spit up by the whale upon dry land and all was forgiven.
The Story of Jonah in the whale is one of the most incredible stories to ever take place in the Bible. It is arguably the most well-known stories in the Bible, alongside: The Ark, David and Goliath, Adam and Eve, and David and the Lion’s Den. The question is though, Did Jonah and the whale really happen? Did Jonah really get swallowed up by a big fish and spit out? Some scholars say that Jonah and the Whale was just simply a parable, and that it never actually happen. If this is the case does it take anything away from the story, and does it have the same importance?
Matt 13.43, which is a part of the conclusion of the Matthean parable of the tares, states that the righteous will shine like the sun (τότε οἱ δίκαιοι ἐκλάμψουσιν ὡς ὁ ἥλιος) in the kingdom of their father (ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν). τότε refers this verse to 13.39 and thus indicates that the time that the righteous will shine is the end of the age (συντέλεια αἰῶνός) , that is, the eschaton. Matthew frequently regards God as the father of Jesus’ followers (cf. 5.16, 45, 48; 6.1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 14, 15, 18, 26, 32; 7.11; 10.20, 29; 18.14; 23.9). Given another eschatological scene that Jesus’ followers will recline with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven (8.11), ‘the kingdom of their father’ means the heavenly realm
The theme that the lives of humans are controlled by the gods, in Oedipus, show that everything humans do are futile and result in no gain but only loss. This theme is mainly shown by the character Oedipus, king of Thebes. In the beginning of his life, Laius the king planned to kill his son by leaving him on Mount Cithaeron to die. "...at the moment I was your savior."
This proverb can be translated in a number of ways. Literally speaking, (If I had no knowledge of the teachings of Ecclesiastes,) I will translate this using the deconstructionist method of analyzing. "Rejoice in your youth, you who are young; let your heart give you joy in your young days." Literally, this would mean that young people should enjoy life and do every pleasant thing they can do while they are still young. "Follow the promptings of your heart and the desires of your eyes." This means that whatever you feel, no matter right or wrong, to act upon it. "But this you know: for all these things God will bring you to judgment." This line means that all your actions will be seen and judged by God.
Thus, this far we have learned about our relationship with Christ, and how we are saved by His mercy and grace. From His birth to his death, our debts are paid so that we may have eternal life. Now, the image of God is something everyone may perceive differently as no one’s understanding is identical. Within this essay, you will learn my personal view on the Image of God and a little about why I have chosen my major as it is today. I will take you on a journey where judging others was easy, and making choices without the authority of God. The place I landed was not very comfortable, but with the Grace of God he brought me through all what seemed impossible.
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