Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 – Letter 18: Introduction-Manipulating God?!!
Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 forms a section all by itself within this book and this section of the book. It is the only place in which Solomon looks at the vanity of false religion. Here he is looking at people who realize that there is a God but who fail to love God and His righteousness and therefore who fail to give Him due reverence and feel they can manipulate Him to serve their purposes. It doesn’t take a great deal of historical knowledge to realize that men have tried throughout the ages to...