An Evil Disease
This article provides a Reformed exegetical meditation on Ecclesiastes 6:1-2, exploring Solomon's observation of the evil experienced by the wicked man who accumulates riches yet cannot enjoy them. Miersma interprets this passage as demonstrating both the fruit of human sin and God's temporal judgment upon the fallen, unregenerate condition, emphasizing how divine providence works out the curse of sin in the lives of men.
Previous article in this series: December 1, 2014, p. 106. There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease. Ecclesiastes 6:1, 2 "There is an evil which I have seen under the sun…" (Eccl. 6:1a). The Word of God introduces a new...
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