ECCLESIASTES 2:1-23, LETTER # 7—Solomon’s Search for Meaning (Without God)

We have finished Chapter 1 of ECCLESIASTES, which is Solomon’s introduction to the book, giving both his main theme and his reasons for writing the book. We now enter chapters 2-3 of ECCLESIASTES.  In these two chapters Solomon summarizes for us his own personal search for meaning in life apart from God, giving the double conclusion that there is no meaning for labor apart from God but that labor has eternal value if done for God. You can look at this part of the book as having two main...