Bible Verse of the Day Monday November 28th, 2022

 Ecclesiastes 1:9-10 What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. Is there anything of which one can say, "Look! This is something new"? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time.

The writer of Ecclesiastes is said to be unknown; however, the first verse in the book states: The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem. As we know, David only had one son, that became King Solomon. Whether the writer was Solomon or an unknown writer, the book's primary theme is the hopelessness of a life without God's direction. 

 

The world believes that it is continually coming up with new ideas and philosophies, new concepts that can make one's life more comfortable and less strenuous. When the Apostle Paul was in Athens, he found that most people there spent their time babbling on about new ideas of life (Acts 17:21). The city had many idols of false gods, and people said of Athens that you could not cast a stone without hitting a statue of some Greek god. However, one idol represented what the Athenians believed to be an "unknown god" (Acts 17:23). This God was unknown to them, but Paul was very acquainted with Him; he had a personal encounter with Him on the road to Damascus.

 

As Paul began to teach them about the one true God, he explained that He had created the world and all that is in it and was eternal with no beginning or end. That is what this verse alludes to when it speaks of God already being here before our time; that is the world's time. The unsaved focus their time on some of the same cravings prevalent since the fall in the Garden. It is a fact that there is not a lot of originality when it comes to sin; there is no sin committed that untold numbers of people have not already undertaken throughout all time in this world. In reading and studying God's Holy Word, we will discover that the same trials and tribulations that the people endured before and after the flood are similar to what we are going through today. 

 

God has a new message for all that seek Him with heart, mind, body, and soul, but God is not new. He has always been and will always be. Although God is not new, He promises us in His Holy Word that He will someday make all things new (Revelation 21:5). That is, things of this world that are in constant flux will come to an end, and there will be a new earth, void of sin, misery, and death (2 Peter 3:13).