Ecclesiastes 3:16

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14 I know that whatever God does,
It shall be forever.
^aNothing can be added to it,
And nothing taken from it.
God does it, that men should fear before Him.

15 ^aThat which is has already been,
And what is to be has already been;
And God¹ requires an account of what is past.

Injustice Seems to Prevail

16 Moreover ^aI saw under the sun:
In the place of¹ judgment,
Wickedness was there;
And in the place of righteousness,
¹Iniquity was there.

17 I said in my heart,
^a“God shall judge the righteous and the wicked,
For there is a time there for every¹ purpose and for every work.”

18 I said in my heart, “Concerning the condition of the sons of men, God tests them, that they may see that they themselves are like animals.”

19 ^aFor what happens to the sons of men also happens to animals; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other. Surely, they all have one breath; man has no advantage over animals, for all is vanity.

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Solomon is saying in effect that where one might expect righteousness (as in a court), one finds iniquity. But he is saying, "Hang on—God will judge." But there is another very important point to understand, and that is that God's plan seems designed to show men how weak and meaningless they are in the overall movement of life.

Even injustice and wickedness serve a purpose in the scheme of things. Though they are painful for us to deal with, they are providing a massive demonstration of our ignorance of our own nature, because it clearly reveals the overall character of mankind as it is without conversion.

Excerpted from Ecclesiastes and the Feast of Tabernacles (Part 2)

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