Vanity is mentioned many times in Ecclesiastes. But there are many meanings to the symbols that were translated as vanity. Understanding them provides much deeper relevance for today.
by Gregory Williams
Air Date: June 17, 2023
Show Notes
- 00:00:45 Ecclesiastes; Proverbs; Vanities
- *00:06:30 Taking the name of the Lord in vain; Tens Hundreds and Thousands; Jesus Commanded
- 00:09:45 Breeches; Honor = Fattening
- 00:14:30 Priest who objected to Social Security Act, then met with Eleanor Roosevelt; Tree of Knowledge vs Tree of Life
- 00:19:00 Plutach; John the Baptist; Bondage of Egypt; Caesar; Polybius; Covetous Practices; Merchandise; FDR
- 00:23:25 Mark of the Beast; Social Security; Corban of the Pharisees
- 00:26:30 Job 39:16 Woman; Strange Fire; Church; Dearth; Pure Religion; Levites; Freewill Offering
- 00:32:00 Tohuw
- 00:39:50 Leaven; Exercise Authority; Covet; Benefactors;
- 00:44:00 Bankrupting hospitals; Social Security is bankrupt; Contracts Covenants and Constitutions; Bondage of Egypt
- 00:53:20 Tree of Knowledge and Tree of Life
- 01:06:50 Chosen People; Parable of the two sons
- 01:10:25 Men are Beasts
- 01:16:48 Ecclesiastes 4
- 01:22:45 Repent; Tens Hundreds and Thousands
- *01:35:00 Christian’s parallel social welfare system; Essenes; Charity
- 01:38:05 Congregations based on men and their families; Breeches; The Free Church Report; Charity
- 01:46:40 1 Samuel 8 – King will take and take
- 01:51:00 Saul; Fervant Charity; Degenerate; Reins = Kidneys; Freewill Offerings; Burnt Offerings; Song of the Lamb; Song of Moses
- 01:54:45 FDR’s income tax; Public School; Property Tax
- 02:03:00 Breeches
Paul’s Notes
Roots with Solomon; Right after Proverbs; “The Teacher”; Vanities; hey-biet-lamad; vapor or breath; from empty/void; Ex 20:7 – in vain; Taking His name in vain; “His Holy Church”; 319AD – another church; Bishops; Same as “Abel”; Grabbing air?; Caring cycle; Tree of Life; “Shav” = emptiness/falsehood, vain; shin-vav-aleph; Hebrew letters have meaning; Ruining the Romans?; Sharing; Bondage of Egypt – don’t return there; Sacrifice of fools; Social Security insolvency; “Reek” resh-yod-kuf = empty (out); Lev 26:20; Job 39:16; Women/churches; Church = caregiver of society; Freewill offerings only; Gen 37:24; resh-yod-kuf; Tohu = vain/vanity/confusion; Gen 1:2; soffa = shen-pei-hey – lip, bank, brim; 2 Kings 18:20; Isa 36:5; Belonging to God; Saving you; Jer 8:8; Leaven; Forced offerings; Repentance; Ps 41:6; Seeking government of God = love; Legal charity; Ecc 3:12; Doing good; Spiritual vs emotional experiences; Patience with other people; Forgiveness; God the capitalist; Child of God; God’s rewards; Chosen people; Man’s animal nature; Living in the flesh; Vanity is emptiness; Fasting from our beast nature; Direction; Ecc 3:22; Your works are your portion; Ecc 4:1; “comforter” (nachum) = repentance; What to do about you?; nun-chet-mem; Imagined oppression; Prov 6:10; Being the government of God; Prov 24:33; Prov 11:17; Isa 9:20; Gal 5:14; 2 Cor 11:20; Nazarene Essenes; Networks of charity; No flesh-eating; Forming congregations; Helping families; Building blocks of the kingdom; Witnessing ministers; First fruits of your labor; Opportunities to forgive; Your oaths; Fervent charity; The song of Moses and of the lamb; Your road to iniquity; County collector of Property Tax; Sharing this message; Operating society; Being a peculiar people; Documentation; Purposes of Christ; Start the flow.
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