9b4646 No.7681
>I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Ecclesiastes 9:11
What did he mean by this /Christianity/?
Does this mean that life is all just random chance and applying yourself to be the best makes no difference?
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472e1c No.7684
>>7681
>Does this mean that life is all just random chance?
>Does this mean that applying yourself to be the best makes no difference?
No, it means that time and chance happens to all. It does not say that chance is the only determining factor in all events.
It's a despondent observation that the right thing doesn't always happen, and the deserving don't always get their reward.
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c15e81 No.7693
It's a meditation about the injustice of the fallen world. Jesus called it the unrighteous mammon. But you cannot serve both it and him. You can also serve the righteous Lord who is just. So this passage also draws toward the necessary existence of Christ.
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