Ecclesiastes 12:1–14: Last Call: Remember Your Creator

About this episode

The episode discusses Ecclesiastes 12:1–14, emphasizing the importance of remembering one's Creator and the finality of life.

The Preacher closes the book with an elegy for the human body that reads like a poem about a house falling apart. The grinders cease because they are few, the doors on the street are shut, the almond tree blossoms white, and the grasshopper drags himself along. Before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is broken, remember your Creator. Qoheleth's final verdict holds everything together: fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. Every deed, every secret thing, will come into judgment. The Rev. Dan Eddy, pastor of Messiah Lutheran Church in Beloit, WI, joins the Rev. Dr. Phil Booe to study Ecclesiastes 12:1–14. To learn more about Messiah Lutheran, visit mlcbeloit.com. What does a man gain from all his toil under the sun? Solomon asked that question three thousand years ago, and it still cuts. Ecclesiastes is the Bible's most unflinching book about work, wealth, wisdom, and the ache nothing in this life can fill. It is also one of the most pastoral, because the Preacher tells the truth about death, time, and meaning without leaving the reader in despair. Pastor Booe and guest pastors from across the Synod study it verse by verse, following…

People in this episode

Host: Rev. Dr. Phil Booe

Guest: Rev. Dan Eddy

Topics covered

• Ecclesiastes
• human existence
• fear of God
• commandments
• life and death
• meaning of toil

Keywords

• Ecclesiastes
• Creator
• fear God
• commandments
• human body
• life meaning
• death
• wisdom
• toil

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Messiah Lutheran Church, St. John Lutheran Church

Books & works: Ecclesiastes

Places: Beloit, WI, Luverne, MN

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