Ecclesiastes Preview

1. What questions does this book answer?
2. What kind of book is this?
3. How this book is treated by different categories of people?
4. Who is the writer of this book?
5. This book answers the existence questions 'Why I am here? What is the meaning of life?' (8:14).
6. How the book is organized?
--- a) 1:1-2:26 [The enjoinment of what is good in life is only possible in God];
--- b) 3:1-5:20 [Life is nothing but futility and frustration, until you embrace the sovereignty of God and the responsibility of man before God];
--- c) 6:1-8:15 [A wise man will look at life with God's wisdom and will focus on obeying God and enjoy the gifts God sovereignly gives (and takes away)];
--- d) 8:16-12:14 [Solomon explains how to live this way, applying the first three principles and removing discouragements].
7. The whole book summarized: 'Enjoy your life!' or 'Delight in God to the glory of God!'.