Message: “19. Circumstances of Vapor – Ecclesiastes 7:14-19” from Aaron Carlberg

We are doing a series in the book of Ecclesiastes that we are calling the “Existential Hangover”. Existential refers to “relating to existence” or the question, “What is the meaning of life?” We run after many things in life (stuff, relationships, a new identity) thinking that those things are the point, and yet in the end they are all meaningless. Solomon calls them a vapor, something that is briefly here then dissipates. Ecclesiastes is about the day after you get all the things you thought you ever wanted and yet you are still you. The book raises questions and contrasts “life under the sun” meaning our experience, what we create without God, and what God actually does.

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From Series: "Ecclesiastes - The Existential Hangover"

Ecclesiastes is a book that deals with the idea of our existence. The teacher of the book looks at life "under the sun," which is a way to say "our life a part from who God is." Under the sun refers to all of our works that are temporary and contrasts them with things that are eternal, the things that belong to God who isn't confined to live "under the sun." The book looks at a life of someone who achieved everything anyone could have wanted yet still wakes up the next day and says, "now what?" We are calling the series the Existential Hangover because we will deal with our lives and how they are meaningless without Jesus. Ecclesiastes asks questions that can only be answered by the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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