Bible Questions Answered:
“...men or animals we are all alike,
come and pass and thats it. Solomon said that.....”
Winnie/ Cardiff, Wales (United Kingdom)
Bible Answer:
Bible Text:
Ecclesiastes 3:16-22 NLT
(Solomon spoke of the unfairness of Life.)
16 I also noticed that under the sun
there is evil in the courtroom. Yes, even the courts of law are
corrupt!
17 I said to myself, “In due
season God will judge everyone, both good and bad, for all their
deeds.”
18 I also thought about the human
condition—how God proves to people that they are like animals.
19 For people and animals share
the same fate—both breathe and both must die. So people have no
real advantage over the animals. How meaningless!
20 Both go to the same place—they
came from dust and they return to dust.
21 For who can prove that the human
spirit goes up and the spirit of animals goes down into the earth?
22 So I saw that there is nothing
better for people than to be happy in their work. That is why we are
here! No one will bring us back from death to enjoy life after we
die.
Are men, mere animals? Is there nothing
after death?
Is that what these words are saying?
Never!
Here is what King Solomon has said.
Ecclesiastes 3:17 NLT
I said to myself, “In due
season God will judge everyone, both good and bad, for all their
deeds.”
Yes men will live as they wish, but
after death, there will be a great reckoning, one day with God!
Acts 10:34 KJV An Honest Judge
(See: James 2:1-13)
Then Peter opened his mouth, and
said, Of a Truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
Hebrews 9:27 KJV
And as it is appointed unto men once
to die, but after this the judgment:
Will the spirits of
man go up? (“ human spirit goes up”.)
Yes, one day all
will stand before and give an account of his life and his works
before God.
I Peter 4:4-6
NLT
4 Of course, your former friends are
surprised when you no longer plunge into the flood of wild and
destructive things they do. So they slander you.
5 But remember that they will have
to face God, who will judge everyone, both the living and the dead.
6
That is why the Good News was preached to those who are now dead—so
although they were destined to die like all people, they now live
forever with God in the Spirit.
King Solomon:
Ecclesiastes 12:6,7,13,14 NLT
6 Yes, remember your Creator now
while you are young, before the silver cord of life snaps and the
golden bowl is broken. Don’t wait until the water jar is smashed at
the spring and the pulley is broken at the well.
7 For then the dust will return to
the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
13 That’s the whole story. Here
now is my final conclusion: Fear God and obey His commands, for this
is everyone’s duty.
14 God will judge us for
everything we do, including every secret thing, whether good or bad.
This is what King Solomon believed!
But if he believed this what did he
mean when he said.....
Ecclesiastes 3:18-20 NLT
18 I also thought about the human
condition—how God proves to people that they are like animals.
19 For people and animals share
the same fate—both breathe and both must die. So people have no
real advantage over the animals. How meaningless!
20 Both go to the same place—they
came from dust and they return to dust.
Are people like animals?
Do we share the same fate?
Do men and animals, go to the same
place?
In what regard, Solomon tells us!
We are all “mortal (of the flesh),
meaning, we all will die!
Yes we share the same fate, as far as death is concerned!
In this regard, there is no difference
for we all die, we all return to the dust (or the grave).
But as shown above, King Solomon
believed “men,” not animals, would one day after death stand
before The (Honest-and-Godly) Judge Of All The Earth.
Dear friend, do you know Him, are you living for Him?
Psalm 96:13 KJV
Before The Lord: for He cometh, for
He cometh to Judge the earth: He shall Judge the world with
righteousness, and the people with His Truth.
