Ecclesiastes 1: The Teacher Finds Everything Futile

The Teacher opens by declaring that all of life is futile and gives no lasting gain. He points to the repeating rounds of sun, wind, and rivers, says history only repeats itself, and reports that his search by wisdom only brought him more grief.

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What do the sun, the wind, and the rivers illustrate in 1:4-7?

The power of creation to bring lasting changeProof that God has abandoned the world He madeNature slowly wearing down toward a final endConstant motion that never reaches completion