Solomon: Everything is meaningless
1 Kings 3:6-9 [6]Then Solomon said, "You have shown great lovingkindness to Your servant David my father, according as he walked before You in truth and righteousness and uprightness of heart toward You; and You have reserved for him this great lovingkindness, that You have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. [7]Now, O Lord my God, You have made Your servant king in place of my father David, yet I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in. [8]Your servant is in the midst of Your people which You have chosen, a great people who are too many to be numbered or counted. [9]So give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?" Ecclesiastes 1:2 [2]"Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher, "Vanity of vanities! All is vanity." Consider these two statements. They are made by the same person, several decades apart. The diffe...