Recitation of 66 books
with numbers of chapters
or psalms in each book.
TIME: 1 minute, 18.03 seconds
TIP 67: Plug both ears while reciting and notice the difference.
Overview Ecclesiastes 8:1-17
"In Stereo"
When we hear things in stereo, there
is a depth that we can perceive that
wasn't there when we heard it in
just the left ear and just in the
right ear. That stereo effect is
greater than the sum of the two
hearings.
This week, as we continue through
Solomon's thought processes, we come
across concepts that will sound very
much like what we have read in
previous chapters in previous weeks.
Let's notice his inclusion of God
this week, and just an overall tone
change that allows a light in that
was previously left out.
Those who have ears to hear, give
a listen.
Recitation of 66 books with numbers
of chapters or psalms in each book.
TIME: 4 minutes, 0.07 seconds
TIP 68: After reciting each book and its
number, say, "Thank You, Jesus."
Ecclesiastes 8:1, 2-4
"Because Jesus Is The King Of
Kings."
See also 1 Chronicles 29:23-25. See
also Matthew 6:28-30.
"/Leh Oh-LAHM (C)Hahs-DOH/".
We do well to learn this phrase and
repeat it for the rest of our lives.
We know it in English as "His love
endures forever." This is a founda-
tional truth to our faith. God's
love indeed endures forever. It is
this truth that guides us as we
follow Him, even as we follow lead-
ers He allows to be our leaders. And
so, we will follow Him in our obed-
ience to our leadership, and should
our obedience to Him become dis-
obedience to leaders, we will do
so in a CIVIL manner.
Because His love endures forever, so
also our love as Jesus followers will
endure forever. Jesus is King.
In fact, Jesus is King OF KINGS. Who
will say to Him, "What are You
doing?"
Recitation of 66 books with numbers
of chapters or psalms in each book.
TIME: 1 minute, 25.28 seconds
TIP 69: After Malachi, 4, quote the last
27 books, the New Testament, starting
from Revelation, 22, back to Matthew,
28. If possible, see the books as you
recite them in the familiar columnar
configuration.
Ecclesiastes 8:5-9
"Because There's More To Jesus
Than Meets The Eye."
In our portion today, we read what
Solomon can see under the sun, and
compare that with what we can see
in Jesus the Son of God.
We read Ecclesiastes 8:5. Then we
can read John 2:4-5.
We read Ecclesiastes 8:6. Then we
can read Matthew 3:13-17.
We read Ecclesiastes 8:7. Then we
can read Luke 22:31-34.
We read Ecclesiastes 8:8. Then we
can read John 20:19-23.
And we read Ecclesiastes 8:9. Then
we can read Matthew 23:1-4.
Jesus is a real-life transformer.
Jesus is a real life-transformer.
"Fifty years from now, when you're
looking back at your life, don't you
wanna be able to say you had the
guts..."
...to follow Jesus?
Recitation of 66 books with numbers
of chapters or psalms in each book.
TIME: About 1/2 mile through rush hour traffic.
TIP 70: Try reciting today on a sub-
conscious level, with minimal voicing
of books and their numbers.
Ecclesiastes 8:10-13
"Because Jesus Died For Us That
Day."
We read today of Solomon observing
the burial of criminals and jerks,
lamenting the fact that their
crimes went without punishment.
At this point, we should all re-
member that we all are criminals
and jerks, but Jesus died for us
anyway. (Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23)
This is the grace of God, that he
offers us a trade of our exist-
ence, which leads to hell, for the
real life that only Jesus brings.
And it will be well for us.
Recitation of 66 books with numbers
of chapters or psalms in each book.
TIME: 1 minute, 38.14 seconds
TIP 71: Try to imagine something else
you'd rather be doing other than this
as you recite. Notice the hindrance.
Ecclesiastes 8:14-15
"Because Jesus Knows We Don't
Live By Food, Drink And
Chillaxation Alone."
There is a high price to pay for
living life only for the right
now. The guaranteed way to be
neglected forever is to neglect
forever OURSELVES.
Because Solomon so allowed his
eyes to determine what was hap-
pening in his world under the
sun, he often missed the spirit-
ual component: the futility he
saw in verse 14 was the result of
a corrupt world being purposely
mismanaged by Satan, who is God's
adversary, and truly a friend of
NO ONE.
This emptiness still echoes to-
day: good is bad, bad is good,
"boy scouts" are "corny" or "un-
cool" and therefore undesirable,
meanwhile "bad boys" are not
called scoundrels or villains,
no, they are "anti-heroes". In
the pop culture, Jesus wasn't
"cool" until He was portrayed
with long, flowing, NON-JEWISH
hair! Shame on us. SHAME! But a
new day approaches.
The truth is this uncool, boy
scout Jesus, who was and is al-
ways prepared, has prepared a way
for us OVER THE SUN. And forget
about the pricetag, because He
paid it all. Once we understand
what that means, we will never
want to forget about Him again.
Just know that God's true calling
will NEVER go against what He has
already said in the Bible. For
example, someone who is conflict-
ed about whether or not to take
something(s) that isn't theirs.
No need to pray about that, be-
cause God said, "Don't steal."
(Exodus 20:15). We who belong to
Him hear what He is saying in our
soul; He is TRULY pitch perfect.
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WARM-UP:
Recitation of 66 books with numbers
of chapters or psalms in each book.
TIME: 5 minutes, 18.79 seconds
TIP 72: Write them down, like this:
Ecclesiastes 8:16-17
"Because, Because, Because, Be-
cause, Because... Because Of The
Wonderful Things He Does."
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz simply
did not live up to his name. He
should have been named the Shady
Charlatan of Oz. He was a fake and
a fraud and powerless to give the
four sojourners the intellectual,
emotional, psychological or situa-
tional fulfillment they each de-
sired. The gifts he did give were
merely symbols that encouraged
them to tap into what they already
had inside.
How different he is from the Truly
All-Powerful Yahweh! God is neith-
er fake nor fraudulent, and His
power is truly limitless; unfath-
omable.
This expansive gulf between what
we can know and what God has done
from eternity to eternity is the
gap to which Solomon resigns him-
self and us as we come to the
close of our chapter this week.
In a nutshell, if the merry old
land of Oz could stand for all of
God's creation, then Solomon un-
derstood that all we can compre-
hend of it amounts to a single
yellow brick.
Review Ecclesiastes 8:1-17 and REST
in Jesus' hands consideringJust as even the wise rarely know all the whys,
Our just as odd fate will in no wise NOT rely on our faith.
