1. Is Death better than Life?
Ecclesiastes 9 v.1 – 12
The two clocks
Under the sun
From dust to dust

2. The parable of the Rich Fool
Luke 12 v.19 I will say to myself, ‘You
have plenty of good things laid up for
many years. Take life easy; eat, drink
and be merry.
Luke 12 v.20 “But God said to him,
‘You fool! This very night your life will
be demanded of you. Then who will get
what you have prepared for yourself.’”

3. Eccl 9 v1 So I reflected on all this and
concluded that the righteous and the wise
and what they do are in God’s hands, but
no man knows whether love or hate
awaits him.
Rom. 5 v.8 But God demonstrated his
own love for us in this: While we were
still sinners, Christ died for us.

4. Save yourself and us
Jesus, remember me
Today you will be with me in paradise

5. Acts 2 v.21 Everyone who calls on the
name of the Lord will be saved.
Isaiah 25 v.6 – 9 On this mountain the
Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich
food for all peoples, a banquet of aged
wine – the best of meats and the finest
wines.

6. On this mountain he will destroy the
shroud that enfolds all peoples, the
sheet that covers all nations. He will
swallow up death for ever. The
Sovereign Lord will wipe away the
tears from all faces; he will remove the
disgrace of his people from all the
earth. The Lord has spoken.

7. In that day they will say, “Surely this is
our God, we trusted in him, and he
saved us. This is the Lord, we trusted in
him; let us rejoice and be glad in his
salvation.
BUT
Isaiah 25 v.10 The hand of the Lord will
rest on this mountain; but Moab will be
trampled under him as straw is trampled
down in the manure.

8. Under the sun
Rev. 21 v.22/23 I did not see a temple
in the city, because the Lord God
Almighty and the lamb are its temple.
The city does not need the sun or the
moon to shine on it, for the glory of
God gives it light and the Lamb is its
lamp.

9. Eccl 9 v1 So I reflected on all this and
concluded that the righteous and the
wise and what they do are in God’s
hands, but no man knows whether love
or hate awaits him.

10. v.2 All share a common destiny – the
righteous and the wicked, the good
and the bad, those who offer sacrifices
and those who do not.
As it is with the good man,
So with the sinner;
As it is with those who take oaths,
So with those who are afraid to take
them.

11. v.3 This is the evil in everything that
happens under the sun: The same
destiny overtakes all. The hearts of men,
moreover, are full of evil and there is
madness in their hearts while they live,
and afterwards they join the dead
v.4 Anyone who is among the living has
hope – even a live dog is better off than
a dead lion!

12. v.5For the living know that they will die,
but the dead know nothing;
they have no further reward,
and even the memory of them is forgotten.
v.6 Their love, their hate
and there jealousy have long since
vanished;
never again will they have a part
in anything that happens under the sun.

13. v.7 Go, eat your food with gladness, and
drink your wine with a joyful heart, for it
is now that God favours what you do.
v.8 Always be clothed in white, and
always anoint your head with oil.

14. v.9 Enjoy life with your wife whom you
love, all the days of this meaningless
life that God has given you under the
sun – all your meaningless days. For
this is your lot in life and in your
toilsome labour under the sun.
Under the sun - - meaningless – vanity
1Cor. 13 - - If – I have not love, I gain
nothing

15. v.10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do
it with all your might, for in the grave,
where you are going, there is neither
working nor planning not knowledge nor
wisdom.
Col.3 v.23 Whatever you do, work at it
with all your heart, as working for the
Lord, not for men, since you know that
you will receive an inheritance from
the Lord as reward.

16. v.11 I have seen something else under
the sun:
The race is not to the swift
or the battle to the strong,
nor does food come to the wise
or wealth to the brilliant
or favour to the learned;
but time and chance happen to them all.

17. v.12 Moreover, no man knows when his
hour will come:
As fish are caught in a cruel net,
or birds are taken in a snare,
so men are trapped by evil times
that fall unexpectedly upon them.
The parable of the Rich Fool

18. Luke 12 v.20 “But God said to him, ‘You
fool! This very night your life will be
demanded of you. Then who will get
what you have prepared for yourself.’”
Heb.9 v.27 Just as man is destined to
die once, and after that to face judgment;

19. Acts 2 v.21 Everyone who calls on the
name of the Lord will be saved.
Heb. 9 v.28 so Christ was sacrificed
once to take away the sins of many
people; and he will appear a second
time, not to bear sin, but to bring
salvation to those who are waiting for
him.

20. Lk 12 v.37 It will be good for those
servants whose master finds them
watching when he comes. I tell you the
truth, he will dress himself to serve, will
have them recline at the table and will
come and wait on them.
1 Cor.15 v.55 - Where, O death, is your
victory? - Where O death, is your sting?
v.57 Thanks be to God! He gives us the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

21. Rev.21 v.3/4 And I heard a loud voice
from the throne saying, ‘Now the
dwelling of God is with men, and he will
live with them. They will be his people,
and God himself will be with them and
be their God. He will wipe every tear
from their eyes. There will be no more
death or mourning or crying or pain, for
the old order of things has passed away.