Chasing Time – People (Part 2)

Often when we chase time, relationships are left in the dust. Pastor Jeff Baker continues our series through the book of Ecclesiastes with a message entitled, People.

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A Time for Everything: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (Part One)

A Time for Everything: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (Part One)
Today’s passage is Ecclesiastes 3:1-8.  Please join us in study.
“There is a time for everything…” (NIV)  The word translated as ‘time’ here or ‘appointed time’ in other translations carries with it the idea of a time when something specific is set, fixed or appointed.  The word is used only three other times in the Old Testament (Nehemiah 2:6; Esther 9:27, 31) and in each of these instances, the context is dealing with the setting of an appointment or establishing a date.  Nehemiah is asked to set the time of his return to King Artaxerxes.  Esther is establishing the annual celebration of Purim.

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