Surely the fate of human beings is like that of the animals

Ecclesiastes 3:16-4:3

And I saw something else under the sun: In the place of judgment—wickedness was there, in the place of justice—wickedness was there.

“God will bring into judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time to judge every deed.”

Surely the fate of human beings is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath; humans have no advantage over animals. Everything is meaningless.

All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. Who knows if the human spirit rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?”

So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work, because that is their lot. For who can bring them to see what will happen after them?

But better than both is the one who has never been born, who has not seen the evil that is done under the sun.

So we learn to stand in awe of God. There is injustice and corruption in life, but God has set a time for just judgment, although we must all die.

There is so much oppression in life that we would be better dead; better still never to have been born.

Why?

The life of human beings has so much wickedness and injustice. Everywhere are full of injustice and wickedness. Only in God, there is justice and righteousness.

People's life is like animals, who knows if the human spirit rises upward and the animal goes down into the earth? 

If we don't know the Lord, our life is really like the animal, eat and sleep and die, everyone has the same life cycle.

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一個觀察：在審判之處有奸惡，在公義之處也有奸惡。公義最後得彰顯的地方還是沒有公義。

神掌權，只是審判的時間還沒有到。

思考的： 神要試驗他們，使他們覺得自己不過像獸一樣。為什麼允許罪惡存在。要試驗人如動物一樣。神要我們知道人都會死！無人知道最後的審判結果是如何?那時才是真正公義審判的時候。不要從暫時的狀態來看事情。

22節的結論：我見人莫強如在他經營的事上喜樂，因為這是他的分。人當在自己的事情上盡本份。

如果我們沒有受苦是如此想，但是如果我們是受害者，有誰安慰他們呢? 若是如此不如早點死去，甚至不要出生。人都是想逃避苦難，然而神的法則不是如此，為什麼我們不去尋求神的安慰呢?誰來安慰他們呢? 安慰有時，不安慰也有時。我們很難容易從自己的角度看事情，忘記神在掌權。我們看到人受欺壓，不能以以後有審判來告訴人，而是我們可以去安慰人。耶穌受難前也希望有人可以體貼他的心意，僅有馬利亞為耶穌打破香膏。

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How?

Don't think we are better than animals if we don't know the Lord we are the same as animals.