THE BANKRUPTCY

OF MAN

#1 Prob = “Meaningless”Intuitively: Hrts.LONG 4 itU NEED Purpose ^ “Life..Broken”

BUT: The DESIGNER DESIGNS…Things Make Sense INTUITIVEWe Know!

Ecclesiastes 2:22-23 So what do people get in this life for all their hard work and anxiety? Their days of labor are filled with pain and grief; even at night their minds cannot rest. It is all meaningless.

BANKRUPTCY VS. “ECONOMY OF GOD”

Someth.Beautiful @World ‘round

#1) G=MANDATES: Season/TimeU=Gvn: Birth/Death/Plant/HarvstOvr. Time+Diversty Beauty (Byrds)

G=Saves U: Obsess.^OverwhlmIL: Mary PopDad=1 Mode:Saved

=LIBERATED from BANKRUPTCY

3:11 He has made everything [beautiful] in its time.

3:1 For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven.

3:2 A time to be born and a time to die.A time to plant and a time to harvest.

BANKRUPTCY VS. “ECONOMY OF GOD” #2) Eternity: “U Belong Here”

InvitedG-Space: Vast Eternity~Invited In2 DRIVERs SEAT

=‘Economy..Fall’Confront VAST Diversty + VAST UnityJust as you Settle DnUnsettled

Just as U Despair ‘Purpose…’

G=Saves Us: ‘MY WRLD!’ Self-OBSESSD ^ Depressd‘NOPE: Others EXIST!’ G: “I EXIST!”

3:11 …He has also set eternity in their heart,

…yet man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.

BANKRUPTCY VS. “ECONOMY OF GOD”

R.Part= “?Respond?” FREE WillG.~DICTATES Events G.LIMITS Events

#1) Fight Reality Bittr.LOOSER TYRANTS“?Get?” ‘Chase..WIND’ Ur Agenda ~Win

#2) or MAXIMIZE Reality Economic Realities“I Knw..Evrth.MUST B Beautiful..Time”MEANS:1. v12 “Rejoice”=Thanksgv.Acknwl.G.Exists!2. v12b “Do Good” ~Live 4 SELFSERVE Oths.3. v13 “ENJOY G.Gifts!” (~GOAL is Fruit)

3:12-13 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice

and to do good in one's lifetime;

everyone who eats & drinks [ENJOYS] sees good in all his labor—it is the gift of God. ThankflDO GUDEnjoy!