9 5: This verse isn't saying the dead literally know nothing; it's saying all they've accumulated for their own benefit during their earthly life is now for naught.
v9: Even though Jesus made it quite clear in the Gospels their is no marriage in Heaven, we should enjoy our spouses in this present life because they are given to us by God.
Chapter 10
v1: This verse strongly warns we who call ourselves Christians that we truly have to walk that out. Though we won't be perfect and we won't always do the right thing, we have to try our best, with the help of and full reliance upon God, to be the best followers of Jesus we can be. If we get lax and start not caring about sins in our lives, our lives will then begin to look to others like a piece of meat, which is supposed to be succulent, or at least edible, covered in flies.
v3: This verse tells us we should not try to follow Christ without actually being saved (Acts 2 38.) If we just try to take it up like we'd take up golf or the guitar, that won't work. We will fail and look to everyone like the unrepentant fools we still are.
v14: Fools like to think they can predict the future. Just look at all the media pundits around these days. However, only God truly knows the future.
Chapter 11
v1 and 2: In an age when young people are basically being groomed all their lives to take one career path, these verses say you should develop a variety of skill sets. That way, if one doesn't work out, you have other things you can fall back on. In other words, if you send out fifteen ships full of grain to various ports, no matter what happens, at least one of them will return with the money from the sale of the grain or the goods for which you traded the grain. Whereas, if you send out only one ship and rely on that for your pay-out, if something happens to that ship, you are screwed.
v4: If you worry too much about whether or not now is the best time to undertake something, you'll never do anything.
v5: John 3
v 7 and 8: James 1 It's wonderful to remember the good moments in life, but when you look at the bad times, that can be a nice thing, too, because you remember how God brought you through them and how he used those troubles to grow you as a person. 2 Corinthians 1
Verses 9 and 10 of this chapter and the first seven verses of the following chapter present a contrast of sorts. Yes, you should enjoy your youth and have a good time, but you should also be using this time in your life to do work for God. If you keep putting off and putting off working for the King, then before you know it you'll be old, your eyes grow dim, your legs grow weak, your teeth ware down and fall out, your hearing go. Then, shortly after that, you'll be dead.
Don't get me wrong, I pray good health for God's people all the days of their lives, but the fact is, in this fallen world, the above still occurs to both the righteous and the wicked as they age.
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