Eternity in the heart of man

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted eternity [a sense of divine purpose] in the human heart (love of God)[a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning (creation) to the end (judgement).

He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted eternity [a sense of divine purpose] in the human heart [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]:

  • I will write my laws on their hearts. (Jeremiah 31:33)
  • Christ came to fulfill the Law. (Matthew 5:17)
  • There is no Law against Love. (Galatians 5:22-23)
  • I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. (Ezekiel 36:26-27)
  • The love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:39)

—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning: In the beginning God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them (Genesis 1:1,27), to the end; At the end, there is the revelation of the glory of Christ (1 Peter 4:13), and time for judgment (1 Peter 4:17), Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, (Hebrews 9:27).

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