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creation was subject to vanity because of

man's fall. So here we find in this text that

the primary meaning of vanity is that which

is fleeting, does not last, is temporal, it's

brief, is passing away, it comes and it goes,

and Solomon is going to illustrate that in

this chapter.

Notice verse 3: “What profit hath a man

of all his labour which he taketh under the

sun?” In other words, what's the point?

Why bother working and living through this

life, this endless cycle of work — get up in

the morning and go to work and go to bed

at night. It just seems like a poor return. I

mean, you work all your life to eat and

whatever. You give your whole life to it, and

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