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about human nature and the patterns of life.
He's talking about birth and death and work
and struggles and problems and issues that
every generation faces, and he says there's
no new thing under the sun. We see
wickedness in our nation. We see sin
running rampant. Well, it was there years
ago. It was there in the days of Noah. It was
there in the days of Lot. It was there in the
days of Jeremiah and Isaiah. It was there in
the days of Jesus Christ. So Solomon is just
simply saying that, in history, these things
have always been. We think, well, there's
never been sin like there is today. Yes, there
has. Read Genesis 6, the first ten verses, and
see why God destroyed the entire world
except for eight people.
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