Part 2 in the series "The Way of Wisdom" examines Ecclesiastes as a critical voice in the wisdom tradition, contrasting Proverbs’ ordered guidance with the teacher’s verdict of life as hevel (vapor). Pastor Josh walks through the teacher’s experiment with pleasure, work, and wealth and the repeated refrain that many pursuits feel fleeting and inexplicable.
He highlights three hard realities under the sun—time’s march, universal death, and life’s randomness—then points to the poem “a time for everything,” practical steps to find joy in the present, and the author’s final call to fear God and keep his commandments. It closes by showing how Jesus, as wisdom embodied, gives lasting meaning beyond the mist.