Ecclesiastes is a study in the futility of life without God - it is meaningless and serves no long term purpose. All end in death - the wise and the fool and the wicked. Good can come to the bad as often as it comes to the good and vice verse.
But God has set eternity in the hearts of all of us - an innate knowledge that there is more than just this life. Some have called this a God-sized hole in our heart that only God can fill. Ecclesiastes tells us that we come from our Creator and we will return to Him for judgment. The book concludes with the conclusion of the matter - Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. Therein is the path of meaningful life - life that will continue on into eternity - with God or far from His presence.
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