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The Audit of the Sovereign Timeline and the Equality of the Dust
To every thing there is a season, and a time (Eth) to every purpose under the heaven:
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Qahalath 3
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A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
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A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
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A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
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A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
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A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
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A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
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A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
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The Eternity in the Heart and the Sovereign Work
What profit (Yitrown) hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
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I have seen the travail, which Elohim hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
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He hath made every thing beautiful in his time (Eth): also he hath set the world (Olam) in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that Elohim maketh from the beginning to the end.
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I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
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And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of Elohim.
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I know that, whatsoever Elohim doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and Elohim doeth it, that men should fear before him.
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That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and Elohim requireth that which is past.
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The Place of Judgment and the Return to the Dust
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
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I said in mine heart, Elohim shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time (Eth) there for every purpose and for every work.
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I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that Elohim might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
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For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath (Ruach); so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity (Hebel).
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All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
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Who knoweth the spirit (Ruach) of man that goeth upward, and the spirit (Ruach) of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
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Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?