Labor (Work)
From Eco-Bible 1
These are notes for an incomplete "Concept" page.
- Information is being added as the Bible Pages are added. In the end, everything will be compiled, further information added (as necessary), broken links connected, etc.
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- For more about how labor fits in with the commands God gave humans at creation, see: Creation Mandate.
Scripture Pages that Link to Here
- Ecc 2:24, 26 - There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God. ... For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.
- This shows that "work for its own sake" is not good... but enjoying the "fruit" of our labor, as received from the hand of God, is!
- The labor (and resulting joy) described in these passages are a reflection of the basic duties given to humans, back in Genesis 1:26-28, and are first illustrated in Genesis 2:15 and following. The burden that has become associated with it goes back to the consequences of human sin, described in Genesis 3:17-19.
Unless otherwise noted, all notes and comments are © by Dennis Hinks.
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