Ecclesiastes 3:11 KJV
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also
he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that
God maketh from the beginning to the end.
That the world God placed in man's heart is not literally the earth is
obvious. The passage therefore requires we look to a larger view of the meaning
of the word.
He could be
speaking of the explorative nature of man
the desire to see
and conquer lands hitherto unknown.
He could be speaking
of the thirst for knowledge
to discover more
than land but all there is to learn in this world. Certainly we can not
claim that we have learned it all.
The Hebrew word
indicates what I think is the meaning of this passage
It gives as one definition,
eternity. God has placed in the heart of man the desire for eternity. To live
in a world without end. To live and to not die. This is the work of God in our
hearts, to draw us to a place where we search out that land that never ends.
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