Ecclesiastes 1:1–11: The Word That Means "Breath" — and It's a Murdered Man's Name

🎧 Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 | The Word That Means "Breath" — and It's a Murdered Man's NameYour Bible probably says "meaningless." The Hebrew word is hevel — breath, vapour, here one second and gone the next. And that exact word is also somebody's name: Hebel. Abel. The murdered brother of Genesis 4, a righteous life cut short before it began.Yesterday Song of Songs ended with a love as strong as death. Today we meet the book where death seems to win everything. Watch for the phrase that controls all twelve chapters — "under the sun" — twice in these eleven verses alone, twenty-nine times before we're done. Then hear the question that runs the accounts on your whole life: what do people actually gain? Today's tool: when you start a Bible book, hunt for the phrase that keeps coming back — spot the lens, and you can read the book.#Ecclesiastes #Bible #BibleReading #Hevel #DailyBibleReadingDaily Bible Reading is a chapter-by-chapter Bible reading podcast from Christ Church Hemel, helping you read through the Bible one chapter at a time. Follow the full reading plan here: https://www.christchurchhemel.org.uk/resources/daily-bible-reading/If you're local to Hemel Hempstead, you're very welcome to join us on Sundays at 10:30am and 6pm.