Our case, is not hopeless because the purpose of God is to raise all his righteous servants from the dead and give them eternal life, after the example of Jesus his Son. This verse speaks of the Day of Judgment.
Unfortunately, people throughout the ages have been drawn away from God’s truth by false hopes of natural immortality. They believed they were immortal and would continue in existence after death: but God has never taught such a thing. On the contrary, Solomon wrote “all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again”.
All animals, including men, have the same breath which leaves them when they expire, but people naturally believe we have a higher destiny than the animals, even suggesting that our breath [spirit] goes upwards, while theirs goes downwards, but “Who knoweth?” God knows and tells us plainly that at death we all turn to dust and unconsciousness (Ecclesiastes 9:5-6)Waiting for response for Ecclesiastes 9:5-6
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Waiting for response for Ecclesiastes 3:1-2This chapter by Solomon teaches that all time and times are in God’s control. For us individually also there is: “A time to be born, and a time to die”.v.2Waiting for response for Ecclesiastes 3:2 Therefore, the scriptures exhort us to use our time wisely, because we only have a short period of existence, and only during this brief time can we take the opportunity to bring our lives into conformity with God’s purpose.