Text: “What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun” (Eccl 1:9, ESV).

Connection to Today: Literally, America is aflame. The nation’s flag is being burned. Law enforcement personnel are under assault. Mexico’s flag is being paraded through the streets of Los Angeles, CA.

Does any thinking person think it’ll be long before the same violence plays out in Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, San Francisco, et al?

It’s so predictable.

Like clockwork.

Scripture’s teaching: “The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Gen 6:5, ESV).

In short, don’t say God didn’t tell us. He did–over and over again.

Questions: Do we learn? Do many care to learn? The questions answer themselves.

This is why I find Ecclesiastes germane each day. Human history is the same bloody and foolish story, again and again.

“What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun” (Eccl 1:9, ESV).