I finished watching the lectures on this somewhat enigmatic book. What do we as Christians do with it? There are a variety of views, but the historically Reformed one is that this book is an apologetic. It shows us how the preacher (seemingly Solomon) tried out all kinds of worldliness and found it wanting. The last two verses sum up what we are to learn. Everything but the fear of the Lord is vanity.
However, there is still a question on this term in the book. Is this the same kind of "fear of the Lord" referred to in Prov 1:7 and Job 28:28? I think that a typical Reformed view would be yes.
Meanderings about my journey with Jesus.
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