Friday, February 12, 2021

ECCLESIASTES 12 SERIES - Verse 6

 Commentary of Charles Spurgeon, Adam Clarke & Matthew Henry
 

Or ever the silver cord be loosed, 
or the golden bowl be broken, 
or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, 
or the wheel broken at the cistern.
Vs.6 
 
--Then shall the silver cord, by which soul and body were wonderfully fastened together, be loosed, that sacred knot untied, and those old friends be forced to part; 
--then shall the golden bowl, which held the waters of life for us, be broken; 
--then shall the pitcher with which we used to fetch up water, for the constant support of life and the repair of its decays, be broken, even at the fountain, so that it can fetch up no more; 
--and the wheel (all those organs that serve for the collecting and distributing of nourishment) shall be broken, and disabled to do their office any more. 
 
Death will resolve us into our first principles