In context, Ecclesiastes 9:5 states;
9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
9:6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
(King James Bible, Ecclesiastes)
So some key points, if this refers to all the dead, and they have no more reward, how could the righteous be rewarded in any future alleged state with eternal life, freedom from sickness and ill health in a physical body etc?
Also according to my understanding the JW belief is that one will be living eternally on physical earth (ie "under the sun" to paraphrase). So how is that so if the dead have no portion "forever" in anything done "under the sun"?
9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
9:6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
(King James Bible, Ecclesiastes)
So some key points, if this refers to all the dead, and they have no more reward, how could the righteous be rewarded in any future alleged state with eternal life, freedom from sickness and ill health in a physical body etc?
Also according to my understanding the JW belief is that one will be living eternally on physical earth (ie "under the sun" to paraphrase). So how is that so if the dead have no portion "forever" in anything done "under the sun"?
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