Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

1. The question: If you are so great, why aren’t your disciples following standard-practice piety? (V. 33)

-1 Timothy 4:3-5
-1 Timothy 6:17

2. The answer: Because I, the Groom of Israel, am here (v. 34)

-Exodus 24:7-11
-Isaiah 54:5-6
-Hosea 2:14-16

1. The Groom’s coming is like a new garment and new wine (vv. 36-38)

-Isaiah 43:18-19
-Jeremiah 16:14-15
-Jeremiah 31:31-33

B. The Groom’s coming brings judgment on those who prefer things the way they are (v. 39)
-2 Peter 3:3-4

Application:

1. Warning for us: the world is changing, God is moving, and Messiah is coming. Do not love the old wine.
2. We are the ministers—waiters/waitresses—of the new wine

-Romans 6:4
-2 Corinthians 5:17

3. We are the Bride of Christ, and our Groom HAS come and WILL come!

-Revelation 21:5a