Ecclesiastes: What's the big deal about life anyways?

     Hey Guys! Sorry it's been such a long time, but life happens.
     Today, Ecclesiastes is the topic. As I've just read it through for the first time (sad, I know), I'm no expert on it, but it is a very interesting book in the Bible!
     For those of you who haven't read it yet, this book is about Solomon's view on what life really means. He'd done it all, and he'd spent a good portion of his younger years doing everything, as in before he started following the commandments. His opinion is that life is meaningless. Yes, you read that right...meaningless.
     What about all of those Bible Thumpers (excuse the expression) who say that life has a meaning? Huh?
      Well, they're right in their own respect. God did put us here for a purpose. But, without God, nothing we do matters. So I go to jail for smoking pot. Big deal...
     At least, that's the way it is without God, but with God, life takes on a whole new meaning! What we do matters now. Let me say that again in case you skipped that part. What...we...do...matters...now. Get the picture. What we do now, affects us forever (think Heaven or Hell, your choice).
     Solomon really makes an interesting point. We really have no reason to be all closed up and conforming to the world's stuffy opinion of what a Christian should be. His advice? Simply live life to the fullest. I mean, don't go off and smoke some weed or something and blame me. When I say live life to the fullest, I mean within common sense and within the Bible's commandments.
     Those of you who know me know that I love to tell jokes and have a good laugh. I by no means act  (at least I try not to) like the bratty pk that some people believe that I should be. I live in the moment Oooh....aaahhhh...BIG POINT THERE!
     Living in the moment is probably one of the most neglected ideals in modern society. We always seem to be planning the next event or grieving constantly about some past event (yes, I confess that I to have engaged in these activities :)  ). I understand that that's necessary to some extent, but come on people! There's a time for everything, but not to this extreme!
     Think about it, living in the present (moment) is about the only -ahem- logical way to go about the majority of life. I can't change the past, and I have no idea what the heck life is going to throw at me tomorrow! Thus, live in the moment.
     That's all folks, thanks, and God Bless my friend!

An Untranslated Character?

     Hello all, and welcome to my new blog! In this blog, I will mainly be covering some of the most amazing points about the Bible, so enjoy!
     In Zechariah 12:10, there is a passage that predicts the crucifixion of Jesus:
     "And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son...."
     This passage is notable because of the fact that it contains an allusion to the crucified Messiah. It gets even better when you look at the Hebrew text.
     When one examines this passage in the Hebrew text, it appears that there are two untranslated characters between the "me" and the "whom" These characters are the aleph and the tau, or the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet, respectively.
     This may make more sense when one considers the fact that the alpeh and the tau are the equivalents of the Greek letters alpha and omega.
      When one inserts these characters into the passage, it looks like this:
     "...and they shall look upon me, the Alpha and the Omega, whom they have pierced..."
      Wow!
     This is a direct reference to Jesus Christ, the Alpha and Omega, 400 years before his name was used in scripture!
    Our God is great, isn't he?