[humanrebar]

The book elaborates on why the world leads to an emptiness. And it's the Bible, not just some mopey livejournal blog, so it's comforting that it's not just me struggling with human existence. It's not that I'm blind or cynical or weak. The world just doesn't meet what I expect from a fair reality.

We expect a world that is fair. One that leads to lasting flourishing and life. I heard a smart theologian describe Ecclesiastes as a book that paints Christ with negative space. By exhaustively describing why the world doesn't fulfill us, we understand what we hunger for, and in the context of the rest of the Bible, we can see how God and Christ are ultimately satisfying in a way that people and the world aren't.