Ecclesiastes may seem like the most depressing book in the Bible to most. But to me it’s the most SOBERING book in the Bible. It keeps me from being obsessed with the world and the things it offers, and to rather desire the things that will never pass away; God and His words.

You went from skateboarding to philosophy to self-improvement to being a christian. Orlando I've been following you for years and the fact that your kinda blowing up on KZfaq is great. You deserve it. Your videos always had the sense that you were just trying to figure out life and showing the progress. You have truly become a digital philosopher. You are a reminder that life is worth living🙏

Ecclesasties literally cured my depression by ironically being a more depressed read. Which helped reorient me to what matters, God's word, family, and love.

I did a Bible study on Ecclesiastes when I was laid off from my job. It was perfect timing. It changed my life for the better.

Chapter 12v13 is my all time favourite verse in the bible .. “The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.”

This video made me realize how beautiful some of the books in the Bible are. Sometimes I just read and never really take in what is said. Thank you for this I now realize how powerful Ecclesiasties actually is.

I agree Ecclesiastes saved my life, and was the stepping stone to my salvation in 2020. Glory to God for his loving mercy on me, a sinner. 🙏🏽

Christ is Risen!

The verse from this book that gave me the most hope was, a living dog is better than a dead lion.

Ive been studying the bible for 25 years and this touched my heart.

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day-and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing." (2 Timothy 4:7-8 NKJV)

When you mentioned how God knew we would feel this way and put Ecclesiastes in the Bible for that reason, I never thought about it that way

Totally agree. This book is underrated! Reading it helps me to avoid traps in my thinking. Yeah, this world is screwed up and ultimately we just live, die and are forgotten about. It does sound nihilistic at first, and without the eternal life we have been given in Christ it could be depressing. But to me, understanding this message frees me to just try to love God and enjoy the simple things in life, because really, that’s what we have to enjoy!

I think sometimes the most powerful thing is to be told the very thing that our soul already knows but can’t put into words or can’t explain. We are often told that life is good, enjoy it. But yet there are many things that happen in life that are incredibly disappointing, evil, unjust, and tragic. But if we are told that life is good without being able to acknowledge that there is a whole lot of bad, it can drive us crazy. Ecclesiastes gives it to us straight, no chaser. No qualification. Life is hard and then you die. But God gives us things to enjoy while we are here but in the end, those things are meaningless. In the end, God’s commandments are the only meaningful thing. Our hope is in the kingdom to come where all things are restored and justice goes forth and righteousness fills the earth. For now, we labor and toil. Just being able to hear that message and acknowledge how undesirable this world is can be incredibly helpful.

Ecclesiastes is my FAVORITE book of the Bible!

I love Ecclesiastes! He sounds pessimistic but he gives good wisdom! What I recieved my second time is that: Live well! Eat well! We will die anyway, so enjoys the day that God gives us. And Fear God & keeps his commandment for this is the whole duty of man. Amen 🙏🏾 And you described it so well!! Thank you!! God bless you!! Let's live a life knowing that Jesus overcame death at the cross

One thing that helped me in reading the book of Ecclesiastes is understanding that everything is meaningless does not mean that everything is pointless. There’s a huge difference between the two which can help clear up what the teacher is saying. Amen ❤️

I love Ecclesiastes. Read this book then read JOB. they parallel each other a lot. Both coming to the same conclusions. We are only men and we cannot know the mind of GOD so just trust him. Do your best to follow his commandments and just have faith that HE will take care of you. The faith of a child

Orlando, I have much appreciation for your honest videos. At 60 years old, you are reminding me of things I learned long ago but have lost in the chaos of life. Blessings to you.

Fear God and keep His commandments! ❤

Ecclesiastes always made me think how much people need to be told about Jesus. I’ll keep these things you said in mind next time I end up there.

Life is based on time and chance but with God you stand a better chance.

A really helpful way of understanding Ecclesiastes is the contrast between “gain and gift”. When the Teacher sees life as gain he only finds meaninglessness. As he despairs “What do I gain from the work of my hands?” But when he pivots and sees things as “gift” everything changes. So he finds comfort in food and drink and sleep as “Gifts from God”. This contrast has helped me when I think about wealth and possessions and trying to be content. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Thank you man for this. It reminds me of Jeff Allen's testimony - he was an atheist who converted to Christianity from listening to teachings on Ecclesiastes.

By far, Ecclesiastes has always been my favorite book of the bible. It's a paradox; it knows it contradicts itself and at first glance, one would wonder why something so pessimistic is in the bible. But like one of its main themes, nothing matters. We all die, one way or another. We grow old. Sitting in a bus earlier today, thinking over all the problems I'm facing, and then I see an elderly woman on the bus. It hit me that whatever problems she faced when she was my age, 22, probably don't affect her as much now that her hair's all white and her skin's wrinkled. While I don't know her, and I'm not judging her, her presence reminded me that we often get so stuck in our minds, our hearts, our circumstances, that in reality, it doesn't matter. So why is it in the bible? Because while it does say nothing matters, nothing is ever new, anything new becomes old, Ecclesiastes chooses to hope. In the face of reality, of the facts, Ecclesiastes chose God. Who goes beyond anything and everything.

Honestly, this video just randomly showed up in my feed and I have to say thank you for making this video and pointing all this out, especially talking about the anger you feel at injustice, because it's *exactly* how I feel and it's becoming unbearable. I will definitely look into Ecclesiastes more deeply after this video. Seriously, thank you.

In Bible college we were given assignment on Ecclesiastes. We labour a week on this book but also could not come up with the clarity which person in video did. It really made much sense now than.

Another version says, Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher; “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.” I learnt life’s purpose in this book. It put my mind at ease and helped me to stop chasing after the world. It’s my favourite book indeed!!

Ecclesiastes is also my favorite book of the Bible. It sounds so depressing but actually gives me so much hope

Time ,death ,and randomness "man in his very best state, is altogether vanity"

I am so shocked cuz I was literally so angry at God and was argueing with him abt his fairness then this came. This is my sign to read Ecclesiastic. Be blessed❤

The Father gave me a revelation of peace and calling back to relationship with your message. Grace and peace to you bro

Beautiful!!!! I've just discovered the beauty and truth and saving grace found in the Bible and have yet to read Ecclesiastes, thank you for this introduction to it!!!!

Ecclesiastes is an incredible book. Truly the guide to help enter the fear of the Lord if you want to live this life. Ecc 12:13

It would be such a blessing to have this young man as friend!! He has so much wisdom. God bless you brother in Christ💛

Your words have made me reconsider the meaning of this book and the lessons it teaches. Thank you for posting this I needed this. I'm going to read it again but this time I will allow God to speak through it.

One of my absolute favorite books in the Bible...It's so liberating

I cant believe it that I come across this video at this point of time when I am feeling great injustice and is in a dilema on what to do tomorrow. Thank you so much for sharing. I will let it go and stop thinking about it. I can't change things but GOD is watching all the time. Justice will prevail eventually!

Life is unfair BUT we're so Lucky to have God to pick us up EVERY TIME 🙏🏼 ‭ When times are good, be happy; but when times are bad, consider this: God has made the one as well as the other. Ecclesiastes 7:14 NIV‬ Seek Him.. Amen

Ecclesiastes has always been my favorite. As a teenager I was so touched that there was something in the Bible that I could identify with.

Every transition period in my life I find solace in Ecclesiastes. Moving to a new place or a new job, just remembering to humble myself and give thanks that He is Emmanuel and he is with me!!

I had the same journey. Street dude -> Philosophy -> inspiration and self-resiliency -> Christianity. It was Proverbs and Ecclesiastes give me guidance and perspective in many ways. It was journey from age 14-18. We can find it through our lens but through God we can!

Such a powerful voice!

The orange juice example 😭😭 love this, thank you for putting this out

Thank you for sharing this. I needed this.

How interesting as I’m currently going through the book of Ecclesiastes.

ohh my.... just started reading the book of Ecclesiastes!!!!!... what timing... !! n the verses... vanity of vanity

Thank you, little brother. Your words were well worth sharing with others. God bless you.

I read Ecclesiastes in a period of my life were I was with a lot of questions about everything. I remember that pessimism was with me in every thought and question. It was a lot about life, God, me, my family, my future. And when I read it, it was the Lord telling me in my ear: It's okay to have questions. I believe that times of reflection must be lived with God to obtain fruit from them. If someone is struggling with time remember this: That which is, already has been; that which is to be, already has been; and God seeks what has been driven away (Chapter 3 verse 15). Don't forget that God identifies himself as "I Am Who I Am" so HE IS. (John 17:5, Colossians 1:17, 2 Peter 3:8)

I love how he sums up at the end what really matters... Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, For this is man’s all. 14 For God will bring every work into judgment, Including every secret thing, Whether good or evil.

Thanks, Orlando. God is using you to encourage us to stay the course and develop tunnel vision on our Creator, even when it seems there is NO justice in this world. We're one day closer to heaven!

To say this was a blessing would be an understatement, I hope I have the opportunity to thank you in person some day Mr. Kang. God bless you brother, let's do our best to improve the life, and remove as much nihilism from this world by the time we're in heaven as possible.

A few months back, I began going back to church and taking my walk of faith more seriously than I ever had. Ecclesiastes was the first book I read in the Bible at random and it resonated with me completely. At face value, a lot of Ecclesiastes comes off as cynical and nearly morbid, but that’s the point. A lot of life is made up of distractions and the millions different things we can do as God gave us free will but we must understand that true fulfillment only comes from God. We can learn, see and do as much as we want but ultimately, all things lead to God. The proclamation at the start of of Ecclesiastes 1 “Vanity of vanities. All is vanity,” is meant to be as harsh as it sounds but one should not go all doom-and-gloom about it. Life is beautiful, absurd, unjust and incredible and at the end of every path is God. And I liked your orange juice comment at the end, Orlando. I feel the same about what before were rather mundane things. Knowing God is behind every little thing is a great feeling.

Definitely one of my very favorites. Very humbling and it reminds me to trust in faith.

This is exactly what I felt three weeks ago, the senselessness of it all. I’m at a crossroads in my life where I have to choose a new course for my life because the one I was previously on did not only fail, but failed spectacularly. It was the path I took because I believed it was the one that would be the most virtuous where I could serve people but also exhaust all that I have for good but it ended up horribly and I feel like a worse person than before. Now I don’t know what to do with my life, I see left and right people getting what they want without asking, without trying. People who have been selfish, people who have no care in the world, people who are too good to try, people who hate other for no good reason, people who live for intrigue at the cost of others who don’t understand their games. And I feel like the fool who can never win. My high ideals, my hopes and values feel like a sham to be laughed at and ridiculed by those who don’t know any better and those who play stupid power plays. I listened to a video about meaninglessness of life and it talked about Ecclesiastes, when I read it, it was like the spirit breathe into me because for the first time it was true, what was said to me was not some generic motivational word salad or detached call to hold onto hope, it was just real life spoken through words from ancient times. It wasn’t gaslighting me into being okay with today and what’s to come. It affirmed what I had always felt but was externally denied in the world. That alone gave me a ton of relief. I got to sleep peacefully that night, early morning I had coffee with my Dad and I told him about that book and we got some peace, just looking around at nature and praising God for making it so beautiful. I did my mundane works with a lit of peace that day.

Thank you for sharing this! Great timing and message.

Just finished reading Ecclesiastes randomly last week and wow this changes my perspective on the book a lot. Thanks for shedding light and sharing this!

Great video! Keep uploading and sharing your wisdom.

I’m so glad I came across this. This is what I needed to hear. Bless you.!

Thank you for this powerful word💗

This brought me to tears, thank you for this video

Very good brother, keep them coming. Short and to the point . And using your life experiences. Thank you for this work by his Grace.

Beautiful video! Thank you for this

Needed this bro. Thank you!

I needed this. Thank you.

So well said, so well taught! Thank you

This was so lovely, thank you ❤

Thank you for this!❤

Orlando this is SO GOOD. Thank you for this heartfelt share.

Love your simplicity and application

Thank you for being obedient and sharing, this is helping me :)

Amen!! After reading Ecclesiastes, my view regarding “ministry” or “working for the Lord” changed. Now I am lessed pressured and I just accept God’s love and grace. Now when I serve or worship God, its not out of pressure or guilt anymore.

Orlando Kang, I love your video!!Simple but rich, simple but enlightening.

Video was a bangerrr, keep them coming!!

Thanks for sharing the wisdom! Keep them coming.

Your authenticity is so refreshing brother keep it up. God is definitely using you!! 🙏🏾

Well I’m reading this tonight!!! Thank you ❤

I really enjoyed hearing your thoughts and perspective about the Book of Ecclesiastes. Makes me want to reread it again.

Great message! Keep on doing this job, my friend

Thank you for sharing!

It’s good to see theres someone I can openly relate to as I read this book. God is good man

That was awesome! Thank you for sharing this ❤.

Really enjoyed the video! Thank you for sharing! God is Good ❤❤❤

This video is amazing Orlando's videos are always worth to watch ❤ Learned alot from ur videos man

This is best video I’ve seen for a while. Thanks for sharing.

This is a solid encouragement. Some new insights. Excellent, and thank you.

Awesome video, thank you for this!!!

Man Ecclesiastes is so powerful. One night I had a dream and that book came up in my head. I immediately went to the Bible and read the entire book. A book I never even read from being a “half and half Christian” for so long. It really spoke to me. The very opening alone “meaningless meaningless”.

Wow! I was reading Ecclesiastes last week and I was so blessed with those words and now this video appeared to me and it’s amazing. Thank you for this reminder that we can trust God because even when life doesn’t feel right, He is always right. God bless you🙏🏻

This is beautiful. Thank you, sir. God bless ❤

Just binge watched all of your videos that I haven’t seen yet. Godspeed, brother.

Absolutely a phenomenal video! ❤️

Thank you, Orlando Kang, for your transparency.

Thank you so much. Your goodness shines through!🙏🏼🌷

Hey man, wonderful video. Please keep making more like this. Your thoughts are deep and penetrating. I love the accessibility and light heartedness - thank you brother!

I can agree that Ecclesiastes changed my life. It continues to speak to my soul🤍🙏🏼

God bless you for being a witness. Thank you for sharing.

What a wonderful message. Thank you for this blessing today.

Please keep making videos like this. You are opening thousands of eyes and souls

Thank you. Will give this a deeper look!