Harvest New Beginnings Podcast

Death and Dying is Better, Grief & Sorrow is Better (Ecclesiastes 7:1-4)

Pastor Scott Poling

June 22, 2025

Pastor Scott Poling


Other Scripture used: Ecclesiastes 9:12; Proverbs 10:7; Ecclesiastes 9:4-6; 1 Samuel 2:6; Job 1:21b; Psalm 139:16; Job 14:5; Ecclesiastes 3:1-2a; Matthew 13:41-43; Matthew 25:41; Matthew 25:46; Revelation 20:11-15; Hebrews 9:27; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Luke 16:22a; Psalm 23:6b; John 14:1-2; Revelation 14:13; Revelation 21:3b-5; Hebrews 11:10; Revelation 21:10-12, 14, 18-19a, 21-23; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Job 19:26-27; Psalm 17:15; Matthew 5:8; 1 Corinthians 13:12a; Revelation 22:4a; Psalm 116:15; Philippians 1:21, 23b; Psalm 90:12; Matthew 5:4; Romans 12:15; 1 Thessalonians 4:13; Ecclesiastes 7:4 (NLT); Psalm 34:18; Psalm 147:3; 2 Corinthians 1:3-4; 2 Corinthians 7:9-11a; Ecclesiastes 3:1, 4a; Proverbs 17:22; Proverbs 15:13; Ecclesiastes 7:6; Ecclesiastes 2:1-3a, 4-9a; 10a; 11 


Main Points: 

Death and Grieving is Better 

  1. Your Deathday is BETTER than your Birthday 
  2. Mourning is BETTER than Feasting 
  3. Grief is BETTER than Laughter 
  4. Mourning is BETTER than Pleasure