Man: Mortal

‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?

The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.

So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.

All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.

For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.

For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.

Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,