You can see the time stamp there. At 33:11, Mazak repeats the fundy fixation on this single verse in Ecclesiastes (more on that here). Let’s expose the whole passage (from the Message) to see Solomon’s point:
A good reputation is better than a fat bank account. Your death date tells more than your birth date.
2 You learn more at a funeral than at a feast— After all, that’s where we’ll end up. We might discover something from it.
3 Crying is better than laughing. It blotches the face but it scours the heart.
4 Sages invest themselves in hurt and grieving. Fools waste their lives in fun and games.
5 You’ll get more from the rebuke of a sage Than from the song and dance of fools.
6 The giggles of fools are like the crackling of twigs Under the cooking pot. And like smoke.
7 Brutality stupefies even the wise And destroys the strongest heart.
8 Endings are better than beginnings. Sticking to it is better than standing out.
9 Don’t be quick to fly off the handle. Anger boomerangs. You can spot a fool by the lumps on his head.
10 Don’t always be asking, “Where are the good old days?” Wise folks don’t ask questions like that.
In the usual parlance of ancient near-Eastern wisdom, Solomon is pointing out the differences between the wise and the foolish. It’s a long list. The funerals v. feasts thing is one facet to the picture he’s creating.
I’d like to challenge Mazak to center on verse 7.













