Ecclesiastes 9: Foreshadowing The Work In Temples?

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Ecclesiastes 9 seems to be foreshadowing two key doctrines that were restored in the true church: The doctrine that our souls are the same in life as in death, and of vicarious temple work. What do you think? (Picture from LDS.org)

Alrighty! Wow, my first post using a picture I didn’t take myself. This one’s of the San Antonio Temple, a personal favorite of mine. Beautiful, isn’t it? Man, it was almost a relief to get up early today. Ever have one of those days? When you just can’t sleep in, even when you want to? I think some little bug bit me last night, cuz it itched so bad that it literally woke me up. Freaking mosquitoes!!! D:<

Anyway. I had an interesting read from Ecclesiastes 9 today, and I wanted to talk about this chapter specifically, because I think our Preacher was onto something interesting. Now, I may be interpreting it in a really weird way, but I still wanted to talk about it and see what y’all think. Cuz there’s two verses in this chapter that seem to foreshadow the state of one’s spirit after death, and the work to be done for the dead in temples.

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