D. The Consequences of Mortality (3:16–22) 16–17 One of the greatest problems in understanding the total plan of God is that reward and punishment sometimes seem conspicuously absent. People in positions of power have a tendency to grab for themselves. Hence believers by faith hold that God will redress the wrong assessments made on earth (Mal 3:16–4:3; Rev 22:11–12). 18–22 Meanwhile, the Teacher centers his thoughts on the inevitability of death. God makes all sensible people realize that they are