Living in the World, a world of sin and imperfection of which God disapproves—one that He has cursed. In His time, He will purge it with fire, burning up all the temporal works of man. Then He will remold it into a new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness is at home. Nothing here will last. Moreover, Solomon shows that this is a world in which one should never expect to make any major, lasting impact. So the believer works responsibly here, always looking forward to the world to come to