Herbert Armstrong - Ecclesiastes - the Big Blank theory

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 Do certain verses in Ecclesiastes support a view held by some that nothing happens after death? That it is all a big blank?

I have observed how certain descendant organizations of the Millerite movement in the USA like to use verses extracted from Ecclesiastes in a desire to bolster their teaching it is all a big blank after death.

Armstrong being one of that number. 

They seem to vehemently oppose any other possibility. So desirous of the blank theory I've noted their embellishments by addition of a gigantic pagan conspiracy were one to suggest otherwise.

I cite these verses below:

3: 21: "Who knoweth the spirit of man whether it goeth upward and the spirit of the beast whether it goeth downward to the earth?"

[Ecc 9:5, 10 ESV] 5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. ... 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

Taken in isolation these systems use them to demand a big blank upon death.

In this link to my Post in Quora I examine this issue in more detail. 

Hello. My name is Bill. I live in Canberra, Australia. I retired from work some 5 years ago, I believe in Jesus as our Lord and Saviour by whom we are justified and sanctified by the miraculous workings of God. I don't attend a particular church but may go from time to time. I like to study the scriptures and I read quite widely generally. I had an experience over four decades ago with a church founded by Armstrong which claimed to be the one true church of this time. My wife (who passed away five years ago) and I left it a long time ago and one is grateful such bonds were broken.

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