The similar phrase 'Worldly Christianity' is one used by Bonhoeffer. It's J Gresham Machen that I want to line up most closely with. See his Christianity and culture here. Having done commentaries on Proverbs (Heavenly Wisdom) and Song of Songs (Heavenly Love), a matching title for Ecclesiastes would be Heavenly Worldliness. For my stance on worldliness, see 3 posts here.

SBM5 Genesis Revelation

This will probably be the last of these
1. Genesis, the book of beginning/Apocalypse, the book of the end.
2. The Earth created (1:1)/Earth passes away (21:1).
3. Satan’s first rebellion/Satan’s final rebellion (20:3,7-10).
4. Sun, Moon, and Stars, for Earth’s government (1:14-16)/These connected with Earth’s Judgment (6:13, 8:12, 16:8)
5. Sun to govern the day (1:16)/No need of the Sun (21:23)
6. Darkness called night (1:5)/“No night there” (22:5)
7. Waters called seas (1:10)/“No more sea” (21:1)
8. A river for Earth’s blessing (2:10-14)/A river for the new Earth (22:1,2)
9. Man in God’s image (1:26)/Man headed by one in Satan’s image (13)
10. Entrance of sin (3)/Development and end of sin (21:22)
11. Curse pronounced (3:14,17)/“No more curse” (22:3)
12. Death entered (3:19)/“No more death” (21:4)
13. Cherubim, first mention in connection with man (3:24)/their last mention in connection with man(4:6)
14. Man driven out from Eden (3:24)/Man restored (22)
15. Tree of life guarded (3:24)/“Right to the Tree of Life” (22:14)
16. Sorrow and suffering enter (3:17)/No more sorrow (21:4)
17. Man’s religion, art and science, resorted to for enjoyment, apart from God (4)/These things, in their full glory, judged and destroyed by God (18)
18. Nimrod, a great rebel and King, and hidden Anti-God, the founder of Babylon (10:8,9)/The Beast, the great rebel, a King manifested Anti-God, the reviver of Babylon (13:18)
19. A flood from God to destroy an evil generation (6-9)/One from Satan to destroy an elect generation (12)
20. The Bow, the token of God’s covenant with the Earth (9:13,14,16)/The Bow, betokening God’s remembrance of His covenant with the Earth (4:3, 10:1)
21. Sodom and Egypt, the place of corruption and temptation (10:19)/Sodom and Egypt again: spiritually representing Jerusalem (11:8)
22. A confederacy against Abraham’s people overthrown (14)/A confederacy against Abraham’s seed overthrown (12)
23. Marriage of first Adam (2:18-23)/Marriage of last Adam (19)
24. A bride sought for Abraham’s son (Isaac) and found (24)/A bride made ready and brought to Abraham’s Son (19:9) See Matthew 1:1
25. Two angels acting for God on behalf of His people (19)/Two witnesses acting for God on behalf of His people (11)
26. A promised seed to possess the gate of his enemies (22:17)/The promised seed coming into possession (11:18)
27. Man’s dominion ceased and Satan’s begun (3:24)/Satan’s dominion ended and Man’s restored (22)
28. The old serpent causing sin, suffering and death (3:1)/The old serpent bound for 1000 years (20:1-3)
29. The doom of the old serpent pronounced (3:15)/The doom on the old serpent executed (20:10)
30. Sun, Moon, and Stars, associated with Israel (37:9)/Associated again with Israel (12)

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