People often wonder what the purpose of life is. Why are we here? Ecclesiastes is a book in the Old Testament. He was a king of Jerusalem who attempted to answer this question, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't figure it out. He tried everything – working, not working, partying, relaxing, but nothing made him happy, and he found no purpose in it. Eventually he came to the conclusion that life is useless, but since we're here we might as well eat, drink and be merry.

There is nothing wrong with eating, drinking and being merry, but there is something wrong with doing it at the expense of the poor. There is a verse in his book that suggests that people have been associating with Ecclesiastes for the last 2000 years, which also bears a truncated number of the beast (because the beast has been hanging around for that long), Ecclesiastes verse 6:6, "though he live a thousand years twice told, yet has he seen no good."

The two commandments of Jesus are:

1. Love the Lord your God – this includes rejection of all ideologies that are in opposition to following Jesus.

2. Love your neighbour as yourself – this includes self-sacrifice, service, selflessness and teaching other people to follow Jesus.