Ecclesiastes: Everything is meaningless?

The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem: "Meaningless! Meaningless!"
says the Teacher.
"Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless." (Ecclesiastes 1:1, 2 NIV)

This is an interesting book digging into what our purpose is and whether life has any meaning. Above is the classic verse repeated again and again in this book- everything is meaningless.

Why does the author claim that everything is meaningless?

What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun. Is there anything of which one can say,
"Look! This is something new"?
It was here already, long ago;
it was here before our time. No one remembers the former generations,
and even those yet to come
will not be remembered
by those who follow them. (Ecclesiastes 1:1, 2, 9-11 NIV)

What is crooked cannot be straightened;
what is lacking cannot be counted.
For with much wisdom comes much sorrow;
the more knowledge, the more grief. (Ecclesiastes 1:15, 18 NIV)

All of this points to the need of a savior of Christ who is God, who redeems the broken and crooked, who makes abundance out of need, who gives hope now and eternally. Jesus has come and will come again and make all things new! Ecclesiastes makes a good point that this world is fleeting and will pass away. But their is a future hope of something new an eternal home and hope!

Thank you God for your Son!
Thank you Christ for being our savior!
Amen