Just as God
created the seasons of the year into Spring, Summer, Fall and
Winter, so He deals with us in our lives in various seasons. As it
is with the seasons of nature, in our lives seasons work together to
bring about God's perfect will for each one of us.
God designed
the four seasons distinctly different and yet they all work together
to bring life and growth. Spring is a period of freshness
and
new life. Summer sees growth and productivity.
Autumn is a time for harvesting the rewards of past labors.
Winter is the season of dormancy and closure. Each season has
its own unique beauty and makes a significant contribution to life.
Hebrew
zeman = an appointed time or season
yamim = days, season
moed = an appointed time or
season
eth = time, season
Greek
kairos = a time or season
akairos = convenient, leisure,
opportunity
chronos = time, delay
hora = an hour, time, season
oligon = little season
proskairos = for a time
Old
Testament Scriptures:
1.
Genesis 1:14
“And God said, Let there be lights in
the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and
let them be for signs, and for seasons (moed), and for
days, and years:”
2.
Exodus 13:10
“Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season (moed)
from year to year.”
3.
Leviticus 23:4 “These are
the feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations, which ye shall
proclaim in their seasons (moed).”
4.
Leviticus 26:4
“Then I will give you rain in due season (eth), and
the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall
yield their fruit.”
5.
Numbers 9:2
“Let the children of Israel also keep the Passover at his appointed
season (moed).”
6.
Deuteronomy 11:14
“That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season
(eth), the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest
gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.”
7.
Deuteronomy 16:6
“But at the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his
name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the
going down of the sun, at the season (moed)that thou
camest forth out of Egypt.”
8.
Joshua 24:7
“And when they cried unto the Lord,
he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea
upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have
done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season (yamim).”
9.
II Kings 4:16-17
“And Elisha said, About this
season (moed), according to the time of life, thou shalt
embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not
lie unto thine handmaid. And the woman conceived, and bare a son at
that season (moed)that Elisha had said unto her,
according to the time of life.”
10.
II Chronicles 15:3 “Now for
a long season (yamim)Israel hath been without the true
God, and without a teaching priest, and with law. But when they in
their trouble did turn unto the Lord God of Israel, and sought Him,
He was found of them.”
11.
Job 5:26 “Thou shalt come to
thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his
season (eth).”
12.
Psalms 1:3 “And he shall be
like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his
fruit in his season (eth); his leaf also shall not
wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.”
13.
Psalms 104:19 “He appointed
the moon for seasons (moed): the sun knoweth his going
down.”
14.
Psalms 145:15 “The eyes of
all wait upon Thee and Thou givest them their meat in due season
(eth).”
15.
Proverbs 15:23 “A man hath
joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season
(eth), how good is it!
16.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 “To
everything there is a season (zeman), and a
time to every purpose under the heaven: a time to be born,
and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to
pluck up that which is planted; a time to kill, and a
time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to
build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a
time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast
away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time
to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a
time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep,
and a time to cast away; a time to rend and a time to
sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
a time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war,
and a time of peace.”
17.
Daniel 2:20-21 “Daniel
answered and said, Blessed be the name of God forever and ever: for
wisdom and might are his: and he changeth the times and the
seasons (zeman)...”
18.
Jeremiah 5:24 “Neither say
they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth
rain, both the former and the latter, in His season (eth):
he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.”
19.
Jeremiah 33:20-21 “Thus
saith the Lord, If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my
covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in
their season (eth); then may also my covenant be
broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign
upon his throne; and wit the Levites the priests, my ministers.”
20.
Ezekiel 34:26 “And I will
make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will
cause the shower to come down in his season (eth);
there shall be showers of blessing.”
New
Testament Scriptures:
1.
Matthew 21:41
“They say unto him, He will miserably
destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other
husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons
(kairos).”
2.
Matthew 24:45; Luke 12:42
“Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom he lord hath made
ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season (kairos)?
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so
doing.”
3.
Mark 12:2
“And at the season (kairos)he
sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the
husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.”
4.
Luke 1:20
“And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the
day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not
my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season (kairos).”
5.
Luke 4:13
“And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from
him for a season (kairos).”
6.
Luke 20:10
“And at the season (kairos)he sent a servant to the
husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard:
but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.”
7.
John 5:4
“For an angel went down at a certain
season (kairos) into the pool, and troubled the water:
whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was
made whole of whatsoever disease he had.”
8.
John 5:35
“He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a
season (hora)to rejoice in His light.”
9.
Acts 1:7
“And Jesus said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or
the seasons (kairos), which the Father hath put in His
Own power.”
10.
Acts 13:11 “(Paul)And now,
behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee(Elymas), and thou shalt be
blind, not seeing the sun for a season (kairos). And
immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went
about seeking some to lead him by the hand.”
11.
Acts 14:17 “Nevertheless he
left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us
rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons (kairos),
filling our hearts with food and gladness.”
12.
Acts 19:22 “So Paul sent
into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and
Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season (chronos).”
13.
Acts 20:18 “And when
they(elders)were come to him(Paul), he said unto them, Ye know from
the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been
with you at all seasons (chronos).”
14.
Acts 24:25 “And as he
reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix
trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a
convenient season (kairos), I will call for thee.”
15.
II Corinthians 7:8 “For
though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did
repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry,
though it were but for a season (hora).”
16.
Galatians 6:9 “And let us
not be weary in well doing: for in due season (kairos)we
shall reap, if we faint not.”
17.
I Thessalonians 5:1 “But of
the times and the seasons (kairos), brethren, ye have
no need that I write unto you.”
18.
II Timothy 4:2 “Preach the
word; be instant in season (kairoi), out of season
(kairoi); reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and
doctrine.”
19.
Philemon 15 “For perhaps he
(Onesimus) therefore departed for a season (chronos),
that thou (Philemon) shouldest receive him forever;”
20.
Hebrews 11:25 “Choosing
rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, that to enjoy
the pleasures of sin for a season (proskairo ).”
21.
I Peter 1:6-7 “Wherein ye
greatly rejoice, though now for a season (oligon), if
need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: that the
trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that
perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise
and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:”
22.
Revelation 6:11 “And white
robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them,
that they should rest yet for a little season (chronos),
until their fellow servants also and their brethren, that should be
killed as they were, should be fulfilled.”
23.
Revelation 20:3 “And cast
him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon
him, that he should not deceive the nations no more, till the
thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed
a little season (chronos).”
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