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Concise Bible Dictionary
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Time has been described as “the measure of motion,” as seen in the movements of the heavenly bodies; or as “the duration of periods,” of which we can conceive a
beginning
and an ending. It stands in contrast to ETERNITY, of which no beginning and no ending can be conceived.
Christians are exhorted to “redeem the time” (
Eph. 5:16
16
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. (Ephesians 5:16)
;
Col. 4:5
5
Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. (Colossians 4:5)
). This does not mean “to make up for lost time”; but to seize every favorable opportunity. In
Daniel 2:8
8
The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me. (Daniel 2:8)
the king said that the
wise men
sought “to gain the time,” that is, obtain a delay in the
hope
that the king might relent, or that something might happen that would save them.
As to the various events foretold by
God
that have yet to come to pass, it is not for the
Christian
to know “the times or the
seasons
which the
Father
hath
put
in his own
power
” (
Acts 1:7
7
And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. (Acts 1:7)
). But, on the other hand, when two events have been foretold, the one of which must take place before the other (as the “rapture” of the saints before the
day
of the
Lord
when He will return with His saints), Christians are expected to know about them, for the
apostle
Paul
writes “Of the times and the seasons,
brethren
, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a
thief
in the
night
” (
1 Thess. 5:1-2
1
But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
2
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. (1 Thessalonians 5:1‑2)
). If is further explained in
2 Thessalonians 2:3-10
3
Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
5
Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6
And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
7
For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
8
And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. (2 Thessalonians 2:3‑10)
, that the day of the Lord could not come before
the revelation
of the
Antichrist
. Still as to the
when
of this and of the “rapture” of the saints, we are
not
to know, but are to be always ready for the latter.
Of the
children
of
Issachar
it is said that they were men “that had understanding of the times, to know what
Israel
ought to do” (
1 Chron. 12:32
32
And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment. (1 Chronicles 12:32)
). They understood the mind of God, namely, that
David
should be king of the whole of
the
twelve
tribes. So
the
Holy
Spirit
can direct the saints to the particular line of
truth
most suitable to the period in which they live, and teach them what they ought to do; as, for example, a line of truth and action for the present state of the
church
is pointed out in the Second Epistle to
Timothy
, agreeing, as it does, with the later addresses to the
Seven
Churches in Revelation 3.
The word
“time” is used in
Daniel 7:25
25
And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. (Daniel 7:25)
;
Daniel 12:7
7
And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. (Daniel 12:7)
;
Revelation 12:14
14
And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. (Revelation 12:14)
, for a “
year
”: hence “time, times, and a half “ signify
three
years and a half. See
SEVENTY WEEKS
. The expression in
Revelation 10:6
6
And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: (Revelation 10:6)
, “time should be no longer,” is better translated “there should be no longer delay.”
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
4489
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
moneh
Phonic:
mo-neh’
Meaning:
from
4487
; properly, something weighed out, i.e. (figuratively) a portion of time, i.e. an instance
KJV Usage:
time
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