SEASONS IN LIFE

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).”