Time

Time is in the hand of God, who is eternal and above it. To every thing there is a season, the days of man are numbered and few, and believers are to redeem the time and walk wisely.

A time for everything

• Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
  ¹To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: ²A 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 be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, ³A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build, ⁴A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, ⁵A 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 cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, ⁶A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;a time to search and a time to count as lost, a time to keep and a time to discard, ⁷A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, ⁸A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
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• Ecclesiastes 3:11
  He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
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• Genesis 8:22
  While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”
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• Daniel 2:21
  And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.
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God is above time

• Psalm 90:2
  Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
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• Psalm 90:4
  For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.
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• 2 Peter 3:8
  But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
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• Revelation 1:8
  I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
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My times are in thy hand

• Psalm 31:15
  My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.
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• Job 14:5
  Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
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• Acts 17:26
  And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
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• Galatians 4:4
  But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
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Life is short

• Psalm 90:12
  So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
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• Psalm 39:4-5
  ⁴LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is. ⁵Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
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• James 4:14
  Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
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• Psalm 103:15-16
  ¹⁵As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field; ¹⁶For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.
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Redeeming the time

• Ephesians 5:15-16
  ¹⁵See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, ¹⁶Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
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• Colossians 4:5
  Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.
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• John 9:4
  I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
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• 2 Corinthians 6:2
  (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)For He says: “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!
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See also

• Old age
• Eternal life
• Waiting on God
• Plans and the future
• Sovereignty of God

Notes

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