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TIMES AND SEASONS.--The whole purpose of God is ordered and sure, and the
two indications of time teach this. Times convey the idea of the length of time, whereas
seasons indicates the fitness of the time, as harvest-time means the season for harvesting,
whereas the time that a thing takes to do indicates merely the amount of time without
regard to any fitness or seasonableness. "Times" in N.T. Greek = chronos; "seasons" =
kairos. They are not distinguished in the A.V.
Questions on Course 100: Paper No. 3.
1. How many times does the word "created" occur in the record of the six days'
work (Gen. 1: 1 - 2: 3)? What does the number signify? What was created, and what
was made?
What is the difference in the ending of the creation of verse 1, as compared with
the ending of 2: 1-3?
2. Find the structure of the six days' work. This work of restoration seems to
foreshadow the greater work during the ages. Trace any parallels. Note II Cor. 4: 6;
also II Pet. 3: 8, and Rev. 20: 4.
3. Read Job 15: 15. Is there any warrant for this in Gen. 1:? What other passages
teach that the heavens come into the scheme of redemption?
4. "Without form and void." Find parallels. Darkness. What does it stand for?
What must have happened between Gen. 1: 1 and 1: 2?
5. Discover all you can of the new heavens and new earth in the Scriptures.
Discover as much as you can concerning the world.
6. How are "times" (chronos) mentioned in the Bible? Give details. How are
"seasons" (kairos) mentioned? (Use Concordance for Greek).
7. Collect all you can concerning "The Lord's Day"--or the "Day of the Lord", and
"The Day of God", "That Day". Analyze your findings from the standpoint of a
student of the Purpose of the Ages.