unfoldingWord_en_tw/bible/other/time/01.md

time

Facts

In the Bible the term "time" is often used symbolically to refer to a specific season or period of time when certain events take place. It has a meaning similar to "age" or "epoch" or "season."

• This is a different meaning from measurements of time such as minutes, hours, days or months.
• Both Daniel and Revelation speak of a "time" of great trouble or tribulation that will come upon the earth.
• In the phrase "time, times, and half a time" the term "time" means "year." This phrase refers to a three and a half year period of time during the great tribulation at the end of this present age.
• Phrases such as "second time" or "many times" refer to the number of occurrences that something happened.
• To be "on time" means to arrive when expected, and not late.