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# time
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## Facts
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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."
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* This is a different meaning from measurements of time such as minutes, hours, days or months.
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* Both Daniel and Revelation speak of a "time" of great trouble or tribulation that will come upon the earth.
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* 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.
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* Phrases such as "second time" or "many times" refer to the number of occurrences that something happened.
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* To be "on time" means to arrive when expected, and not late.
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