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Seasons

/SEE-zunz/

Summary

The regular divisions of the year established by God at creation, less marked in Palestine than northern countries but fundamental to agricultural and religious life.

☩Biblical Seasons

The four seasons in Palestine are not as marked as in northern countries, summer fading gradually into winter and vice versa. Scripture mentions only 'summer and winter'—no spring or autumn—reflecting the two primary seasons experienced there. God promised after the flood that 'seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter' would not cease while the earth remained.

Key verses:Genesis 1:14Genesis 8:22Psalm 104:19

☩Agricultural Cycle

Winter is the rainy season from November to May, when 'The winter is past; the rain is over.' The people suffer with cold as they have no heating in houses. Summer is very hot and rainless—the season for harvesting and threshing. 'He that gathereth in summer is a wise son' speaks to the importance of using this season well.

Key verses:Song of Solomon 2:11Daniel 2:35Proverbs 10:5

☩Divine Sovereignty

God controls the seasons: 'He appointed the moon for seasons.' The regularity of seasons demonstrates divine faithfulness—'my covenant of the day and my covenant of the night' that cannot be broken. Yet believers are reminded that 'the times and the seasons' are in the Father's authority alone.

Key verses:Psalm 104:19Jeremiah 33:20Daniel 2:21Acts 1:71 Thessalonians 5:1

Related Verses15 mentions

Acts· 3 verses

1:714:1720:18

Genesis· 2 verses

1:148:22

Psalms· 2 verses

16:7104:19

Matthew· 2 verses

21:4124:32

References

  1. 1.James Orr (ed.), "Seasons," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. IV (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
  2. 2.James Orr (ed.), "Seasons," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. IV (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
  3. 3.George Morrish, "Seasons," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).
  4. 4.James Orr (ed.), "Seasons," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. IV (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
  5. 5.James Orr (ed.), "Seasons," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. IV (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
  6. 6.James Orr (ed.), "Seasons," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. IV (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
  7. 7.George Morrish, "Seasons," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).
  8. 8.George Morrish, "Seasons," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).