Genesis 1:12-15 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault
of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them
serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and
years, and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to
give light on the earth.” And it was so.
You probably recognize the title as that great
old hit song by Chicago Transit Authority in their debut album and leads to the
age old question of: “What is time?” In an interesting article on time and history from a Judeo-Christian
perspective by Pastor Robert Charles Sproul states that without matter
and space/motion, we have no way to measure the passing of time. Time is always
in motion and it can never be stopped. Like a second hand on a clock, it
approaches the future minute at 12, is present for a second at 12, and then is
in the past as the in approaches the next minute. As the old axiom declares:
“Time marches on”. From the Bible passage above, we see that God created time
and therefore, everything in creation is subject to time. Time changes: hours,
days, seasons and years change. Everything in creation is mutable in the
process of generation and aging … from beginning to end. God and God alone is
eternal and immutable.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time
to build, a time to weep and a time
to laugh, a time to mourn and a time
to dance, a time to scatter stones
and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.”
Martin Heidegger wrote: We say that times are changing. That doesn't mean that time itself changes. There are still sixty second in a minute, sixty
minutes in an hour, and 24 hours in a day. But cultures are constantly shifting
in patterns, in their moral values, and in their commitments. In your life,
you have most likely witnessed dramatic changes in the culture. For example,
there have been radical changes in sexual behavior, drug use, sanctity of
marriage, clean-wholesome speech, and the sanctity of life, where moral
relativism has became the norm in our secular culture in search of “why am I
here? And What is my purpose?”. The knowledge explosion and technical advances
by the advent of the computer have also altered our daily lives.
We shall finish this thought-provoking look at precious "time" on tomorrow's post.
In Christ, Brian
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