Clock

How did people in the Bible deal with timing of events? This session focuses on how God schedules time with His people.

Old Testament:

• The seventh day shall be a day of rest (Genesis 2:2)

• A standard unit of time? "Tomorrow, at this time...." A hailstorm will fall (Ex 9:18), I will send a man (1 Sam 9:16), You will be rescued (1 Sam 11:9), May the gods strike me dead (1 Kings 19:2), The officers will search (1 Kings 20:6), 10 lbs of wheat for 1 pc. of silver (2 Kings 7:1 and 7:18)

• Time stands still (Joshua 10: 9-15)

• A time for everything (Ecclesiastes 3)

New Testament:

• My time has not yet come. (John 2:4)

• Fever leaves at 1:00 (John 4:46)

• No one knows the day or the hour. (Matthew 24:36, Mark 13:32, Luke 21:36)

• Peter's denial timed by a rooster:

	Prediction	1st denial	2nd denial	3rd denial
Matthew	26:34	26:70	26:72	26:74
Mark	14:30	14:68	14:70	14:71
John	13:38	18:17	18:25	18:27

Discussion:

• "With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day." (2 Peter 3:8) To God's perspective, are we just specks of life, gone in an instant?

Closing:

• "Only one life, 'twill soon be past, Only what's done for Christ will last." is a familiar line, from a longer poem by C. T. Studd. Read the entire poem for his perspective on the value of using our time for Christ.