{"id":2821,"date":"2017-02-03T07:48:52","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T13:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewaywesee.com\/religiondetoxnetwork\/?page_id=2821"},"modified":"2024-06-02T15:23:09","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T20:23:09","slug":"time-hours-days-weeks-and-ages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thewaywesee.com\/religiondetoxnetwork\/mystery\/symbols-signs-types-copies-shadows-and-patterns\/time-hours-days-weeks-and-ages","title":{"rendered":"Time: Hours, Days, Weeks and Ages ***"},"content":{"rendered":"

DISCERNING THE TIMES<\/strong>
\nThe way we see it, there is much misunderstanding by both Jews and Christians about time<\/a>. For lack of a Godly view of time in its various labels (e.g. hours, days, weeks, ages, etc.), Jews still believe that the Messiah is yet to come. Christians have a similar problem in their belief that the Messiah came once when Jesus was born but will return again in some future dispensation<\/a>. Both religions err in applying literal interpretations of time to their understanding of God’s existence and how he works in time and space.<\/p>\n

What makes time so difficult to understand is that it is among an almost infinite list of measurable, observable things that God uses in the Bible to represent invisible spiritual truths discussed in the FIRST THE NATURAL, THEN THE SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Understanding time as God does is difficult for mortal humans because we constantly deal with time in our physical, natural lives. Even though we are told clearly that with the Lord one day<\/span> is like a thousand<\/span> years<\/span>, and a thousand<\/span> years<\/span> like one day, <\/span><\/a>and that a thousand<\/span> years<\/span> are like yesterday in God’s sight,<\/span><\/span><\/a> we still have trouble avoiding the tendency to think about time in literal, everyday terms by which we manage our natural lives. <\/span>If we do not make that adjustment, however, literal interpretations of time will greatly hinder our understanding of spiritual truth. Here are the basic principles we need to apply:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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