Change of Season (6) - Five Seasons

Christians who think that we are transitioning into a new season are correct, but they often misunderstand what this means, because they are confused about the next season. Before we can know what we should do, we need to know which season we are in. We also need to know which season comes next. And because the next season is a tough one, we need to know what comes after that too, or we will lose hope.

The New Testament age consists of five seasons of varying length. The first and the last are very short. The middle season is a little longer. The second has been long. The fourth will be really long.

The five seasons are:

Rock

1. The Last Days (Heb 1:2)
2. Times of the Gentiles (Luke 21:24)
3. Time of distress (Dan 12:1)
   
   Mountain
4. His Kingdom has come (Luke 11:2; Rev 11:15)
5. Little Time (Rev 20:3)

The pattern of a short season followed by a very long one and then a very short one is repeated twice. The second and fifth seasons are very long. The third and sixth are very short. The seasons on earth are followed by of eternity giving a total of seven seasons. This parallels the six days of creation followed by the day of rest.

Epochal Events
Six epochal events mark the transition from one to season to another. They are:

• Jesus Ministry (AD 33)                               to 1
• The Fall of Jerusalem (AD 70)                  1 to 2
• Four Horsemen                                         to 3
• The Fullness of Israel                           2,3 to 4
• The Man of Sin                                       4 to 5
• The Parousia (Second Coming)                ends 5