Strangers & Aliens

"Time, times, and half-a-time" (Daniel 12.7).

We think this is a phrase that is really difficult or really annoying. Calvin says it is "really helpful." And perhaps it is a Bible phrase we need to reclaim in our broken world. Here's a suggestion:

• time = be patient, Daniel
• times = be very patient, Daniel
• half a time = it's not long Daniel

What a great thing to hear in times of trouble! "Be patient, be very patient, not long now." It's the kind of thing a parent might say in the car to a complaining child. It's the kind of thing a loving sovereign God might say to a child in the midst of the broken world in which we live.

Let's reclaim it!

"Time, times and half a time."