What does the Bible say about the seasons changing?

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The Bible teaches that the changing seasons are a faithful sign of God’s wise providence, ordering creation and human life according to his purposes. After the flood, God promised in Genesis 8:22 that seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter would continue while the earth endures. Ecclesiastes 3:1-22 reminds us that every event has its appointed time under God’s sovereign hand, calling us to humility, gratitude, and joyful obedience in the present. Daniel 2:21 declares that God changes times and seasons, while Psalm 104:19 praises him for establishing the moon to mark them. As seasons teach us to discern God’s work, Christ’s unchanging faithfulness remains our sure hope, as Hebrews 13:8 affirms.

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  • Genesis 8:22 7 votes

    While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease."

  • Ecclesiastes 3:1-22 7 votes

    [1] For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: [2] A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck up that which is planted; [3] A time to kill, And a time to heal; A time to break down, And a time to build up; [4] A time to weep, And a time to laugh; A time to mourn, And a time to dance; [5] A time to cast away stones, And a time to gather stones together; A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing; [6] A time to seek, And a time to lose; A time to keep, And a time to cast away; [7] A time to tear, And a time to sew; A time to keep silence, And a time to speak; [8] A time to love, And a time to hate; A time for war, And a time for peace. [9] What profit has he who works in that in which he labors? [10] I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with. [11] He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can't find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end. [12] I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live. [13] Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God. [14] I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him. [15] That which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has been long ago: and God seeks again that which is passed away. [16] Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there. [17] I said in my heart, "God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work." [18] I said in my heart, "As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals. [19] For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals: for all is vanity. [20] All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again. [21] Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?" [22] Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what will be after him?

  • Daniel 2:21 6 votes

    He changes the times and the seasons; he removes kings, and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding;

  • Matthew 24:32-33 3 votes

    [32] "Now from the fig tree learn this parable. When its branch has now become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that the summer is near. [33] Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

  • Ecclesiastes 3:1 3 votes

    For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

  • Psalms 1:3 3 votes

    He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.

  • Acts 1:7 2 votes

    He said to them, "It isn't for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within His own authority.

  • Habakkuk 2:3 2 votes

    For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won't prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won't delay.

  • Psalms 104:19 2 votes

    He appointed the moon for seasons. The sun knows when to set.

  • Hebrews 13:8 2 votes

    Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

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