Signs and seasons

God made the lights in the sky for signs and for seasons, for days and for years — and the calendar itself is therefore built into the structure of creation. This is not incidental. I think about how the great Jewish feasts — Passover, Pentecost, Tabernacles — are all tied to the movements of the moon and the rhythms of the agricultural year. And then Christ arrives and fulfils them all in real time, in real history. Sacred time is not a human invention. It is woven into the fabric of the universe by the God who made the lights. Every new month, every changing season, every year that turns is a reminder that we live in a world God structured with meaning. Time itself is theological.