Ides of March

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Today is the Ides of March. In these times it is known as the day Julius Caesar was murdered. The expression “Beware of the Ides of March” carries an ominous tone today, but in the Roman calendar it merely meant the middle of the month. Every month had an ides.

In Roman times, March was the first month of the year. Julius Caesar made numerous changes to the calendar. You can read here about the development of our modern calendar.

The most important thing to remember is that God is in charge of time. Galatians 4:4-5 says, “But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship.”

If you had a chance to change our calendar, what changes would you make?