See earlier post on the difference between chronos and kairos.
Neither ‘chronos’ nor ‘kairos’ are specifically Christian words. Both words were used in non-biblical contexts long before the Christian era. This means that there is nothing inherent in the words themselves which require ‘chronos’ to refer to time on earth, and ‘kairos’ to refer to the timelessness of eternity.
Both words are used in the heavenly context in the New Testament. And both words are used in the earthly context in the New Testament. Listed below are a few examples.
‘Chronos’ in the heavenly context
Rev. 2:21 'And I gave her TIME to repent; and she does not want to repent of her immorality.
Rev. 6:11 And there was given to each of them a white robe; and they were told that they should rest FOR a little WHILE longer, until {the number of} their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed even as they had been, should be completed also.
Rev. 10:6 and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, \who created heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that there shall be DELAY no longer,
Rev. 20:3 and threw him into the abyss, and shut {it} and sealed {it} over him, so that he should not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released FOR a short TIME.
“Kairos” in the heavenly context
Rev. 1:3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the TIME is near.
Rev. 11:18 “And the nations were enraged, and Thy wrath came, and the TIME {came} for the dead to be judged, and {the TIME} to give their reward to Thy bond-servants the prophets and to the saints and to those who fear Thy name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
Rev. 12:12 “For this reason, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has {only} a short TIME.”
Rev. 12:14 And the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, in order that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she *was nourished for a TIME and TIMES and half a TIME, from the presence of the serpent.
Rev. 22:10 ¶ And he *said to me, "Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the TIME is near.
“Chronos” in the earthly context
Matt. 2:7 ¶ Then Herod secretly called the magi, and ascertained from them the TIME the star appeared.
Matt. 2:16 ¶ Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent and slew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its environs, from two years old and under, according to the TIME which he had ascertained from the magi.
Matt. 25:19 "Now after a long TIME the master of those slaves *came and *settled accounts with them.
“Kairos” in the earthly context
Matt. 8:29 And behold, they cried out, saying, “What do we have to do with You, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the TIME?”
Matt. 11:25 ¶ At that TIME Jesus answered and said, “I praise Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that Thou didst hide these things from {the} wise and intelligent and didst reveal them to babes.
Matt. 12:1 At that TIME Jesus went on the Sabbath through the grainfields, and His disciples became hungry and began to pick the heads {of grain} and eat.
Matt. 13:30 ‘Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and in the TIME of the harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather up the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
Matt. 14:1 At that TIME Herod the tetrarch heard the news about Jesus,
Matt. 16:3 "And in the morning, {’ There will be} a storm today, for the sky is red and threatening. 'Do you know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but cannot {discern} the signs of the TIMES?
Matt. 21:34 "And when the harvest TIME approached, he sent his slaves to the vine-growers to receive his produce.
