A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
A time to hate - e.g., sin, lusts, any person or thing that comes between us and God (Luke 14:26); i:e., to love God so much more, as to seem in comparison to hate 'father and mother,' when coming between us and God. There is a time when God inclines the world to love His people (Genesis 45:16-20), and a time when the world is permitted to hate them (Exodus 1:8, and Psalms 105:25). God again restores His people to love (Exodus 11:3; Psalms 106:46; 1 Kings 8:50; 2 Kings 25:27; especially Daniel 1:9). So hereafter (Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 60:15-16). Time of war ... peace - (Luke 14:31.) "Peace," for which the Church and the groaning creation cry and sigh, forms the grand conclusion. The Lord will give it fully in His time (Isaiah 54:10; Isaiah 54:13; Isaiah 55:12; Isaiah 57:19; Isaiah 66:12; Ezekiel 37:26; Zechariah 9:10).