The seven seasons refers to the seven harvests, the seventh time is the final harvest (presumably at the end of time). Seven seasons = 7x6 months = 42 months Seven seasons = 7x6x30 days = 1260 days This can also be rendered \"a time times and half a time\" = 3 ½ years There are two harvests or seasons in the year the early and late harvest, Shavaot (Pentecost) and Sukkot (the Feast of Booths). The final judgment occurs on the last Yom Kippur (presumably), The final harvest occurs on Sukkot. Even the end of time is not the end but the beginning of yet another cycle. Hanukkah marks this rededication,