9787. From evening until morning before Jehovah. That this signifies continually in every state, is evident from the signification of “evening,” as being the end of one state (see n. 8426); and from the signification of “morning,” as being the beginning of another (n. 8427). That it denotes continually in every state, is because “evening” involves every state of shade which is signified by the following night; and “morning” involves every state of light which is signified by the following day; for with the Lord things following and future are together in the present, because everything which the Lord ordains, that is, provides with man and angel, is eternal. From this it can be seen that by the “ordering of the lamp from evening until morning” is signified the perpetual influx of good and of truth from the Lord continually in every state.