22. Verse 5 And there was evening, and there was morning, the first day.

What 'evening' means, and what 'morning', is recognized from what is said above. 'Evening' means every prior state, because it is a state of shade, that is, of falsity and of absence of faith, while 'morning' is every subsequent state, because it is one of light, that is, of truth and of cognitions of faith. 'Evening' in general means all the things that are man's own, whereas 'morning' means all those that are the Lord's, as is said through David,

The Spirit of Jehovah has spoken within me, and His word is upon my tongue. The God of Israel has said, the Rock of Israel has spoken to me. He is like the morning light, when the sun is rising on a cloudless morning, shining bright, as when after rain tender grass [springs up] from the earth. 2 Samuel 23:4.

Because 'evening' is a time when there is no faith, and 'morning' when there is, the Lord's Coming into the world is called 'the morning', and the time at which He comes, since faith does not exist at that point, is called 'the evening', as in Daniel,

The Holy One said to me, Up to the evening when it is becoming morning, two thousand three hundred times. Daniel 8:13-14.

In the Word, 'morning' stands in a similar way for every coming of the Lord, and so is a term describing the new creation.

Title: To Be a Door

Topic: First Coming

Summary: The Lord (meaning Jesus) is the door to heaven, bridging and uniting this world with the afterlife.

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
John 10:1, 7-11; 10:9
Genesis 1:1
Ephesians 1:19; 4:8, 10
John 1:1, 14
1 Corinthians 15:44
Matthew 7:13
Psalms 24:7-10
Revelation 22:14
John 10:9; 21:15
Numbers 27:15-17
Joshua 14:11
1 Samuel 29:6
2 Samuel 3:25
2 Kings 19:27
Ezekiel 46:8-10
Acts of the Apostles 9:26-28