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2 Samuel 1:9

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9 Und er sprach zu mir: Tritt zu mir und töte mich, denn ich bin bedränget umher, und mein Leben ist noch ganz in mir.

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Evening and morning

  

In Genesis 1:5, evening stands in general for everything that is our own, while morning stands for everything of the Lord's. (Arcana Coelestia 22)

In Genesis 1:8, 13, 19, 23, 31, evening is every preliminary stage, because such stages are marked by shadow, or by falsity and an absence of faith. Morning is all later stages, because these are marked by light, or by truth and religious knowledge. (Arcana Coelestia 22)

In Zechariah 14:7, this signifies the last time of the church, when judgment takes place. (Apocalypse Explained 405[23])

In Mark 13:35, evening signifies a waning state of faith and charity, when man comes into the exercise of his own judgment and is losing in himself the things he imbibed in childhood. Midnight signifies a state of no faith and charity; cockcrowing, or daybreak, signifies when faith and charity are beginning and the person wants to be reformed by them; and morning signifies becoming spiritually awake in a state of regeneration. (Apocalypse Explained 187[2])

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Arcana Coelestia #22

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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.

  
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