4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. -John 9:4 King James Version (KJV)
Arcana Coelestia, by Emanuel Swedenborg, [1749-56], tr. by John F. Potts [1905-10], at sacred-texts.com
...the signification of "night," ...being a time of darkness, when the things of light are no longer seen... For in the Word "night" signifies the time and state when there is no
longer any light of truth, but merely falsity and evil. [2] Thus the
last time when comes the Judgment; with which signification it is often
found, as... [3] In John: If anyone walk in the day, he stumbleth
not; but if anyone walk in the night he stumbleth, because the light is
not in him (John 11:9-10); where "night" denotes falsity from evil;
"light," truth from good; for as all the light of truth is from good, so
all the night of falsity is from evil. [4] Again: I must work the
works of Him that sent Me while it is day; the night cometh when no one
can work (John 9:4); "day" denotes the time and state when there is what
is good and true; but "night" when there is what is evil and false. [5]
In Luke: I say unto you, in that night there shall be two upon one
bed, the one shall be accepted, the other abandoned (Luke 17:34); here
"night" denotes the last time, when there is no longer any truth of
faith...
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