“And it shall come to pass in that day, the light shall not be clear, nor dark: But it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light. And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.” Zech. 14:6-9.

Evening is that short period of time between sunset and complete darkness. It is the close of a day. In the scripture sense, it means the close of a period of time in which God has dealt with man in a certain way. It is the close of a dispensation.

Dispensations of time are invariably punctuated by dark periods of judgment appropriately called “night.” Though the darkness of night sometimes seems long and terrible, it must give way to the dawn of a new day...more...