NIGHT
NIGHT
- The darkness first called # Ge 1:5
- Caused by God # Ps 104:20
- Belongs to God # Ps 74:16
- The heavenly bodies designed to separate day from # Ge 1:14
- The moon and stars designed to rule and give light by # Ge 1:16-18 Jer 31:35
- Commenced at sunset # Ge 28:11
- Continued until sunrise # Ps 104:22 Mt 28:1 Mr 16:2
- REGULAR SUCCESSION OF 8a) Established by covenant
# Ge 8:22 Jer 33:20
8b) Ordained for the glory of God # Ps 19:2 9) Originally divided into three watches # La 2:19 Jud 7:19 Ex 14:24 10) Divided into four watches by the Romans # Lu 12:38 Mt 14:25 Mr 13:35 11) FREQUENTLY 11a) Exceeding dark # Pr 7:9 11b) Cold and frosty # Ge 31:40 Jer 36:30 11c) Accompanied by heavy dew # Nu 11:9 Jud 6:38,40 Job 29:19 So 5:2 12) Unsuitable for labour # Joh 9:4 13) Unsuitable for travelling # Joh 11:10 14) Designed for rest # Ps 104:23 15) Wearisome to the afflicted # Job 7:3,4 16) Favourable to the purposes of the wicked # Ge 31:39 Job 24:14,15 Ob 1:5 1Th 5:2 17) Wild beasts go forth in search of prey during # 2Sa 21:10 Ps 104:21,22 18) THE JEWS 18a) Forbidden to keep the wages of servants during # Le 19:13 18b) Forbidden to allow malefactors to hang during # De 21:23 18c) In affliction spent, in sorrow and humiliation # Ps 6:6 30:5 Joe 1:13 18d) In affliction spent, in prayer # Ps 22:2 18e) Often kept lamps burning during # Pr 31:18 19) Eastern shepherds watched over their flocks during # Ge 31:40 Lu 2:8 20) Eastern fishermen continued their employment during # Lu 5:5 Joh 21:3 21) GOD FREQUENTLY 21a) Revealed his will in # Ge 31:24 46:2 Nu 22:30 Da 7:2 21b) Visited his people in # 1Ki 3:5 Ps 17:3 21c) Executed his judgments in # Ex 12:12 2Ki 19:35 Job 27:20 Da 5:30 22) ILLUSTRATIVE OF 22a) Spiritual darkness # Ro 13:12 22b) Seasons of severe calamities # Isa 21:12 Am 5:8 22c) Seasons of spiritual desertion # So 3:1 22d) Death # Joh 9:4