9787. 'From evening until morning before Jehovah' means unceasingly in every state. This is clear from the meaning of 'evening' as the end of one state, dealt with in 8426; and from the meaning of 'morning' as the beginning of another one, dealt with in 8427. The reason why unceasingly in every state is meant is that 'evening' implies all the state of shade, which is meant by the subsequent night, and morning implies all the state of light, which is meant by the subsequent day. For with the Lord things that are subsequent and lie in the future exist together in the present, since everything with man and angel that the Lord ordains, that is, provides, is eternal. From all this it becomes clear that 'tending the lamp from evening until morning' means an everlasting influx of good and truth from the Lord unceasingly in every state.