And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear nor dark: 7 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.
By these verses, it should seem is intended to shew, that this great day of the Lord will be ushered in, with a season remarkable neither for brightness nor darkness. The divine manifestations to the Church, and to individuals, will not be so clear as the Church might wish; neither so dark as to induce fear that Christ's spirit had left the earth. Such as it is, in the experience of God's people, a mingled state of grace and corruption. But, as it is well known to the Lord, he will brighten up the dark shades, and when the season is at the worst, and most unpromising, the Lord will turn our darkness into light. Observe, Reader! the thing itself is miraculous, and therefore it must be the Lord's own work. And this is the character of grace, from beginning to end.