Sharon
DANIEL 8:26A THE EVENING AND THE MORNING PART I
Updated: Dec 26, 2022
CHAPTER 26 A
During this discourse, we will look at the first phrase of Daniel 8:26 and will discover what the Evening and the Morning of Daniel 8:26 mean. We will see that regarding the Sanctuary message of Daniel 8, the Evening and the Morning is Christ’s redemptive work of perfect trust in His Father’s provisional Will.
Daniel 8:26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Daniel-Chapter-8/
Please note that two different words were translated from Hebrew as “vision” in Daniel 8:26. But these two different Hebrew words refer to two different things. You can review that in our Bible Study discussion regarding Daniel 8:15 in which both these different words for vision are first used together. Below I have shared from the Strong’s Concordance the different Hebrew words translated vision being numbered H4758 and H2377.
And the vision H4758 of the evening H6153 and the morning H1242 which was told H559 is true: H571 wherefore shut thou up H5640 the vision; H2377 for it shall be for many H7227 days. H3117
https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/dan/8/26/ss1/s_858001
The first Hebrew word for vision is mareh H4758 meaning appearance.
מַרְאֶה marʼeh, mar-eh'; from H7200; a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision:—× apparently, appearance(-reth), × as soon as beautiful(-ly), countenance, fair, favoured, form, goodly, to look (up) on (to), look(-eth), pattern, to see, seem, sight, visage, vision. https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/Lexicon/Lexicon.cfm?strongs=H4758&t=KJV
Daniel 8:26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Daniel-Chapter-8/
For the sake of simplicity we will use the translation, “appearance”. We saw this first in Daniel 8:15 regarding the “appearance of the Mighty man” who we found out was Michael or Christ.
Daniel 8:15 And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Daniel-Chapter-8/
The second Hebrew word used for vision in Daniel 8:26 is chazown H2377 meaning revelation.
חָזוֹן châzôwn, khaw-zone'; from H2372; a sight (mentally), i.e. a dream, revelation, or oracle:—vision.https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/Lexicon/Lexicon.cfm?strongs=H2377&t=KJV
Daniel 8:26 And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Daniel-Chapter-8/
Daniel 8:15 And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision (h2377), and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Daniel-Chapter-8/
Reviewing Daniel 8:15 we found that as an answer to the meaning of the 2300-day prophecy (vision H2377) of Daniel 8:1-14, Daniel was given the appearance of a Mighty Man (vision 4758). Our study concluded that the Mighty Man was the Captain of the Lord’s Host, The Lord of Lords, Michael the Archangel, and Messiah the Christ, the Great Prince of God’s People. Our study showed us that His purpose is to be the Captain of our lives, to fight our battles with sin for us and to resurrect us in the last day. But Daniel 8:26 brings out a new character quality regarding the Mighty Man Appearance that is very important for our salvation. It is His enduring, continual, daily provision! Let us look at it in the context of Daniel 8.
In review, the context of Daniel 8 has several features. The setting is the battle between the mighty powers of good and evil in this world. The key players are Christ and His people through the ages from the time of Medo-Persia rule forward as well as Satan and his agents during the same prophetic time. The object of focus is the typical earthly sanctuary rebuilt by the Israelites during the time of the Medes and Persians and the antitypical true sanctuary following the cross which is composed of Christ and His people. The sanctuary is also a blueprint of the government or kingdom of God and specifically the plan of salvation as seen in its symbolism. The Daniel 8 picture of the great controversy between Christ and Satan is also seen in the sacrificial symbolism of the Day of Atonement Ram/Lamb of God (Christ) which taketh away the sin of the world as well as the he-goat/scapegoat (Satan). The key to understanding all of this is to understand the work of the Mighty Man, Jesus Christ, Who came to restore our communion/relationship with God. We call this His atonement. Finally, regarding Daniel 8:26 how does this “the evening and the morning” fit into the above?
Daniel 8:26And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Daniel-Chapter-8/
The words “the evening and the morning” used in this order take us right back to creation week. We must look at the original government or order of God on this earth to understand it.
Genesis 1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Genesis-Chapter-1/
The words evening and morning simply denoted a day. It started in the evening and continued in the morning. At even it all started again. The phrase “and the evening and the morning were” is repeated for the first six days of the creation account in Genesis 1.
Genesis 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. 2
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day. 3
17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
19 And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. 4
23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. 5
31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. 6 https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Genesis-Chapter-1/
There were six wonderful days of Creator provision. Light, firmament, land with food, the sun and moon and stars, living creatures of the water and sky, and finally living creatures of the land including man. Did you ever stop to think that spiritually, Christ is the Light of the World; He is the Everlasting Spirit or Breath; He is the Bread of Life; He is the Sun of Righteousness, the Morning Star, He is the Dove of Peace and the Flying Eagle; He made Himself one of the fish in this great sea of humanity. He is the the Lamb of God, the Lion of Judah; He is God in human flesh! He is the great Provision of Heaven.
The next time we see the evening and morning is during the wilderness wandering of Israel. Here we begin to understand the evening and the morning as the provision of God and fulfilled spiritually in Christ Himself! He is the Manna.
Exodus 16:4 Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. 12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Exodus-Chapter-16/
John 6:47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/John-Chapter-6/
Matthew 26:26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-Chapter-26/
The next time we are introduced to the evening and the morning is the provision of sanctuary. Here the lesson is expounded that the evening and the morning through the symbols is a continual, always, abiding, dwelling, remaining, daily provision of Christ Himself. Below I have shared both the sanctuary symbolic ordinances as well as the fulfilment of those ordinances in Christ.
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Exodus-Chapter-27/
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Isaiah-Chapter-60/
Exodus 29:36 And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Exodus-Chapter-29/
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Hebrews-Chapter-9/
39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:
45 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
46 And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the LORD their God. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Exodus-Chapter-29/
Hebrews 10:6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Hebrews-Chapter-10/
Exodus 25:30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Exodus-Chapter-25/
Numbers 4:7 And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Numbers-Chapter-4/
1 Peter 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/1-Peter-Chapter-1/
Matthew 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-Chapter-6/
Exodus 30:1 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.
8 And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Exodus-Chapter-30/
Malachi 1:11 For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Malachi-Chapter-1/#11
Ephesians 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Ephesians-Chapter-5/
Jeremiah 31:3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Jeremiah-Chapter-31/
40 To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel; https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/1-Chronicles-Chapter-16/
Hebrews 10:11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Hebrews-Chapter-10/
16 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Hebrews-Chapter-7/
Did you noticed that in each of the above lesson books (that of creation week, that of manna, that of the sanctuary) the provision is provided continually, evening and morning, daily, forever, endlessly, perpetually, remaining, abiding. Christ is literally currently, the Evening and Morning or Daily Provision. He is our Daily Bread. He is our Continual ever burning Light. He is our Incense of Love everlasting. He is our Continual Burnt Offering offered once forever. He is our Continual Sin Offering offered once forever. He is our High Priest who ever liveth to make intercession for us. He is our Daily, Evening and the Morning provision!
You should be asking yourself this question by now, for in each of the examples of the Evening and the Morning there follows attached the Sabbath. In every case above (creation, manna, the gift of His Son) God set aside a day just to remember it all!
Genesis 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Genesis-Chapter-2/
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Exodus-Chapter-16/
45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Luke-Chapter-23/
8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Genesis-Chapter-22/
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/John-Chapter-19/
And so the vision (H4758) of the Evening and the Morning is all about the appearance of the Continual Provision to us of our Mighty Man, Our Creator and Redeemer!
You would think a day of rest for God meant the provision would be rested also. But no, the provisions given the first 6 days never stopped but were rather sustained by God in the miracle Holy Day memorial of an Evening and Morning of Rest! In the example of the work of creation, God rested from His work of creating, however the light, air, food, water, day and night, and life never ceased in provision. In the example of the manna, the people rested from their work of gathering and preparing manna and by obedience in rest showed their trust in God regarding His continual provision or sustenance of the manna during the Sabbath. In the work of salvation, Christ after He finished fulfilling the gift of His life for us rested His very breath in God’s hands waiting resurrection morning for His Father to call Him back to life.
Every week, when we partake of the Sabbath or Seventh Day Rest we are partaking in the commemoration of His creative works, His redemptive works and daily sustenance. Keeping the Sabbath or Seventh Day Rest is a symbol of faith or trust and obedience in His sustenance or continual provision not just for this life but for life evening and morning for eternity. Thank you, Father in Heaven, for being God, for creating, redeeming, and sustaining your children!
5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.
8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Hebrews-Chapter-4/
Christ is the greatest example of this perfect Rest or trust in God. That is why it is called His Rest or the Lord’s Day.
John 6:33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/John-Chapter-6/
6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Hebrews-Chapter-10/
Matthew 26:39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-Chapter-26/
7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Psalms-Chapter-40/
And in the heart of the Will or Law of God in the 4th commandment is the Day of the Lord or Sabbath Rest.
Exodus 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Exodus-Chapter-20/
Mark 2:27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Mark-Chapter-2/
In summary, the Evening and the Morning as it relates to Daniel 8 regarding the sanctuary is the Provisional Redemptive Work of Christ which was finished on the cross. As stated previously, it is the “appearance of the Mighty Man” vision. “The vision of the Evening and the Morning which was told is true”…. Jesus has come to save us from our sins, to be our substitute and surety. He is our consecrated High Priest. We can go to Him in faith, repent, and know that He will intercede for us always, continually, forever, without end! We can put our faith in Him, Mighty Redeemer, and Friend!
33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/John-Chapter-6/
Friends, it is very important we understand this because as always Satan will fight against it. He specifically fights against it when he through the Lamb-like beast of Revelation 13 convinces the world to worship the image of the beast of Revelation 13. Satan, who has always wanted to be God, wants to be worshipped as God is worshipped.
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Revelation-Chapter-13/
Worship of this image is not based on perfect trust in the provision of God, but rather on fear of loss of life or belief in a lie. This form of worship takes away the continual provision of God. Remember that God sends the rain on the just and the unjust. This false system of worship will be set up by a false god.
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Matthew-Chapter-5/
CHAPTER SUMMARY
In summary, the vision (mareh) of the Evening and the Morning is true! Ever since Creation week our world has been blessed with the Provision of God for all our needs and more! The appearance of the Mighty Warrior, Jesus Christ, into our world was the true Bread provided of Heaven.Just as the Evening and the Morning refer to a day, He is our Daily or Continual, Evermore, Eternal Bread! By His eternal Spirit, He continually offers us His eternal redemption and creative power. We can trust the incense of His unfailing love and the light of His incorruptible Word! He offers us His eternal life and endless intercession as our High Priest. We have only to rest in His powerful creative and redemptive Provision! Oh friend, trust His will for your life and let Him provide Himself