Isaiah 60:20

“Thy sun shall no more go down, &c.] This is a different sun from the former; this is the church’s sun, and no other than the sun of righteousness, Christ Jesus; who has his risings and settings now, at least, in the apprehensions of his people; he sometimes withdraws himself, and is gone; and then returns again: but so it will not be in this state: the saints shall be for ever with him, and he shall be for ever with them; who will always behold his glory, and be enlightened by him; (see <520416>1 Thessalonians 4:16,18): neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; or, “shall not be gathered”f1195, under a cloud; or “fail”f1196, as the Septuagint version; or, “suffer a defect”, as the Arabic…”

“There shall be no national and spiritual obscuration again as formerly (Joe 2:10; Amo 8:9). mourning . . . ended-- (Isa 25:8; Rev 21:4).”

“Thy sun shall no more go down - There shall be no total and long night of calamity, error, and sin. This is designed to describe the flourishing and glorious state of the church. It, of course, does not mean that there should be no times of calamity, no period of ignorance, no scenes of persecution; but it means that there should not be total night. Truth should reign on the earth, and there never would be a time when the light of salvation would be extinct. There never would be a time like that when Jerusalem was wholly destroyed, and a long total night came over the land. There never would be a time when the Sun of righteousness would not shine, or when the world would be wholly deprived…”

“sun: Psa 27:1, Psa 84:11; Amo 8:9; Mal 4:2 the days: Isa 25:8, Isa 30:19, Isa 35:10; Rev 7:15-17, Rev 21:4 Isaiah 60:21”