John 9:4

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“I must work the works of Him that sent Me, while it is day: the night comes, when no man can work.”

What is the “night when no man can work”? Three explanations apply:

(1) When people die—the final “night” of life—they can no longer perform Christian works. Their allotted time for service, growth and opportunity to overcome has ended.

(2) It refers to the local Jerusalem congregation, which the Roman General Titus would scatter in 69 A.D.

(3) Finally, it refers to the time at the end of the age (the present time), when “daytime” runs out for the true Church of God to any longer continue the Work of preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God and warning the modern nations that have descended from ancient Israel. The Work of God is a very large subject, impossible to be covered in this brief explanation. The material below will be most helpful.