The Old Testament day begins at evening and ends with the going down of the sun. It is the time of expectation. The day of The New Testament church begins with the break of day and ends with the dawning light of the next morning. It is the time of fulfillment, the resurrection of the Lord. At night Christ was born, a light in darkness; noonday turned to night when Christ suffered and died on the Cross. But in the dawn of Easter morning Christ rose in victory from the grave.
—Dietrich Bonhoeffer