Found notes….4… preparing for Christmas…8… Simeon..

  

Found notes….4…preparing for Christmas…8….

Simeon….

• righteous…

• Devout…

• waiting for the Messiah …

• The Holy Spirit was upon him….

• Thankful…

• Promises were fulfilled in him….he would see Christ, before he died…

• He held the Messiah and blessed him….

• He spoke prophetic words to Christ’s mother…

Wow, what a resume…he was prepared for Christmas…

And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”) and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.” 

Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 

And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 

And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said, “Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace,according to your word; for my eyes have seen your salvation     that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles,and for glory to your people Israel.” 

And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him. 

And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.”

Luke.2.22-35

 “Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine.” you shall set apart to the Lord all that first opens the womb. All the firstborn of your animals that are males shall be the Lord's. Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. Every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem. And when in time to come your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you shall say to him, ‘By a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery. For when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the Lord killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of animals. Therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all the males that first open the womb, but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.’

Exod.13.2, 12-1

 How was Simeon prepared for the Savior?

What does this passage show us about God?

What does it show us about Simeon and his relationship with God?

What does it show us about our lives?

Thank YOU….

Worth the wait…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqEitrRE6D4

Who was Simeon?

https://bibleask.org/who-was-simeon-the-devout-in-the-new-testament/