When the infant Christ is brought to the Temple, only Simeon and Anna recognize Him as the promised Messiah. There are many themes the Gospel of Luke advances in the telling of this story. Among them is lowliness. Another is the faithfulness of the genuine people of God, a remnant.
Christ enters the world at a spiritually dark time in Israel. The Pharisees are largely self-righteous hypocrites, the Sadducees compromise the sanctity of the Temple and the Scribes pour over the Scriptures setting forth external regulations that permit gross violations of the spirit of the Law. But God has his people.
Simeon and Anna represent the whole people of God (the territories of Simeon and Asher stretch from the extreme south to the far northwest) awaiting the fulfillment of promise. These saints bring the age of expectation to a close and provide a godly example of how God's people should live in light of His promise of salvation.
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Stan McGehee, Jr. is senior pastor of Living Word Community Church. Ordained in December of 1979, he holds a Master of Arts in Theological Studies from Reformed Theological Seminary and a Masters of Theology from Tyndale Seminary. He has worked with his father at LWCC since the...