Forty days after Jesus was born in Bethlehem, Simeon gives his prophecies (Luke 2:22-24; Leviticus 12). After this, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph return home to Nazareth in the Galilee (Luke 2:39).
The Wise Men came sometime after that and before the Lord was two-years old (Cf. Matthew 2:7, 16-17).
In his person, the Lord Jesus is the fulfillment of all God's prophecies to Israel (Galatians 3:16; 2 Corinthians 1:20). Thus Simeon prophesies that the Lord Jesus would be "a light, for revelation to the Gentiles" (Luke 2:29-32), in fulfillment of Isaiah 42:6; 60:1-3.
Jesus was "appointed for the fall and rise of many in Israel" (Luke 2:34). Many who were thought of as the righteous would be rejected, while many who were rejected would be accepted, because before a person can be accepted by God, he must be humbled (Luke 18:9-14).
Simeon foretells Mary's witnessing the agonizing death of her Son (Luke 2:35; John 19:25-26), and points to God's Word as a piercing sword (Hebrews 4:12-13).
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After serving Grace Presbyterian Church in Alexandria, Louisiana, Bob was honorably retired on Sunday, September 27, 2015, and given the title "Pastor Emeritus." This was forty years to the day after he became their pastor.
He now works for the Presbytery of the Gulf South as...
