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Luke 2:25-35. New Living Translation. The Prophecy of Simeon. 25 At that time there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon. He was righteous and devout and was eagerly waiting for the Messiah to come and rescue Israel.
- In The Beginning
- Calvary’s Rugged Tree
- Bethlehem’s Birth
- Where Was Everyone?
- Waiting After The Cross
The story of Christmas goes back to the Garden of Eden. The day Adam and Eve partook of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, God didn’t panic. Heaven didn’t go on red alert. God had seen this coming long before creation. God searched for Adam and Eve, found them, sacrificed a pair of animals to clothe them, and went on record fo...
I can almost see God standing by the forbidden tree, knowing that one day He, Himself, would return to earth, disguised as a human baby (the First Christmas), to grow up and let Himself be nailed to a tree, bearing all the evil and sin and wickedness of this world in His own body (Good Friday). And after doing so, in the aftermath of Satan’s “trium...
Don’t get me wrong. At precisely the right time, Jesus Christ was born. God added more than 60 prophecies to His original one, telling His people precisely when, where, and why His Son, Jesus the Messiah, would be born. The miracle isn’t that a handful of shepherds and wise men came to worship the newborn King of kings, but that the whole world did...
At the end of the Old Testament, God makes this sobering declaration: “I will search with lanterns in Jerusalem’s darkest corners to punish those who sit complacent in their sins. They think the Lord will do nothing to them, either good or bad” (Zephaniah 1:12, NLT). Yet in the end, not even the high priest himself welcomed baby Jesus into the worl...
Interestingly, it appears Jesus never told His disciples to “wait” until after His resurrection. Then, what did He tell them to wait for? For the Holy Spirit, who would come on the day of Pentecost. The Apostle Paul didn’t talk about “waiting” much either. But each time he did, he always talked about waiting in hope of Jesus Christ’s return. How? E...
Dec 7, 2020 · Recent studies continue to insist that waiting for a messiah was not nearly as central to Judaism at the time of Jesus as is generally believed. What is widespread, though, is the belief that God would eventually win victory against the forces of darkness and evil that have troubled the world since the expulsion from Eden.
Jun 25, 2012 · Will you investigate God’s plan to bring His Kingdom to earth? Will you put your ideas aside and live your life God’s way? Will you put your trust in Jesus, the Messiah, the King of kings, and enter into His kingdom?
Jun 2, 2004 · At some times in Israel's history, the anticipation of Messiah's coming was great, while at other times the sense of expectancy waned. In many instances, Israel's hopes seemed to be dashed on the rocks of reality.
- As we should come to expect, the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Old Testament) reveals much about the coming Messiah, in broad and general...
- In the books of Joshua, Judges, and Ruth, there is very little emphasis on the coming Messiah. In the Book of Ruth Boaz is a picture, a type, of Me...
- The Israelites wearied of judges and demanded to have a king, like the other nations:Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Sa...
- In the untied kingdom of Israel, as ruled by kings Saul, David, and Solomon, things were not perfect. Saul had to be removed (1 Samuel 15), David s...
- The years the Jews spent in exile were some of the darkest hours of the nation's history. The disobedient people of God experienced exactly what Go...
- Two prophets in particular, Zechariah and Malachi, spoke of Messiah to the Israelites who had returned to their land after their exile. God's Serva...
Messiah has been waiting in the wings, as it were, since the very beginning of history, ready to come forth when the time is right. According to one legend, he sits among the lepers at the gates of Rome–today we would be likely to find him in an AIDS hospice–tending to their wounds.
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He was righteous and devout and was eagerly waiting for the Messiah to come and rescue Israel. The Holy Spirit was upon him. KJV And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
