Mary and Joseph Present Baby Jesus in the TempleBible World
2:28Luke 2:28
Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
Simeon was a just, devout, elderly man in Jerusalem upon whom the Holy Spirit rested, who had been promised he would not die before seeing the Lord's Christ and who came by the Spirit into the temple as Mary and Joseph brought the infant Jesus to do for Him after the custom of the law. He took the swaddled child up in his arms with joyful uplifted face and presented Him to God with joy, while Mary and Joseph and others stood around and the aged Anna watched nearby. In that moment he recognized the child as the long-awaited Consolation of Israel and God's salvation prepared for all people, receiving Him as Saviour and testifying to His divinity. Holding Him, he blessed God with joy because his eyes had seen that salvation and he could now depart in peace, prophesying of Him as a light to lighten the Gentiles and the glory of Israel.
Temple Presentation Setting
This moment belongs to the dedication and presentation of the infant Jesus at the temple in Jerusalem, when Mary and Joseph brought Him there to do for Him after the custom of the law. In that setting the offerings required by the law represented Christ Himself, who was without physical defect and lived in obedience to God's laws. The scene centers on the elderly Simeon taking the swaddled infant Jesus up in his arms with joyful uplifted face and presenting Him to God with joy.
Simeon was a just, devout and pious elderly man in Jerusalem, waiting and praying for the consolation of Israel and to see the Messiah before his death, with the Holy Ghost upon him. It had been revealed to him that he would not see death until he had seen the Lord's Christ. Led and brought by the Spirit, he came into the temple at that very moment when the parents brought in the child.
Mary and Joseph bring the child to him while others are gathered around, and the aged Anna watches nearby leaning on a staff. Holding the child in his arms, he blesses God.
Simeon's Prophetic Witness
Taking the child in his arms, Simeon recognizes Him as the long-awaited Consolation of Israel and God's salvation prepared before the face of all people, receiving Him as Saviour and promised Messiah and testifying to His divinity. Holding Him, he blesses God with joy because his eyes have seen that salvation, declaring that he can now depart in peace according to God's word now that his waiting hope is fulfilled.
God had preserved Simeon's life for this very moment, granting him the joyful privilege of holding Jesus and testifying of Him. His recognition of Christ's mission came through reverence for God, willingness to be instructed, and the Holy Spirit's illumination.
In holding Jesus he prophesies of Him as a light to lighten the Gentiles and the glory of Israel.
His testimony was one of the early announcements of the Messiah's coming in Judea and part of the prophetic witness at the close of the Jewish dispensation. That act belongs to the reappearance of the spirit of prophecy at the close of that dispensation to usher in the Messiah, after it had nearly disappeared for a few centuries because of corruptions in the Jewish church.
Simeon was a just, devout, elderly man in Jerusalem upon whom the Holy Spirit rested, who had been promised he would not die before seeing the Lord's Christ and who came by the Spirit into the temple as Mary and Joseph brought the infant Jesus to do for Him after the custom of the law. He took the swaddled child up in his arms with joyful uplifted face and presented Him to God with joy, while Mary and Joseph and others stood around and the aged Anna watched nearby. In that moment he recognized the child as the long-awaited Consolation of Israel and God's salvation prepared for all people, receiving Him as Saviour and testifying to His divinity. Holding Him, he blessed God with joy because his eyes had seen that salvation and he could now depart in peace, prophesying of Him as a light to lighten the Gentiles and the glory of Israel.
Temple Presentation Setting
This moment belongs to the dedication and presentation of the infant Jesus at the temple in Jerusalem, when Mary and Joseph brought Him there to do for Him after the custom of the law. In that setting the offerings required by the law represented Christ Himself, who was without physical defect and lived in obedience to God's laws. The scene centers on the elderly Simeon taking the swaddled infant Jesus up in his arms with joyful uplifted face and presenting Him to God with joy.
Simeon was a just, devout and pious elderly man in Jerusalem, waiting and praying for the consolation of Israel and to see the Messiah before his death, with the Holy Ghost upon him. It had been revealed to him that he would not see death until he had seen the Lord's Christ. Led and brought by the Spirit, he came into the temple at that very moment when the parents brought in the child.
Mary and Joseph bring the child to him while others are gathered around, and the aged Anna watches nearby leaning on a staff. Holding the child in his arms, he blesses God.
Simeon's Prophetic Witness
Taking the child in his arms, Simeon recognizes Him as the long-awaited Consolation of Israel and God's salvation prepared before the face of all people, receiving Him as Saviour and promised Messiah and testifying to His divinity. Holding Him, he blesses God with joy because his eyes have seen that salvation, declaring that he can now depart in peace according to God's word now that his waiting hope is fulfilled.
God had preserved Simeon's life for this very moment, granting him the joyful privilege of holding Jesus and testifying of Him. His recognition of Christ's mission came through reverence for God, willingness to be instructed, and the Holy Spirit's illumination.
In holding Jesus he prophesies of Him as a light to lighten the Gentiles and the glory of Israel.
His testimony was one of the early announcements of the Messiah's coming in Judea and part of the prophetic witness at the close of the Jewish dispensation. That act belongs to the reappearance of the spirit of prophecy at the close of that dispensation to usher in the Messiah, after it had nearly disappeared for a few centuries because of corruptions in the Jewish church.