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Reading plan
…before it reaches the powerful. Luke 2:21-38 Faithful waiting Simeon and Anna, both elderly and both faithful through decades of waiting, finally see the infant Jesus in the temple and recognize him as the salvation…
Devotional
…see it today, and say it aloud once when the waiting feels heaviest. Simeon in Luke 2:25-26 is described as waiting for the consolation of Israel, and he saw it before he died. His waiting ended with the child Jesus in…
Devotional
…silent, and pray Habakkuk 2:3 over it as it is written. Luke 2:25 says Simeon was waiting for the consolation of Israel through that long silence, and Galatians 4:4 says that when the fullness of time came, God sent…
Reading plan day
Simeon and Anna, both elderly and both faithful through decades of waiting, finally see the infant Jesus in the temple and recognize him as the salvation they had been promised. Long, faithful waiting is not wasted time…
Topic study
…before they are felt. The Gospels: hope with a face Luke 2:25 Simeon waits in the temple for the consolation of Israel and then holds it in his arms. Centuries of expectation narrow to a single child. Hope stops being a…
Bible question
…off. Zacchaeus's restitution follows the welcome; it does not earn it. Simeon in the temple Luke 2:25-35 An old man waiting for the consolation of Israel was shown the child and took him in his arms. My eyes have seen…
The Sunday Study
Verse-by-verse teaching with historical context, and a prayer to close. Nothing else in the email.