"Simeon" Tagged Sermons
Simeon is a baffling figure, and in him and Anna the law and the prophets meet. Anna comes from the tribe of Asher and Simeon carries a tribe’s name, and both tribes mean something. Luke 9:23-27 shows the cost of the salvation they waited for.
True biblical faith rests on the supernatural birth of Christ, and Simeon shows that faith in Luke 2:25. 1 John 3:2-3 sets out the hope that goes with it. Consumer religion offers something else, while in Christ our salvation is already here.
Christ’s coming is God’s last and new work. Luke 1-2 gives four songs, from Mary, Zacharias, the angels, and Simeon. Salvation, covenant, finality, and humility run through all four.
Simeon waits in the temple for the consolation of Israel, and his background shows why he matters. Some read his hope as purely personal and others as purely universal, and his song in 2:29-32 holds both together. ‘Mine eyes have seen thy salvation.’