Luke 2:25-35 Songs of Christmas

Upon His birth, Jesus Christ was welcomed and introduced by a few different people described in Luke 2. Each of them had praises or songs for Jesus. One of those that had a Christmas Song was Simeon.

Simeon is described in v.25 as “just and devout” meaning he was justified in the eyes of God and devout or reverent and respectful of God. He was a believer in the Lord.

He also was waiting on the Lord and looking forward to the coming of the consolation of Israel. Consolation means comfort, removing distress of mind.  The prophets of Israel said a Savior would be coming and Simeon looked forward to that day of comfort.

And we can see when He did find Christ, he was ready to leave Earth and go to Heaven. Death caused no anxiety for Simeon because of his Heavenly expectation.

Simeon’s faith in the Lord and expectation of the coming Christ and leaving earth to be with the Lord in Heaven all describe him as a fitting representative of the righteousness of the Old Testament. Consider how Paul describes the righteousness of the saints we read of in the Old Testament and hear the expectation of a promise of a Savior to come and a Heavenly home they looked forward to: These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. (Hebrews 11:13-16)

The faith of the saints in Hebrews 11 is the faith of Simeon. And in Luke 2, we read that Simeon, the representative of the righteousness of the Old Testament held the Christ, who gives the righteousness of the New Testament!

There are no coincidences in the Bible! God ordained the events we read of for a reason! He is almighty and just!  You can trust God's Word.