The Blessings of Simeon

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🗓️ 24 December 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

As we consider Christ’s birth, we can’t help but consider his death. From a baby in a manager to a man hanging on a cross, it is through Jesus’s life, death, and resurrection that we find the hope and joy we sing about at Christmas. In this episode of White Horse Inn, hosts Michael Horton, Justin Holcomb, Bob Hiller, and Walter Strickland reflect on The Song of Simeon, recognizing God’s faithfulness and Jesus’s redemptive purpose.

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0:00.0	The Simeon character who, I'll just read the text again here, was righteous and
0:09.1	devout waiting for the consolation of Israel, that is the Savior of Israel, and the Holy Spirit
0:15.8	was upon him and it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not
0:19.9	see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. Now how did the Holy Spirit reveal this to him?
0:23.7	This is one of those wonderful times where you can just say, I don't know, don't worry about it.
0:27.6	It's what happened and it's great. Because then Jesus shows up and the Holy Spirit clearly did reveal this to Simian. because good guesser if it was he was right simian came in the spirit into the temple and
0:46.2	when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him according to the
0:49.8	custom of the laws we've been talking he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said
0:54.8	Lord now you are letting your servant depart in peace according to your word for
0:58.6	my eyes have seen your salvation which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples
1:02.1	a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
1:05.2	and the glory of the Reformation to the modern church. This is Whitehorse Sin, a weekly roundtable discussion
1:26.6	about theology and culture. Merry Christmas. By this time I'm sure you've heard countless renditions of Mary did you know God rest you
1:44.6	Mary gentlemen silent night and my favorite oh come let us adore him and I'm sure the
1:50.6	Saints have snuck in a rendition or two of up on the house top and rocking around the Christmas dream. In this series, we've tried to highlight another soundtrack, an ancient Christmas soundtrack consisting of the Magnificat, the Song of Mary, the Benedictus, the song of
2:05.6	Zakariah, Gloria, the song of the multitude at the birth of Christ, and now Newt Demetis,
2:12.0	or however my court Horton pronounces it, which comes from the opening line of the song.
2:18.9	Keep going, that was really good. It's really good. Okay, okay.
2:23.0	Simeon, a man who is righteous and devout, was waiting on the conciliation of Israel,
2:30.0	and it was made known to him that he would not see death until he had seen the Messiah.
2:35.0	Now Simeon was advanced in age and after experiencing the Christ, Simeon is now able to die,
2:42.0	having held Israel's long-awaited hope of redemption in his arms.
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