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Twice in just a few verses we hear that Simeon and Anna are waiting of the redemption of Israel.
They were waiting on a savior.
Twice in just a few verses we hear that Simeon and Anna are waiting of the redemption of Israel.
They were waiting on a savior.
Twice in just a few verses we hear that Simeon and Anna are waiting of the redemption of Israel.
They were waiting on a savior.
We today are often waiting on all kinds of things.
We tend to wait in at least three ways.
I believe we see these same three ways evidenced in scripture.
We wait in expectation or excitement
We wait in doubt
We wait in dread
Let’s take a deeper look at these ways of waiting and see how the Christmas story helps us with each.
We will work our way backwards.
We will start with number three.
WAIT WITH DREAD
Simeon was told that he would not see death before
(TAH RASSO)
25.244 ταράσσωb: (a figurative extension of meaning of ταράσσωa ‘to stir up,’ 16.3) to cause acute emotional distress or turbulence—‘to cause great mental distress.’
ἐνεβριμή-σατο τῷ πνεύματι καὶ ἐτάραξεν ἑαυτόν ‘he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly distressed’ Jn 11:33; τὸν δὲ φόβον αὐτῶν μὴ φοβηθῆτε, μηδὲ ταραχθῆτε ‘do not be afraid of them and do not be distressed’ 1 Pe 3:14.
2:3 he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
The arrival of this true King of the Jews presents a threat to Herod the Great’s throne and to Israel’s corrupt religious and political leadership in Jerusalem (cf.
note on 21:10).
We wait with dread when either we, or our way of life is threatened or at least could be threatened.
We do not dread salvation, we dread judgement.
If it was salvation we would be looking forward to it not afraid of its coming.
Because we do not all know salvation, some of us wait in dread.
Herod’s world and rule was about to come to an end and he was troubled.
Are you troubled by the coming of the Lord Jesus?
WE WAIT IN DOUBT
Why didn’t he go right then himself?
He knew the prophecies but, he doubted the prophecies.
There are those today who have similar doubts.
You are waiting with a “we will wait and see” type of viewpoint.
You have doubts.
In this case, you may even want it to be true.
Herod didn’t but you may.
Maybe it sounds to good to be true.
You ask questions like;
Can this really be true?
or
Can I really be forgiven?
WE WAIT WITH EXCITEMENT
Luke 2:25-
I want to see the Lord
I want to see Him face to face.
The one who saved my soul.
I want to see the baby, that became the man, that was the Messiah and died for my sins.
What gift this Christmas could be more exciting than that?
Luke 2:34
ἀνθομολογέομαι: to acknowledge one’s thankfulness, restricted in NT usage to contexts in which God is the one being thanked—‘to thank, to give thanks to.’
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to release or set free, with the implied analogy to the process of freeing a slave—‘to set free, to liberate, to deliver, liberation, deliverance.’
What a wonderful way to celebrate Christmas!
Set free, ransomed, redeemed.
John 14
Won’t you decide today to wait with excitement rather than doubt or dread?
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