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Simeon’s Christmas Luke 2:21-32. “Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king …†Matthew 2:1. Four Jewish ceremonies with firstborn boy :. 1 -Circumcision. 2- Naming of the baby. ‘Jesus’ means Jehovah is salvation and He is my deliverance.
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“Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king…”Matthew 2:1
Four Jewish ceremonies with firstborn boy: 1-Circumcision 2-Naming of the baby ‘Jesus’ means Jehovah is salvation and He is my deliverance ‘Christ’-was a title, the Greek form of the Hebrew word Messiah, the anointed One of God
Four Jewish ceremonies with firstborn boy: 1-Circumcision 2-Naming of the baby 3-Redemption ceremony “you shall set apart to the LORD all that first opens the womb…every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem.” Exodus 13:12, 13
Four Jewish ceremonies with firstborn boy: 1-Circumcision 2-Naming of the baby 3-Redemption ceremony 4-Purification of the mother
‘righteous’ means to have a right relationship with God because the person placed his/her faith in the mercy of God ‘devout’, can be translated cautious ‘Simeon’ means hearing
Nunc Dimittis, Latin for ‘now I can depart’ “For He satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul He fills with good things.” Psalm 107:9