The Messiah Simeon Waited For

Day 3, A Sketch of Simeon

 

Drawing a sketch, as you can see from the picture, is not one of my talents. But hopefully, following up on a word sketch is.

Who was this man that honored Jesus’ birth? What do we know about him? What can be guessed at from Scripture?

We know

  1. His name was Simeon
  2. He lived in Jerusalem
  3. He was righteous
  4. He was devout
  5. He looked forward to the Messiah
  6. The Holy Spirit anointed him
  7. He knew he wouldn’t die until he saw the Christ
  8. He followed the Holy Spirit’s leading

We can deduce

  1. He wasn’t a priest nor a regular worker in the temple
  2. He was elderly
  3. He loved the word of God
  4. He had an idea of the cost of salvation
  5. He believed that God would reach the Gentiles

We can guess

  1. That he was of the tribe of Simeon or named for it for some reason. Generally, names followed tribal lines. For instance, Paul was named Saul after the famous king in his own family tree of Benjamin. But this wasn’t always the case.
  2. He met the Lord after Mary and Joseph had performed the customary sacrifices
  3. He had studied the word in order to quote Isaiah

Using these details and more, we will try to learn both more about the person of Simeon and about the prophecies he longed to see fulfilled.

A Sixty-Day Countdown to Christmas

More Days

Introduction to The Messiah Simeon Waited For

Holding Jesus

Day 3, A Sketch of Simeon

Simeon Was a Godly Man

Day 5, Simeon's Testimony

Day 6, Prophecies for the Gentiles

Day 7, Blessing to Nations

Day 8, A Holy People

Day 9, Welcoming God's Firstborn

Day 10, The Name of Simeon

Day 11, Staying Alive

Day 12, Following the Spirit

Day 13, Taking Up Jesus

Day 14, God's Slave

Day 15, True Peace

Day 16, Seeing Reality

Day 17, The Intent of the Law

Day 18, For All Peoples

Day 19, Making Mary and Joseph Marvel

Day 20, A Blessing

Day 21, Hinting at the Rest of the Story

Day 22, Mary Will Grieve

Day 23, Making Simeon into Simeon

Day 24, Prophet to the Prophets

Day 25, A Priest Like Melchizedek

Day 26, Destined for Sacrifice

Day 27, Jesus and the Passover Lamb, part 1

Day 28, Jesus and the Passover Lamb, part 2

Day 29, Jesus and the Passover Lamb, Part 3

Day 30, Jesus as the Lamb (con.)

Day 31, Simeon as a Man of Gratitude

Day 32, Sacrificing Lambs in the Old Testament

Day 33, The Silent Lamb

Day 34, The Messiah as Light

Day 35, Jesus the Stumbling Block

Day 36, Jesus as the Rock

Day 37, The Precious Cornerstone

Day 38, The Stone in Zion

Day 39, The Cornerstone and the Gate

Day 40, The Stone of Judgment

Day 41, Into Zion First

Day 42, Restoring the Booth of David

Day 43, Forgotten Stones

Day 44, Blessed to Receive

Day 45, Crown Him with Many Crowns

Day 46, Identifying the Son of God

Day 47, The Best Storyteller Ever

Day 48, In Bethlehem, the City of David

Day 49, Born a King

Day 50, The Living Jesus

Day 51, The Mountain Tree (Part 1)

Day 52, The Mountain Tree (Part 2)

Day 53, The Root of Jesse

Day 54, David's Branch

Day 55, The Cursed Tree

Day 56, Time Fulfilled

Day 58 through 60

Day 57, Born David's King