Luke 2<\/p>\n
22\u00a0<\/sup>And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23\u00a0<\/sup>(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, \u201cEvery male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord\u201d) 24\u00a0<\/sup>and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, \u201ca pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.\u201d 25\u00a0<\/sup>Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26\u00a0<\/sup>And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. 27\u00a0<\/sup>And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, 28\u00a0<\/sup>he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said,<\/p>\n 29\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cLord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, Divine ideas will come in forms we can relate to. They are not secluded or isolated from the world, but here to uplift and encourage those in the world.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Luke 2 22\u00a0And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23\u00a0(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, \u201cEvery male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord\u201d) 24\u00a0and to offer…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[749,747,748],"class_list":["post-1577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-religion","category-smorgasbord","tag-best-present","tag-meaning-of-christmas","tag-presents"],"yoast_head":"\n
\naccording to your word;
\n30\u00a0<\/sup>for my eyes have seen your salvation
\n31\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,
\n32\u00a0<\/sup>a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
\nand for glory to your people Israel.\u201d (The Bible, ESV)<\/p>\n