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Simeon is quite possibly my favorite part of the story surrounding the first Christmas. Here is a man who desperately yearned to see the long awaited Messiah, and God was gracious to promise he would not die before the Christ came. He understood this was to be a deliverer who would pierce the hearts of many. I wonder if he had Isaiah 25:6-9 in mind as he spoke.
6 On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.
7 And he will swallow up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over all nations.
8 He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the LORD has spoken.
9 It will be said on that day, "Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the LORD; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation."
What a beautiful reminder, the long expected Messiah came for one sole purpose, to save his people, to “swallow up death” through his own death. To remove the veil that has blinded us all from experiencing his glory.
