Luke 2:26 And it was revealed to him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. Observe that Simeon found Christ in the temple, being conducted thither by the Holy Ghost. There was an ancient promise, "The Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to His Temple," and this probably drew the holy man to the courts of the Lord. But the Lord might have come, and Simeon might not have been there, or the good old man might have been occupied in some other court of the holy place; but being led of the Spirit he came to the appointed spot at the very time when the mother of Christ was bringing the Babe in her arms to do for Him according to the law. In this Simeon is an instance of the truth that they find Christ who are led by the Spirit, and they alone. No man ever comes to Christ by his own wit and wisdom, nor by his own unprompted will: he alone who is drawn of the Spirit comes to Christ. We must submit ourselves to Divine teaching and Divine drawing, or else Christ may come to His temple, but we shall not perceive Him. (C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. |
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