Broadcast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n A Light to Lighten the Gentiles - Part 3\n Luke 2:27-32\n 02\/05\/2025\n\n\n 27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and\n when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do\n for him according to the custom of the Law,\n 28 he took him up in his arms and blessed God and\n said,\n 29 ``Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in\n peace, according to your word;\n 30 for my eyes have seen your salvation\n 31 that you have prepared in the presence of all\n peoples,\n 32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for\n glory to your people Israel.'' (ESV)\n\n Jesus Christ is the Light of the world, a light no darkness\n can overcome. Forty days after He was born, Simeon, a devout\n believer in God, told this to Joseph and Mary as they went to the\n Temple to offer the sacrifices according to the law given to\n Moses.\n\n And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the\n parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him\n according to the custom of the Law, he took him up in\n his arms and blessed God and said, ``Lord, now you are\n letting your servant depart in peace, according to your\n word; for my eyes have seen your salvation that you\n have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light\n for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your\n people Israel.''\n\n\n Simeon confessed that he, a slave to God, was happy to be\n released from his service on earth, for he had seen the Messiah,\n the promised Redeemer of the world. This forty-day old baby in\n the arms of His mother is not only the glory of Israel, but the\n One who brings the light of God's love to all people.\n\n There are many traditions concerning light on the fortieth\n day after Christmas based on Simeon's words. The candles which\n are used in the church are blessed this day, as are the voices of\n those who proclaim the light of truth to the nations. This is\n the source of Groundhogs Day, an acknowledgment of the light of\n spring.\n\n May our Lord enlighten us with the truth that Jesus Christ\n is our hope and our salvation. Amen.<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"February 5, 2025 Broadcast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-turn-your-radio-on-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2886,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2885\/revisions\/2886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}