In case you are preparing to preach on The Presentation of Christ in the Temple from Luke 2:21-40 on Sunday, here's a re-post:
The widow Anna who speaks to those who were "looking forward to the
redemption of Jerusalem" (Luke 2:25) about the child Jesus becomes a
more significant figure when we realise that Israel, the people of God,
is often pictured as the LORD's bride in the Bible. In Lamentations 1,
Jerusalem is a widow in need of comfort. The final "consolation of
Israel" (Luke 2:25; cf. Isaiah 40), the ultimate end of exile, comes in
the Lord Jesus Christ and in the wedding of the Lamb (Revelation
19:7-9).
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
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