The Brightness of His Glory

Today's Reading: Luke 2:30-32, Hebrews 1:1-3, 2Cor. 4:6,7, 3:18

Today we will read more about the light and glory of Jesus that Simeon spoke of in the verses we have been looking at the last few days:

"... my eyes have seen Your salvation
Which you have prepared before the face of all peoples, 

A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles,
And the glory of Your people Israel."
Luke 2:30-32

Yesterday we saw Jesus as the light of the world, a light that shines in the darkness. If we follow Him we will not walk in darkness but we will have the light of life. Today we will see Jesus as light and glory. Look at each of these verses that tell us who He really is and how He changes our own hearts.

"The Son radiates God's own glory and
expresses the very character of God...
When he had cleansed us of our sins,  he sat down at the place of honor 
at the right hand of the Majestic God in heaven."
Hebrews 1:3 NLT

"For God, who said, 

'Let there be light in the darkness',
has made this light shine in our hearts 
so we could know the glory of God 
that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.
 
But we have this treasure in jars of clay
to show that this all surpassing power 
is from God and not from us."
2Cor 4:6,7 NLT and NIV
 

"So all of us who have had that veil removed 
can see and reflect the glory of the Lord.
And the Lord who is the Spirit, makes us more like Him
as we are changed into His glorious image."
2Cor. 3:18 NLT

Stand in the light of His Everlasting Splendor. 
See Him in Glory and He will change you into His glorious image. 
It is Christ in us that is our hope of glory.  
(Colossians 1:27)

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Simeon See's God's Salvation

Today's Reading: Luke 2:21-38

Simeon's Moment - Ron DiCiani 

"... my eyes have seen Your salvation

Which you have prepared before the face of all peoples,

A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles,

And the glory of Your people Israel."

Luke 2:30-32

Enjoy your reading today with all the wonderful things in these verses.

Jesus is presented to the Lord by His parents.Both Simeon and Anna, faithful elderly servants of God were led by the Holy Spirit to come into the temple at that moment. Notice Luke mentions the Holy Spirit three times in the life of Simeon. Praise to God, He has provided the same Holy Spirit to us today, in even greater measure through Christ.

Simeon and Anna had eyes to see the promise of Messiah in that little baby boy and spoke of amazing things to Mary and Joseph. This passage is full of vision! Notice the references to seeing... not see death... my eyes have seen your salvation... and of course light and glory. Jesus often spoke of having eyes to see. The Spirit leads us by giving us pictures in our mind and we follow His vision. Readings for the next two days will direct us to passages declaring Jesus to be light and the brightness of God's glory.

God has prepared salvation for all people, 

revelation for the Gentile and glory for the Jew.

My heart goes out to Mary as Simeon prophecies directly to her "yes, a sword will pierce through your own soul also". She never forgot that and must have wondered how those words would be fulfilled.

Bless each of you today as you look for redemption, 

see God's wonderful Salvation in this tiny child,

His light of revelation and His glory. 

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