So Satisfied He Could Die

Simeon Had Finally Seen What He Had Longed His Whole Life For

In the fourth installment of this year’s “Cast of Christmas” series, we met Simeon, a man who had longed for “The Consolation of Israel” - God’s promised Messiah. When he finally met him in the form of a baby, so satisfied was Simeon that he was ready “to depart in peace”. Simeon is perhaps the most vivid picture of “longing satisfied” in the narrative of the first Christmas. He longed for the comfort that God had promised to his people through His Anointed One and He experienced such deep satisfaction in his encounter with that very one that there was no longer anything better the earth could offer him. If you long for comfort and satisfaction of that kind, listen to last Sunday’s message.

Listen to this week’s sermon here.