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Friends,
today the Gospel celebrates the presentation of the Lord in the temple.
Why was the temple so important for ancient Israel? In the temple,
divinity and humanity embraced, and the human race was brought back
online with God.
In
the account, we hear of Simeon, the old seer, who is a symbol of
ancient Israel, watching and waiting for the coming of the Messiah.
Simeon knew all of the old prophecies; he embodied the expectation of
the nation, and the Holy Spirit had given him the revelation that he
would not die until he had laid eyes on his Savior.
Now
there is more to this story than the return of the Lord to his temple,
for he comes to his temple precisely in human form, indeed in the form
of a little baby. The Son of God, having taken to himself a human
nature, is presented to the Father, and thereby the human race is
brought back online. God himself is forming us in the right worship of
God. This little baby is the reconciliation of divinity and humanity, is
the very essence of temple sacrifice.
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