IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME: SIMEON AND ANNA
Luke 2:22-40 A re you familiar with the carol, “The Twelve Days of Christmas?” Well, that song is about the season of Christmas – the twelve days beginning with Christmas Day and ending on January 5, Epiphany, the day that the Visit of the Magi is celebrated. From the first Sunday in Advent to Epiphany, starting with the story of Zachariah and Gabriel to the tale of how three wise men followed a star to Bethlehem, we watch the glorious, miraculous unfolding of the fullness of God’s time. MESSAGE If a story begins with “in the fullness of time”, it’s pretty much a given that it’s going to be about a person or a group of people who have been waiting for something to happen for a very long time. To be exact, humanity had been waiting since the snake and apple incident in the Garden of Eden when God cursed the serpent, “ I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will strike your head, and you ...