week of 3/15

Unit 19  Session 2

THE DEDICATION

LUKE 2:25-38

 

Key Concept:

Jesus is the only hope of salvation, for the whole world.

According to Mosaic law, every firstborn son was to be consecrated to the Lord and redeemed with a sacrifice (Exodus 13:1-2, 11-15), and every woman was to present a sacrifice in the temple a certain number of days after childbirth (Leviticus 12:1-8). So Joseph and Mary brought the infant Jesus to the temple, so that even as a baby, He fulfilled every requirement of the law. At the temple, two faithful, elderly people had been waiting for the Messiah, and now they would wait no more.

As you examine Luke 2:25-38:

 

✞   Contemplate Simeon's identification of Jesus as God's

    salvation and a light for revelation to the Gentiles.

✞   Recognize that Anna's devotion to the Lord led her to

    the moment when she saw and worshiped the infant

    Jesus.