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Simeon's Blessing

Name: Simeon's Blessing
Brand: GoodSalt
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Simeon cradles the infant Jesus in the temple while Mary watches with tender devotion and Joseph stands nearby holding the pair of doves for the offering. The setting reflects the Presentation of Jesus, when Mary and Joseph brought their firstborn son to Jerusalem according to the Law of Moses. The aged servant Simeon recognizes the child as the promised salvation of Israel and blesses God, declaring that his eyes have seen the Lord’s salvation prepared for all peoples. The doves beside Joseph point to the humble purification offering, underscoring the obedience and poverty of the Holy Family. This artwork is well suited for teaching the infancy narratives, Christmas season devotion, Candlemas, sermons on fulfilled promise, and ministry themes of waiting, redemption, and the revelation of Christ.

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Keywords	christ child doves Jesus joseph mary presentation simeon temple
Secondary Keywords	blessing Candlemas holy family infant Jesus jerusalem temple obedience purification salvation temple offering
Tertiary Keywords	devotion firstborn son law of moses nativity narrative promise fulfilled redemption sermon illustration
Scriptures	Leviticus 12:6-8 Luke 2:22-35 Leviticus 12 6 “‘And when the days of her purifying are completed, whether for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting a lamb a year old for a burnt offering, and a pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering, 7 and he shall offer it before the LORD and make atonement for her. Then she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who bears a child, either male or female. 8 And if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.’” Luke 2 22 And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”) 24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.” 25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, 28 he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said, 29 “Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word; 30 for my eyes have seen your salvation 31 that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, 32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.” 33 And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him. 34 And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed 35 (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.”