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We've been having some good heart -to -heart

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talks. And I don't think that I'll describe them

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as bzorkorn bread. They're good, wholesome bread.

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The bread of everlasting life. Oh, my friend,

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I pray that you will have been fed. from His

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own giving hand. Isn't it wonderful to sit and

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feast on the things of God? And that's exactly

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what we've been doing. And we've been talking

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about the personality of the Holy Spirit. If

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you have not yet gotten acquainted with Him,

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if you've been listening to us day after day,

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and the Holy Spirit is still a mystery to you,

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and you have no understanding whatsoever of His

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person, His power, His personality, and his work,

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his manifestation, if he means no more to you

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now than he did before we began talking about

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him, then I pray that you'll go alone and just

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look up and say, please open my understanding,

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dear Lord. Please take my mind and reveal to

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my heart this wonderful third. person of the

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Trinity. Desire him. Desire knowledge. Go deep

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under the surface. Go very deep. That's where

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they go after oil. And when you start after the

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oil of the Holy Spirit, drill deep, my friend.

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into the deepest of spiritual revelations. Well,

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there is something that is quoted very often

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and yet few people stop long enough to see the

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real meaning of something that is very precious

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in the last verse of the last chapter of 2 Corinthians.

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the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love

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of God, there we have two persons mentioned,

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Jesus, and the love of God, the Heavenly Father,

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and the communion of the Holy Ghost be with you

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all. Amen. Mm -hmm. Oh, Paul understood. He knew.

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At the very beginning of this series regarding

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the personality of the Holy Spirit, I told you

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that this very moment, God is seated upon His

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throne. There's only one throne in heaven, the

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throne of God. God is seated upon His throne.

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At His right hand, this very hour, is Jesus,

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the Son of God, in position of great high priest.

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He is our mediator, ever living to make intercession

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for you and for me. He's the mediator between

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man and God. In the world today, this very moment,

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is the Holy Spirit, the third person, the Trinity.

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And when we talk about communion, when we talk

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about fellowship, this nearness, this closeness,

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oh, I know the person of God the Father is very

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real. Please don't misunderstand me. And that

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wonderful knowledge that we have that we belong

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to him and that he is our heavenly father. And

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the nearness of Jesus is very real to us. But

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there is a constant communion that goes on. A

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fellowship that's as constant and as real as

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the beating of our heart. as the next breath

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that we take, nearer to us than any human being

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standing by our side. And it's something that's

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constant. There is a fellowship that goes on

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constantly. There is a communion that goes on

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constantly. I am aware of that. constant communion

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when I am awakened in the middle of the night.

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I can be awakened out of a sound sleep. And I

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am instantly aware of that constant communion

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that has never ceased between myself and the

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Holy Spirit. Constantly, within walking down

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the street, whatever I am doing, I am aware.

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of the communion that I am having with Him. It's

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something I can't understand. It's something

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that really seems almost fantastic. I cannot

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describe it to you. I can only tell you it's

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as real as my breathing. Just as real. He is

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there constantly. I am constantly aware of His

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presence. I am... constantly aware of that communion,

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that fellowship. When I go into a service, I

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do not go into that service to commune with him.

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I am communing with him 24 hours a day. There

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are some people who tell you that they go to

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church for one hour. to commune with Him. Oh,

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sure, I believe. Don't misconstrue what I'm saying.

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Sure, you can go to that place of worship to

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commune with Him. But there is a fellowship,

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there is a place in the Holy Spirit where you

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do not especially go someplace to commune with

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Him. It is a constant thing. You fellowship the

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saints in that place of worship. But when it

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comes to this communion, you go in the place

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of worship where Jesus is magnified and you worship

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him in that place of worship. But what the scripture

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is talking about here is a constant communion

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of the Holy Spirit. It is constant. Have you

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found that place in him? It's for you. You'll

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only start to live when you have your very being

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in him. You move in him. You have your being

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in him. He is closer to you than your next breath.

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And you are constantly, Conscious of his presence.

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I wish I could tell you. And it's something that

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I cannot impart to another. It's something that

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you have to experience. All right. Now we're

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going to come to something that I like so much.

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He reveals. And I want you, please, and I'm sure

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you got your Bible out when you were thinking

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about me coming into your home. And you turn,

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if you will, please, to the second chapter of

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Luke. And this is most revealing. All right,

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let's begin with about the 25th verse. And behold,

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there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon,

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or Simon. And the same man was just and devout,

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waiting for the consolation of Israel. And the

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holy... ghost was upon him. Now remember, there

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is only one Holy Spirit, just one. The same Holy

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Spirit, the same Holy Ghost that you and I have

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been talking about in these heart -to -heart

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talks. And it was revealed unto him by the Holy

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Ghost that he should not see death before he

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had seen the Lord's Christ. And he came by the

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Spirit into the temple. And when the parents

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brought in the child Jesus to do for him after

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the custom of the law, then took he him up in

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his arms. Oh, can't you see, Simeon? Taking the

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babe up in his arms, he knew who he was. And

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blessed God and said, Lord, now lettest thou

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thy servant depart in peace. According to thy

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word. In other words, he said, I'm ready to go.

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Because remember, he was up in years. He was

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not a young man. He was up in years. And he said,

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I'm satisfied now. I'm perfectly satisfied. You

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see. The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that

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he should not see death, that he would not die

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before he had seen Jesus Christ. And when he

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saw Jesus with his father and mother, he knew,

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he knew that this was the very Son of God. Oh,

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this is beautiful. He knew that was the Messiah.

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And when he took Jesus in his arms, there wasn't

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any doubt in his mind whatsoever, but that he

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was the Christ. He said, Now, Lord, lettest thou

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thy servant depart in peace. I am ready to die

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now, according to thy word. For mine eyes have

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seen thy salvation. I've seen, I'm satisfied.

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Which thou hast prepared before the face of all

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people, a light to lighten the Gentiles, and

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the glory of thy people Israel. Mm -hmm. He knew.

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Because the revelation came from the Holy Spirit.

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He knew he was right. He knew exactly. that for

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which Jesus had come, a light to lighten the

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Gentiles and the glory of thy people Israel.

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And Joseph and his mother marveled at those things

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which were spoken of him. Joseph just, he was

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amazed that this man, a perfect stranger to them,

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came and took the child in his arms and he knew

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who he was. And the mother of Jesus marveled.

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He was a perfect stranger. And he knew all about

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Jesus. He knew why he was given, for what purpose

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he'd come. And Simeon blessed them and said unto

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Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for

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the fall and rising again of many in Israel and

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for a sign which shall be... spoken against,

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yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul

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also, that the thoughts of many may be revealed.

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Oh, watch something. Doesn't that do something

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to you? And remember, that's the same Holy Spirit.

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The same Holy Spirit who gave Simeon that wonderful

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revelation. Now, The account that is given us

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concerning this Simeon or Simon, he dwelt in

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Jerusalem. He was eminent for his piety and for

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his communion with God. And there were learned

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men who lived then, had such high regard for

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his intelligence that he was given one of the

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highest titles that could possibly be given to

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a doctor during those days. And Simeon was one

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of seven to whom this honor had been bestowed.

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He succeeded his father as president of the college

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which his father founded and of the great Sanhedrin.

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And the Jews said that he was endued with a prophetical

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spirit. Mm -hmm. And because of it, they... They

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turned him out of his place because he could

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not see eye to eye with the religious Jew at

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that time concerning the temporal kingdom of

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the Messiah. You understand something, don't

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you? There is no fact in history more clearly

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established than the fact of the first coming

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of Christ. But when it comes to his first coming,

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All the Jews could not agree. It was because

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the religious leaders of Christ's day failed

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to distinguish between the prophecies that related

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to his first coming and those that related to

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his second coming, and that's the reason they

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rejected him. The religious Jew rejected... Jesus

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as the Son of the Living God when He came at

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Bethlehem because they expected Him to come in

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great glory, setting up a great temporal kingdom.

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They didn't understand that there was a time

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space between the sufferings and the glory of

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Christ. Between the cross and the crown. There's

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a reason Jesus is going to have to come back

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to earth the second time. Because only a part

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of prophecy was fulfilled at the time of his

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first coming. He must return to earth again.

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We call it the second coming of the Lord Jesus

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Christ. To fulfill, completely fulfill. all the

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prophecies regarding his kingdom and his glory.

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He will rule and reign a thousand years in bodily

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form upon this earth. He will return in glory.

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And this is exactly what the Holy Spirit had

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revealed. To Simeon. He saw it. He recognized

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it. The Holy Spirit had revealed to Simeon's

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heart that which the religious Jew did not see

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at the time. Oh, sure. And you know something?

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It's the same way today. There are... Still those

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to whom the Holy Spirit is revealing his word

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of prophecy, he is the great revealer. The same

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Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit was upon Simeon,

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not only as the spirit of holiness, for it said

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he was a devout man. He was just. He was devout.

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That's why. I am convinced that the Holy Spirit

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knows exactly what he's doing. He knows exactly

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to whom he can reveal things. He knows exactly

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to whom to bestow gifts, precious gifts. All

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these things are a trust. And the Holy Ghost

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was upon him, not only as a spirit of holiness,

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but as a spirit of prophecy. He was... filled

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with the Holy Ghost. And the Holy Spirit enabled

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him to speak things above himself. He had a glorious,

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a gracious promise made to him that before he

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died, he should have sight of the Messiah. I'm

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going to talk to him about it one of these days

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when I get home to glory. I've got a lot of things

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I'm going to ask him. I believe that he was so

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consecrated to the Lord because it said right

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here, he was a just and devout man waiting for

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the consolation of Israel. And the Holy Ghost

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was upon him. He was searching. And the Holy

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Spirit said, all right. I'll promise you something.

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Before you die, I'll see that with your own eyes,

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you will look upon the Messiah. You will see

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the Anointed One. You will see the very Son of

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the Living God. Wasn't that a promise? And the

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thing is, and this was so wonderful, Simeon came

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by direction of the Spirit into the temple. The

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same Spirit that had provided for the support

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of his hope now provided for the transport of

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his joy. He knew the Holy Spirit always carries

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through, always. When a certain thing is of the

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Holy Spirit, when the Holy Spirit... gives a

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promise when the Holy Spirit reveals something,

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he always carries through. He never leaves a

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job half done. You can stay your very life on

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the mighty third person of Trinity. And somehow

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the Holy Spirit whispered in his ear and said,

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go to the temple now. Now's the day. Now's the

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time. and you shall see what you have longed

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to see. You will see the Messiah. You'll see

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him. But I believe that from the time that the

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Holy Spirit made Simeon the promise that he should

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not taste death until he would see the Messiah,

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he was constantly in tune. with the Holy Spirit.

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So the minute the Holy Spirit said, this is it,

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he went, he saw, he was satisfied. That is the

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glorious Holy Spirit.