<TITLE>19. Par -</TITLE>L-27-1 But, oh, shouldn't they have noticed when Simeon setting back in the room. He'd been promised; he went around prophesying. Said, "The Lord appeared to me and said I'll not see death..." And he was eighty something then. "I'm not going to see death before I see His Salvation."
"Oh, Simeon, you're old, son. You're--you're... The old fellow is kind of got it in his head, you know, he's a little... Just let him alone. He's harmless; he won't hurt nobody."
But Simeon had the Word of the Lord. Said, "I saw the Spirit of God descend upon me. I stood and looked at Him, and He told me, 'Simeon, you've been a righteous man and you're not going to... I'm going to make you a testimony out there.'" That's all.
"What are you going to do that for, Lord?"
"That's My business." My opinion is that he can sure pour the coal to them on that day. "You had a witness. Why didn't you listen to it?"

L-27-3 There's old blind Anna setting in the temple praying. The Lord revealed to her "Simeon is right." Amen! She couldn't see daylight from dark, but she could see farther than many people today that has got good eyes. She saw in the Spirit the coming Messiah was at hand, the Spirit moving in her heart.
See what a little bitty church there was? Zacharias, Elisabeth, Mary, John, Anna and Simeon, six out of the millions. Like in the days of Noah; six of them. God dealt with every one of them. They was all in harmony. They all got together. Amen.

L-27-5 Here old Simeon, here come the little Baby in. He'd never heard nothing about it. Here was the Baby, and then Simeon setting in his room, and--and the Spirit fell on him, said, "Move out, Simeon." Here he went walking, not knowing where he was going. Like Abraham, he was seeking something; he didn't know where it was at, but he kept moving. After while he stopped, and the Holy Spirit must've said to him, "There He Is." He reached over in Mary's arms took up the Baby in his arms, looked up and said, "Lord, let Thy servant now depart from this life in peace. My eyes is looking at Your Salvation."
The thing that everybody was making fun of, what the women was shunning, Simeon said, "It's Your Salvation, Lord." About that time here come an old blind woman, winding her way around, staggering around through the audience; and she come up to Him, and she also prophesied, for she was looking for Him. Told Mary "A sword will pierce your heart, but it'll reveal the thoughts of many hearts." Amen.

L-28-1 What was it? Now, I guess some of those women said, "Now, see that, see what kind of class it is? There you are. See? That's it. See where it is. That old man, cracked in the head. There he is over there standing before that prostitute girl trying to say a thing like that. There you are. That illegitimate child... Look at that old Anna, sets down here starving herself to death, and going on like that. She don't not--have any fun like we do. But there you are. See? She could belong to all the societies of the country here; she come out of a pretty good family. And she could belong there. But there, she is, see how that bunch gets together. Oh, yes." Amen.
Same thing today setting in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, being lifted up by the Holy Spirit. Sure. Yes, sir. Oh, haven't we got just a little bit more time? I got another character here, I'm looking at. At that time, when the Word was being made manifest, the wise men... Wished I had time, Fred, for you to read that. You got it in your pocket? I guess many of you seen it in the magazine. The thing that the Holy Spirit spoke down yonder at the river thirty-three years ago, they just dug it up December the 9th proving it, that astronomy, how in Jupiter and them stars in their constel.


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