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Feb. 22, 2017 - Jim Bakker Show
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The Simeon Cry - Pat Schatzline
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Simeon's Wait 00:08:43
What is the Simeon cry?
It's a personal cry that says, I will not depart till I see the glory of Israel.
Yes.
See, I've learned that when humanity meets divinity, that's an altar call.
And what you have to understand is, every morning there's an old priest by the name of Simeon.
Many believe he was 200 years old.
This old priest had been given a promise.
He was a part of the Septuagint.
Now, obviously, it didn't get called the Septuagint until later.
It means 70.
It means the writers.
But he was the one of the ones that would transfer the Hebrew into the Greek koine.
In other words, the scripture into the Greek so we can understand it today.
He was a writer.
It is believed that when he's translating the Old Testament into the Greek koine, he gets to Isaiah 7, 14.
Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign.
The virgin will give birth, will conceive and give birth to a son, and call him God with us.
At that exact moment, the Spirit of the Lord says to him, hey, Simeon, you'll see him.
The Bible says in Luke chapter 2, jumping back, it says this.
Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon who was righteous and devout.
I could preach all day about righteous and devout.
You know what righteousness means?
It means my character doesn't change when your mood does.
Righteousness means if they take his name in vain or they should do this or they do that, I'm walking out of that movie.
Righteousness means I'm not going to, I don't have to sit and be a part of the world.
I don't have to partake of alcohol.
I don't have to, I'm called to be different, not legalistic, holy.
And it had been revealed to him, he was waiting for the consolation.
I love this right here because it goes on to say, he was waiting for the consolation of Israel.
Now, I looked up the word consolation.
I thought it's what you get when you don't win.
You didn't win the car, so here's a teddy bear.
Do you know what consolation means?
The answer.
It means the awakener.
He was waiting on everything, the I am that I am.
And it goes on to say, and the Holy Spirit was on him.
And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord's Messiah.
I love this because the Bible says, moved by the Spirit.
In Luke chapter 2, verse 27, it says, moved by the Spirit.
He went into the temple courts.
When they brought the child in Jesus to do for him what was custom of the law, can I just say this?
It's time we become moved by the Spirit again.
Not by crowds, not by lights, not by anthems.
I've learned that purity is the backbone of authority and authority is determined by brokenness.
I put me around somebody that's moved by the spirit.
He wasn't like those, those that treat God as some weekend warrior experiment every three or four months.
No, no.
He wasn't like those that thought the call of God is about a title instead of a testimony.
He wasn't like those.
No, he was different.
He had something inside of him.
It was believed he was 200 years old and the Bible said that he recognized his moment.
Now listen to me, those that are watching.
This is your moment.
This is the moment to clean your house.
This is the moment to be led by the Holy Spirit.
This is the moment where you walk in and say, I've had enough, devil, get out of my family.
God said there's an awakening coming into the land.
There's a wave of his revival that is coming to the land.
And he's going to bypass the churches that have locked out his spirit.
And I love this because it said, led by the spirit.
Come on.
You know what I've learned when God shows up, it isn't about me.
God's never going to walk into a church service where he thinks you're going to take credit for it.
Here's Simeon.
I imagine his body didn't feel like it used to feel.
It's believed he'd be 200 years old.
But every day he wakes up knowing that God gave him a promise.
Hello, morning side.
His body's beginning to break down, but every morning he knows God told him, you'll see the Messiah.
Yep.
Imagine he gets up one morning and he's getting dressed.
He puts on the tallit, puts on the prayer shawl.
Something feels different today.
Still is stirring in me today.
And as he walks out to the temple courts, everyone says hello to him.
See, understand, when a Jewish woman gives birth, to a male child, they have to go through a purification process.
They get circumcised on the eighth day, and on 40 days, they have to go into the temple.
And there's a purity process that takes place for the woman that gave birth to a male child.
Mary's is called Candlemas.
It's celebrated on February the 2nd in the Orthodox Church.
On February the 3rd, they celebrate the God receiver's death.
Simeon, you're not getting it yet.
Well, he died the day after.
I can see him, Mondo, as he walks out into the courtyard.
Something feels different today.
And all of a sudden, as he's sitting there, the Spirit of the Lord overwhelms him.
And I imagine as he's shaking hands and there's all these people to see, Pastor Simeon, Pastor Simeon, but he sees this couple.
And all of a sudden, as he begins to, hello, good to see you.
Welcome to church today.
This is the way I imagine it, by the way.
Go on vacation up there.
And all of a sudden, as he gets closer and closer, he sees this couple and they're holding something.
Could it be that God is not a liar?
Could it be that our kids will be saved?
Could it be our marriage can be restored?
Could it be that there's priests and kings watching right now that will launch businesses this year?
And all of a sudden as he starts walking towards them, they wave at him.
Hello, Pastor.
I mean, everybody knows him.
He's 200 years old.
He's married him and buried him.
And all of a sudden he says, welcome to church today.
Mary looks at him with a tear rolling down her eyes, down her cheek, because this is the day.
He knew him.
He's heard all the gossip prayer requests.
And then all of a sudden he goes, um, welcome.
Um.
Can I hold him?
Oh, you're not getting this yet.
Because the Bible says Simeon took him in his arms and he praised God saying, sovereign Lord.
You're not getting this yet.
At that exact moment, he wasn't saying, can I hold a baby?
He was saying, can I hold glory?
Can I hold the one that is and was and forevermore shall be?
Can I hold the lion of the tribe of Judah?
The I am that I am, the lily within the valley, the bride of my.
Can I hold glory?
And as he stretched out his hands, it was a circle of life moment.
All of creation stopped because a king was being introduced.
And at that exact moment, it was supernatural because he took, he was saying, can I hold your Bible, the word made flesh, you tabernacled among us.
Now, you ready?
Stretch out your hands if you're watching.
When's the last time you said, excuse me, Lord?
See, you're a temple.
You're not a shack.
Take down the first sale sign.
You're a mobile upper room.
When's the last time you said, everybody hold your hands?
Excuse me, Lord.
Can I hold your glory?
You ready?
Say this.
Excuse me, Lord.
Excuse me, Lord.
Can I hold?
I'm warning you now.
I need to stop you because we have crazy stuff happening in our services at this moment.
I need to warn you.
You got to realize this would be his last sermon.
The religious would string him up for this because they were so used to preaching.
He was coming.
They didn't realize he had arrived.
You have to understand, he would hand the baby back.
He would run for his life.
He would disappear, most likely, the next day.
So you need to understand this is a heavy moment.
You have to understand the very next day he would see Isaiah the 6th chapter in full motion, God's glory.
So I want to warn you: if you're watching right now, simply say, Excuse me, Lord.
Excuse me, Lord.
Can I hold your glory?
Thank you, Louise.
You are called to be the Simeon.
You are called to rise up and lead.
This is your moment.
God says, I haven't forgotten you.
The greater the anointing, the greater the isolation.
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