<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=510338" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Today... 'The Consolation of Israel</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">It was a busy world at Your nativity<br>People were too busy to even stop and see<br>As into the temple Your family had come<br>In obedience to the law and Jewish custom</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The glory of the Lord was present there that day<br>In that building composed of earthly stone and clay<br>The same glory that appeared in Solomon's reign<br>Was present as God entered His temple again</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Simeon and Anna were also present there<br>And in prophecy they both began to declare<br>That Child in their arms was the promised Holy one<br>Born of God, His One and Only Belovéd Son</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In wonder Simeon in his arms held his Lord<br>And began speaking out loud God's prophetic word <br>And Anna also join in with him to proclaim <br>These things happened when to His temple Jesus came </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Holy Spirit entered Simeon that day<br>Causing him to cry out with prophecy and say<br>'Behold the Consolation of Israel' he cried<br>He'd been told he would see Jesus before he died</div><div style="margin:10px 0">This Consolation of Israel was to be seen<br>Just as the prophets of old said it would have been<br>But just Simeon and Anna saw the real glory<br>Of this momentous occasion in history</div><div style="margin:10px 0">(see also the additional information in the Poet's notes box below)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Roy+Allen">Roy Allen</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=510338" data-title="Today... 'The Consolation of Israel de Roy Allen" data-description="It was a busy world at Your nativity People were too busy to even stop and see As into the temple Your family had come In obedience to the law and Jewish custom The glory of the Lord was present there that day In that building composed of earthly..."></div> </div> </div>

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