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Luke 2:29

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“Now, Lord (God), you can let me,\par your servant, die in peace like you said.\par

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“You yourself will live to be very old. You will die in peace. And you will be buried with your family.

Then Israel said to Joseph, “Now I can die in peace. I have seen your face and I know that you are still alive.”

Be pure and honest.\par Peace loving people\par will have many descendants.\par

The Holy Spirit told Simeon that he would not die before he saw the Christ {\cf2\super [36]} from the Lord (God).

Simeon held the baby in his arms and thanked God:

It is hard to choose between living or dying. I want to leave this life and be with Christ. That is much better.

Then I heard a voice from heaven. The voice said, “Write this: From now on, the dead people who were in the Lord when they died are blessed (happy).”

These souls shouted in a loud voice, “Holy and true Lord, how long until you judge the people of the earth and punish them for killing us?”