“Now, Lord, you can let me, your servant, die in peace as you said.
And you, Abram, will die in peace and will be buried at an old age.
Then Israel said to Joseph, “Now I am ready to die, because I have seen your face and I know you are still alive.”
Think of the innocent person, and watch the honest one. The man who has peace will have children to live after him.
Simeon had been told by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he saw the Christ promised by the Lord.
Simeon took the baby in his arms and thanked God:
It is hard to choose between the two. I want to leave this life and be with Christ, which is much better,
Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die from now on in the Lord.” The Spirit says, “Yes, they will rest from their hard work, and the reward of all they have done stays with them.”
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?”