Introduction

Aaron magnason: Have you ever noticed that when we celebrate christmas, everything is so cute? You know, we've got the little children singing and the little children choirs. But what happens during and around and after the birth of jesus is quite a contrast to the way most of us view christmas. So in luke, chapter two, verse 25, our first christmas text, we know that there's an old man by the name of simeon who's been waiting for the messiah all his life. He has been told by the holy spirit that he actually will not die until he holds the messiah in his arms. And luke, s