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Isaiah 9:2
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

Isaiah 42:6,7
I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; …

Isaiah 49:6
And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

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Psalm 85:9
Surely his salvationis nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.

Isaiah 4:2
In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earthshall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel.

Isaiah 45:25
In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.

and for glory to Your people Israel.
This phrase underscores the fulfillment of God's promises to Israel. The coming of the Messiah was the culmination of centuries of prophecy and expectation within the Jewish tradition. Jesus, as a descendant of David, fulfills the covenantal promises made to the patriarchs and the nation of Israel. The term "glory" here can be understood as the honor and exaltation that comes from being the chosen people through whom the Messiah would come. It also reflects the restoration and elevation of Israel's status in God's salvific history. This glory is not just nationalistic pride but a spiritual elevation, as Israel's role in God's plan is fully realized in the person of Jesus Christ. This is consistent with passages likeIsaiah 60:1-3, which speak of Israel's light drawing nations to God.

• Simeon’s words echoIsaiah 9:2, where people “walking in darkness have seen a great light.” InLuke 2, that light is the infant Jesus, the literal fulfillment of prophetic promise.

•John 1:4-5 confirms, “In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.” The Person of Christ, not merely His teaching, pierces spiritual darkness.

• Jesus later says, “I am the light of the world” (John 8:12). Simeon, led by the Spirit (Luke 2:25-27), recognizes this reality before Jesus utters a single sermon.

• Light does more than shine; it reveals.2 Corinthians 4:6 speaks of God shining “in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”

• Revelation is God’s gracious act of making the hidden plain.Ephesians 1:17-18 prays that believers’ eyes be enlightened. Simeon declares that Jesus Himself is the unveiled truth.

• The manger scene, then, becomes God’s open disclosure of His salvation plan (Luke 2:30-31).

•Isaiah 42:6 promises a covenant “for the people and a light for the Gentiles.” Luke’s Gospel underscores this universal reach, preparing the way forActs 10 and the conversion of Cornelius.

• Paul and Barnabas later quoteIsaiah 49:6—“I have made You a light for the Gentiles”—to justify preaching to non-Jews (Acts 13:47). Simeon’s statement validates that mission from Jesus’ first days.

• Gentiles receive not a secondary blessing but direct revelation, fulfilling God’s centuries-old intention (Romans 15:8-12).

• Glory (doxa) points to visible honor and radiance.Isaiah 60:1-3 foretells nations coming to Israel’s rising brightness; Jesus is that radiance embodied (Hebrews 1:3).

•John 1:14 records, “We have seen His glory,” connecting the Bethlehem child to the Shekinah presence once confined to the temple.

• The glory here is both God’s own splendor and the esteem Christ brings to those who receive Him (John 17:22).

• Far from bypassing Israel, God exalts His covenant people through Messiah.Romans 9:4-5 reminds us that “from them is the Christ according to the flesh.”

•Jeremiah 31:35-37 affirms Israel’s enduring place in God’s plan; Simeon sees the covenant reaching its climax in Jesus.

•Luke 24:44 shows the risen Christ verifying that “everything written… in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms” about Him must be fulfilled, securing Israel’s promised glory.

Luke 2:32 presents Jesus as God’s all-encompassing light: He personally illuminates truth (“a light”), exposes divine mystery (“for revelation”), extends salvation beyond ethnic borders (“to the Gentiles”), radiates divine splendor (“and for glory”), and completes the promises given to Abraham’s descendants (“to Your people Israel”). Simeon’s Spirit-led proclamation assures every reader—Jew or Gentile—that the newborn Christ is the long-awaited, God-sent answer to humanity’s deepest darkness.

The glory of thy people Israel.--Here, again, the language is the natural utterance of the hope of the time, not the after-thought of later years. The Christ whom Israel had rejected was hardly "the glory of the people" when St. Luke wrote his Gospel.

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