There was another man that is often neglected who saw God and compared his Countenance to the Countenance of Jesus. Luke wrote about him:
Now there was a man in
Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout,
waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him, and it
had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before
he had seen the Lord's Christ. (Luke 2:25-26)
Simeon was caught up on the 'wave' that Moses was. The age of Simeon is unknown, but he had waited a long time to see the Face of Jesus that had been revealed to Him in the Agios Pneuma — the same 'awful wave' that Moses was caught in to be at the transfiguration.
He too had seen God backside in time,
and now He was about to see the Face, or Countenance of God — the Glory of God
face to Face. He saw God in the womb of Mary and then Simeon disappeared from
time and is all but forgotten.
What does the name, ‘Simeon,’ mean? We’ll
check with God on this matter. We’ll go back to the son of Jacob and Lea, the latter who said, “Because the Lord has
heard that I am unloved, he has therefore given me this son also… and she
called his name Simeon” (Gen 29:33).
Was the Simeon at the time of Jesus,
the one and the same Simeon of Israel (Jacob) and Lea? Of course, that does not
make sense, but God works miracles. Just as Moses was taken from His Holy 'Light
Wave' to be brought to see the transfiguration, could it be that Simeon traveled
through the space-time warp to see the Glory of the Lord face to Face?
What happened to Simeon? He saw God face to Face, then he too died. Where did he die to? The world, but he continued to live on in the realm of heaven.
The Testament of Simeon (T of A) from his deathbed went as follows:
Then shall all the
earth rest from trouble, and all the world under heaven from war. Then the
Mighty One of Israel shall glorify Shem (the holy ‘Name’ not Noah’s son) For
the Lord God shall appear on earth, and Himself save men, Then shall all the
spirits of deceit be given to be trodden under foot, and men shall, rule over
wicked spirits. Then shall I arise in Joy and will bless the Most High because
of his marvellous works, because God hath taken a body and eaten with men and
saved men. (T of S: 3:5-9)
Simeon saw God through that a quantum-like time
tunnel, and he saw that Hashem (The Name) had taken a body. That body was called ‘Jesus.’ In heaven, Simeon heard of all the troubles in God’s time of silence, preceding the coming
of Jesus. During the silence, Simeon indeed came back; he arose in joy! Why was
he there when Jesus came in body; to bless the Most High God, just as he said
in his testimonial. And then the LORD GOD blessed Simeon with death. (Albeit the
Testament of Simeon is not canon, with a testimony like that, perhaps it
should be!)
The world cannot be seen from heaven
because that would grieve the saved souls there. To see things in this world,
God perhaps brings some of them back. Do you think not? When Jesus died, the ground
was opened, and out they came:
The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many. (Mat 27:52-3)
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