We see the crux of the matter delivered to us in Joshua 21:43-45. All of the land that had been allotted to the Israelites were the result of a promise made to Abraham (Genesis 12:7) some 400 years before this fulfillment. Remember in the big picture, this is huge! The Israelites had gone through years of slavery and lost faith in God's promise to give them "a land flowing with milk and honey" (Exodus 3:8). It was through the race of the Israelites that Jesus, the Messiah, was still to come. This promise was given even earlier in Genesis 3:15. Jesus is the ultimate reason it was important for God to fulfill His promise to the Israelites in bringing them to the land of Cannan.
Both Simeon and Anna walked with the Lord. They both knew and in a way prophesied about this great King to be (Lk. 2:30-32, 38). These early childhood and teen years were very formative years for Jesus (v. 40, 52). Not even his own parents completely understood what He was all about (v. 50).
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