Oh, let the Son of God enfold you with His spirit and his love.

Let him fill your heart and satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you,

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you home.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire Bible.

And on today's edition of the Word for today, Pastor Chuck continues with the purpose of Jesus' existence as we pick up in Luke chapter 2 verse 36 and now with today's

message here's Pastor Chuck. Now there was a lady by the name of Anna who was a prophetess.

She was the daughter of Fanuel. She was the tribe of the tribe of Asher. She was of great age.

Actually she was 84 years old. And she lived with the same

husband from the seven years after her period, really, when a girl began her menstrual periods. seven years after she had begun her menstrual periods,

she was married, and she lived with that same man all this time, is what it is saying.

The way it is written, it's a little hard to understand.

She was a widow about, she had lived with a husband seven years

from her virginity. And so that is from the time that she was, had begun her menstrual period.

She, seven years from that time, she got married and lived with this man the whole while.

She was now 84 years old.

And she departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.

One of those beautiful, godly saints.

And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise to the Lord and spoke of him to all that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.

Now, when they had performed all of the things according to the law of the Lord,

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