The Bible is a book written by a Father for His children. It is full of pictures which greatly assist in the understanding of the great truths our Heavenly Father would have His people learn. We have just such a picture before us in the incident involving Simeon and the infant Christ. It is a picture of faith at work and how it clasps Christ to its heart. Simeon, we are told was a godly old man who was "just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him," verse 25. He entered into the temple at the very moment Christ was carried in by Mary and Joseph.