The verse we are reflecting on today speaks of contradiction. Simeon’s words bring me back to the basic principle of “non-contradiction,” which says, “something is, or it is not, it cannot be both, and two plus two can never be five. Our God is One. That means that there is no internal contradiction within God, and that assures us that there is no internal contradiction possible within the structure of reality and a sane mind. Jesus is either the messiah or a crazy person; he cannot be both. God incarnate existed, and that fact will forever be true and cannot be denied. The single most dangerous thing in the whole world is lying, dishonesty, and denying facts. To deny a fact is not only to play fast and loose with your sanity and the very foundations of rationality; it is also to play fast and loose with our God, whose consistency undergirds all sanity and all meaning. God is one, undivided, and consistent.