The Genealogy of Jesus Christ

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by: Robert Read

06/05/2023

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Matthew 1:1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

In the opening verses of the Gospel of Matthew we find the genealogy of Jesus beginning with Abraham, the father of the of the Hebrew Nation God’s chosen people, to Joseph the earthly father of Jesus.

Genealogy is and was extremely important to the Jewish people, and they kept extensive genealogical records, that’s why Matthew writes about it in these opening verses.  Matthew is proving to his Jewish readers that Jesus of Nazareth is the rightful legal heir to the throne of David as was prophesied in the Old Testament. 

In this genealogy there are four women mentioned, Tamar, Rehab, Ruth, and the wife of Uriah (Bathsheba). Tamar was the daughter-in-law Judah one of Jacob’s twelve sons and the head of the tribe of Judah. Tamar’s husband died and she was promised Judah’s younger son as was their tradition. This never happened so, Tamar pretended to be a prostitute and seduced Judah producing a son, Perez. Then there is Rehab a prostitute in Jericho that hid the spies Joshua had sent into the city, for this the Lord saved her. Then there is Ruth a woman from Moab and daughter-in-law of Naomi. She married Boaz and produced a son named Obed, who was David’s grandfather. Then we have Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite. She committed adultery with king David and eventually gave birth to Solomon. These four women play an important role in the genealogy of Jesus. They demonstrate that Jesus identifies with sinners even in His genealogy as He does in His birth, life, death, and resurrection.

This further demonstrates that Jesus fully represents fallen humankind. He comes from a line of fallen and sinful men and women; he ate and drank with sinners and tax collectors.  “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him (John 3:17).” This also confirms that God had a plan for redemption and that thread can be followed from Genesis to Revelation. The Bible is one book, and the New Testament would make little sense without the Old Testament.

Give Him all glory, honor, praise, and thanksgiving, Amen!

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Matthew 1:1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

In the opening verses of the Gospel of Matthew we find the genealogy of Jesus beginning with Abraham, the father of the of the Hebrew Nation God’s chosen people, to Joseph the earthly father of Jesus.

Genealogy is and was extremely important to the Jewish people, and they kept extensive genealogical records, that’s why Matthew writes about it in these opening verses.  Matthew is proving to his Jewish readers that Jesus of Nazareth is the rightful legal heir to the throne of David as was prophesied in the Old Testament. 

In this genealogy there are four women mentioned, Tamar, Rehab, Ruth, and the wife of Uriah (Bathsheba). Tamar was the daughter-in-law Judah one of Jacob’s twelve sons and the head of the tribe of Judah. Tamar’s husband died and she was promised Judah’s younger son as was their tradition. This never happened so, Tamar pretended to be a prostitute and seduced Judah producing a son, Perez. Then there is Rehab a prostitute in Jericho that hid the spies Joshua had sent into the city, for this the Lord saved her. Then there is Ruth a woman from Moab and daughter-in-law of Naomi. She married Boaz and produced a son named Obed, who was David’s grandfather. Then we have Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite. She committed adultery with king David and eventually gave birth to Solomon. These four women play an important role in the genealogy of Jesus. They demonstrate that Jesus identifies with sinners even in His genealogy as He does in His birth, life, death, and resurrection.

This further demonstrates that Jesus fully represents fallen humankind. He comes from a line of fallen and sinful men and women; he ate and drank with sinners and tax collectors.  “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him (John 3:17).” This also confirms that God had a plan for redemption and that thread can be followed from Genesis to Revelation. The Bible is one book, and the New Testament would make little sense without the Old Testament.

Give Him all glory, honor, praise, and thanksgiving, Amen!

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