Meditation June 22, 2020
Matthew 1
1The book of the
generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2Abraham begat Isaac; and
Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; 3And Judas begat Phares
and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; 4And Aram begat Aminadab;
and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; 5And Salmon begat Booz of
Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; 6And Jesse begat David the
king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of
Urias; 7And Solomon begat Roboam;
and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa; 8And Asa begat Josaphat;
and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias; 9And Ozias begat Joatham;
and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias; 10And Ezekias begat
Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias; 11And Josias begat
Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
12And after they were
brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel; 13And Zorobabel begat
Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor; 14And Azor begat Sadoc; and
Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud; 15And Eliud begat Eleazar;
and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; 16And Jacob begat Joseph
the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
17So all the generations
from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David
until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations;
and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen
generations.
It may seem a bit
disorganized to start at chapter one after having considered chapters 5-7. I
suppose it is, but, after thinking through the Sermon on the Mount, I decided
to go through the entire gospel. Chronological order, thought often beneficial,
is not mandatory in studying the Bible. Truth is truth regardless of the order
in which it is received. That is one of the beauties of truth.
Genealogies have a way of
being a bit ho-hum but here we have a genealogy that is quite fascinating as an
indication of the providence of God in the affairs of men. God had promised in
numerous places in the Old Testament (2 Samuel 7:12–16; Isaiah 11:1; Jeremiah 23:5–6); that he would give to
David a descendant who would reign on his throne forever. The gospel writers, Matthew
and Luke, take the time in the writing of their accounts to show that Jesus was
the prophesied King. But Jesus was not a king merely, i.e. a rightful descendant
of David to that title, he was Messiah the King and so must necessarily be a
blood descendant of David which Paul is careful to note to have been fulfilled
in Romans 1:3.
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