"The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:"
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There are only two gospels that contain genealogies of our Lord Jesus: Matthew and Luke.
Matthew begins by saying that Jesus is "the Son of David, the son of Abraham." You probably noticed that David's name is mentioned before Abraham's, even though Abraham lived long before him. Why? To show that Jesus is from the royal line of King David. This is the Gospel of The King!
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As you saw in part 2, Jesus is called, "King of the Jews" most often in Matthew. This gospel is represented by the picture of the Lion, which you also saw in Part 2. Abraham's name is mentioned because to him was promised the land.
Jesus will return to rule the world one day soon, and He will reign from His own land, Israel.
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Four Women.
There are four women mentioned in this genealogy. Each has, shall we say, a "checkered past," except for Ruth. She just happened to come from the wrong nation.
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The first woman mentioned was Tamar, who did a very bad thing! She acted like a prostitute and tricked her father-in-law, Judah, into having sex with her. As a result of that union, she gave birth to twin boys, Perez and Zera.
The second woman listed is Rahab, the prostitute who lived on the walls of Jericho. Her son was "Boaz," was the hero of the story of Ruth.
Ruth, as I said, was from Moab, a nation cursed by God. She became the great grandmother of King David.
Bathsheba, the fourth woman mentioned was the former wife of Uriah. She and King David committed adultery and he had her husband killed. The child from that union died but later was born to them King Solomon! He is in Jesus' lineage.
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Typologies.
Matthew could have listed any of the other illustrious women's names like, " Sarah or Rebecca," but He didn't. Why were these four singled out in particular?
Four Women.
There are four women mentioned in this genealogy. Each has, shall we say, a "checkered past," except for Ruth. She just happened to come from the wrong nation.
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The first woman mentioned was Tamar, who did a very bad thing! She acted like a prostitute and tricked her father-in-law, Judah, into having sex with her. As a result of that union, she gave birth to twin boys, Perez and Zera.
The second woman listed is Rahab, the prostitute who lived on the walls of Jericho. Her son was "Boaz," was the hero of the story of Ruth.
Ruth, as I said, was from Moab, a nation cursed by God. She became the great grandmother of King David.
Bathsheba, the fourth woman mentioned was the former wife of Uriah. She and King David committed adultery and he had her husband killed. The child from that union died but later was born to them King Solomon! He is in Jesus' lineage.
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Typologies.
Matthew could have listed any of the other illustrious women's names like, " Sarah or Rebecca," but He didn't. Why were these four singled out in particular?
Because each of the accounts tell the incomparable story of salvation.....and they are all Gentiles!
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Tamar, though her life was a mess and she did the wrong thing for the right reason, was "CHOSEN."
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Rahab, the prostitute who lived on the walls of Jericho, hid the two Hebrew spies. She and her whole household were spared when the walls fell.
How did the LORD know which house was hers, other than the obvious that He knows all? She hung a RED CORD out of her window on the wall. The scarlet cord is a picture the blood of Jesus. She was a believer in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. She is a typology of "SALVATION."
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Ruth is the only woman in the entire Bible that the Lord calls, "Virtuous." But there was one little detail which disqualified her from entering into the congregation of Israel: She was from Moab, a nation cursed by God. (See Deuteronomy 23:3)
She married one of the sons of a Jewess named, "Naomi." He eventually died. When she moved with her mother-in-law back to Israel, she. just "happened gleaning in the field of a relative of theirs who was very rich. He fell in love with her, eventually married her and she ended up owing the whole field.
We like Ruth, are joint-heirs with Christ!
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Boaz, a type of Christ, in becoming her "Goel: Kinsman Redeemer," gave her access to the congregation of Israel (family of God) by Grace. She is a typology of "REDEMPTION."
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Bathsheba is not mentioned by name. Amazingly, even though she and King David committed adultery and he had her husband killed, she ended up sitting on the throne of Israel alongside David, who became her husband.
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She is a picture of you and I, seated on the right hand of the Father next to Jesus. We are king/priests just like Him. He calls us "ROYALTY."
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Jesus CHOSE you and I, He SAVED us by His blood, He REDEEMED us and has seated us next to Him. We are ENTHRONED with Him in heavenly places! The message is that no matter how messed up your life is, Jesus loves you and wants to redeem your life from destruction.
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Tamar, though her life was a mess and she did the wrong thing for the right reason, was "CHOSEN."
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Rahab, the prostitute who lived on the walls of Jericho, hid the two Hebrew spies. She and her whole household were spared when the walls fell.
How did the LORD know which house was hers, other than the obvious that He knows all? She hung a RED CORD out of her window on the wall. The scarlet cord is a picture the blood of Jesus. She was a believer in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. She is a typology of "SALVATION."
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Ruth is the only woman in the entire Bible that the Lord calls, "Virtuous." But there was one little detail which disqualified her from entering into the congregation of Israel: She was from Moab, a nation cursed by God. (See Deuteronomy 23:3)
She married one of the sons of a Jewess named, "Naomi." He eventually died. When she moved with her mother-in-law back to Israel, she. just "happened gleaning in the field of a relative of theirs who was very rich. He fell in love with her, eventually married her and she ended up owing the whole field.
We like Ruth, are joint-heirs with Christ!
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Boaz, a type of Christ, in becoming her "Goel: Kinsman Redeemer," gave her access to the congregation of Israel (family of God) by Grace. She is a typology of "REDEMPTION."
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Bathsheba is not mentioned by name. Amazingly, even though she and King David committed adultery and he had her husband killed, she ended up sitting on the throne of Israel alongside David, who became her husband.
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She is a picture of you and I, seated on the right hand of the Father next to Jesus. We are king/priests just like Him. He calls us "ROYALTY."
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Jesus CHOSE you and I, He SAVED us by His blood, He REDEEMED us and has seated us next to Him. We are ENTHRONED with Him in heavenly places! The message is that no matter how messed up your life is, Jesus loves you and wants to redeem your life from destruction.
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These four women demonstrate to us that Jesus is not only King of Kings but the King of grace!
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The Gospel Of Mark.
The Gospel of Mark does not contain any genealogy. As you saw in part 2, this gospel is all about Jesus as the suffering Servant. There is no genealogy because one doesn't inquire about the pedigree of a servant. They simply go about, doing their master's bidding.
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Jesus divested Himself of His Divinity, humbled Himself, and was born into this world as a tiny, helpless human baby. He went about doing good, healing all that were sick or oppressed of the devil. He was all about doing His Father's will until He fulfilled the last jot and tittle of the law. He finished the work!!!
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The Genealogy of Luke.
Luke 3:23-24, 38
"Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, the son of Heli, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Janna, the son of Joseph,.....38 the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God."
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The other genealogy documented is in the Gospel of Luke. Dr. Luke traces His lineage all the way back to Adam. Why? Because Luke is all about Jesus as the perfect Man.
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Luke is the only Bible secretary who was a non-Jew. He was also a doctor. In fact, he was known as "The beloved physician." Isn't it just like our wise Father to choose a doctor to write about His Son as Man? Who better to talk about "Man" than someone who is intimately acquainted with the physiology of man?
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This gospel was written to show that Jesus was 100% man, not someone who took on human form, like invasion of the body snatchers. He was born of a Virgin as a tiny, helpless, little baby, and cared for by a young girl who was probably no older than 14. No women are mentioned here because of the emphasis being on Jesus as a Man.
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He is both: 100% God and 100% man in one package, so to speak. As a human, He could trace His lineage all the way back to Adam.
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The Gospel Of Mark.
The Gospel of Mark does not contain any genealogy. As you saw in part 2, this gospel is all about Jesus as the suffering Servant. There is no genealogy because one doesn't inquire about the pedigree of a servant. They simply go about, doing their master's bidding.
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Jesus divested Himself of His Divinity, humbled Himself, and was born into this world as a tiny, helpless human baby. He went about doing good, healing all that were sick or oppressed of the devil. He was all about doing His Father's will until He fulfilled the last jot and tittle of the law. He finished the work!!!
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The Genealogy of Luke.
Luke 3:23-24, 38
"Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, the son of Heli, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Janna, the son of Joseph,.....38 the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God."
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The other genealogy documented is in the Gospel of Luke. Dr. Luke traces His lineage all the way back to Adam. Why? Because Luke is all about Jesus as the perfect Man.
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Luke is the only Bible secretary who was a non-Jew. He was also a doctor. In fact, he was known as "The beloved physician." Isn't it just like our wise Father to choose a doctor to write about His Son as Man? Who better to talk about "Man" than someone who is intimately acquainted with the physiology of man?
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This gospel was written to show that Jesus was 100% man, not someone who took on human form, like invasion of the body snatchers. He was born of a Virgin as a tiny, helpless, little baby, and cared for by a young girl who was probably no older than 14. No women are mentioned here because of the emphasis being on Jesus as a Man.
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He is both: 100% God and 100% man in one package, so to speak. As a human, He could trace His lineage all the way back to Adam.
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He had to become man so that He could qualify to be our Kinsman Redeemer. You see, because it was a man, Adam, who broke God's law and forfeited our inheritance, it must be another man, Jesus-the 2nd Adam, to buy it back.
He perfectly obeyed all of God's laws, fulfilled them AS us, died on the cross AS us, was buried AS us and raised to life again AS all of us. When you accepted Jesus as your Savior, what Jesus did was credited TO you. It is AS IF you died, were buried and raised to life.
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The Child Grew Up.
Luke's gospel also demonstrates that, as a man, Jesus grew up. From a tiny baby, to the child in the Temple, to the full-grown man, He grew in grace and favor, living a normal human life.
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We see Him, at the tender age of 13, in the Temple, asking the doctors of the law questions. Now, He was more intelligent BY FAR than all the men assembled put together and could have "lorded it over them," so to speak. But He didn't. When they had no answer to His questions, they asked Him what he thought. He answered them with such great wisdom that they marveled!
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What excellence! What majesty and moral glory! He humbled himself, respectful of the men assembled who were his elders, physically speaking. It would have been wrong at that time for Him to preach the Sermon on the Mount; "Blessed are the poor in spirit...", etc. Can you imagine a boy of 13 doing that? By asking and answering questions, He showed his place. As I said, He demonstrated moral glory.
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It took a couple of days before His parents noticed that Jesus was not among their friends and neighbors traveling back to Nazareth. Naturally, they turned around and came looking for Him. They were amazed to find Him in theTemple, but He was shocked at their surprise. "Did you not know that I must be about my Father's business?" He said to them.
He is His Father's son, after all; and remember, He's on loan for a short time. This shows that He knew, even that young age, Who His real Father was!
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The Gospel Of John.
John 1:1. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
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This gospel is all about Jesus as the Son of God. It also has no genealogy because God has no beginning or end. He is Deity! As His Son, directly from heaven, He has no beginning or end but always existed together with the Father and the Spirit.
He perfectly obeyed all of God's laws, fulfilled them AS us, died on the cross AS us, was buried AS us and raised to life again AS all of us. When you accepted Jesus as your Savior, what Jesus did was credited TO you. It is AS IF you died, were buried and raised to life.
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The Child Grew Up.
Luke's gospel also demonstrates that, as a man, Jesus grew up. From a tiny baby, to the child in the Temple, to the full-grown man, He grew in grace and favor, living a normal human life.
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We see Him, at the tender age of 13, in the Temple, asking the doctors of the law questions. Now, He was more intelligent BY FAR than all the men assembled put together and could have "lorded it over them," so to speak. But He didn't. When they had no answer to His questions, they asked Him what he thought. He answered them with such great wisdom that they marveled!
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What excellence! What majesty and moral glory! He humbled himself, respectful of the men assembled who were his elders, physically speaking. It would have been wrong at that time for Him to preach the Sermon on the Mount; "Blessed are the poor in spirit...", etc. Can you imagine a boy of 13 doing that? By asking and answering questions, He showed his place. As I said, He demonstrated moral glory.
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It took a couple of days before His parents noticed that Jesus was not among their friends and neighbors traveling back to Nazareth. Naturally, they turned around and came looking for Him. They were amazed to find Him in theTemple, but He was shocked at their surprise. "Did you not know that I must be about my Father's business?" He said to them.
He is His Father's son, after all; and remember, He's on loan for a short time. This shows that He knew, even that young age, Who His real Father was!
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The Gospel Of John.
John 1:1. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
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This gospel is all about Jesus as the Son of God. It also has no genealogy because God has no beginning or end. He is Deity! As His Son, directly from heaven, He has no beginning or end but always existed together with the Father and the Spirit.
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No Definite Article.
If you study the Greek in the very first verse of John, you'll see that there is no definite article, "The." It simply says, "In beginning: En arché."
If you study the Greek in the very first verse of John, you'll see that there is no definite article, "The." It simply says, "In beginning: En arché."
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A definite article would indicate that somewhere in the beginning, Jesus started to exist. But that isn't the case. He ALWAYS existed. Translators added the word, "The," because it flows better in English. But it gives the idea that Jesus didn't always exist.
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John showcases Jesus divine nature more than any other, though there are many instances of things He did that only God could do.
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Please follow the link below to Part 4.
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John showcases Jesus divine nature more than any other, though there are many instances of things He did that only God could do.
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Please follow the link below to Part 4.
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