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Introduction -
Welcome -
Reminder -
We want everyone to be reading two chapters of the Gospels every day for one year.
And please don’t just do this by yourself but read and discuss with friends and brothers and sisters in Christ.
What we have gone over to this point -
Last month we discussed Jesus as Rabbi and how that should inform how we read the words and teachings of Jesus.
We also discussed that as Rabbi He has called us into an Apprentice relationship with Himself.
We then discussed the three goals of an Apprentice to Jesus.
To be with Jesus
To be like Jesus
To do the work of Jesus.
Lastly, we discussed how these three goals should be the lens we use when reading the Gospels.
Are we drawing closer to Jesus through the Gospels?
Are we really like the Jesus I am reading about?
Are we doing the work of Jesus?
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So, today we jump right into the book of Matthew.
Who is this Jesus?
That would have been the question of every first century Jew.
And that is the question Matthew aims to answer in the very first chapter of his book.
The goal of Matthew’s book was to tell his fellow Jews how Jesus, the promised King, was creating a new Israel, a new humanity, a new world by bringing the ancient Jewish story to it’s climax.
Now I know a Genealogy sounds boring but I think you will begin to see this Genealogy as nothing short of eye popping, shocking, and exciting.
The New testament Scholar N.T. Wright said this concerning the Genealogy of Jesus.
“For many cultures ancient and modern (Iceland, Africa, etc) and certainly in the Jewish world of Matthew’s day, this genealogy was the equivalent of a roll of drums, a fanfare of trumpets, and a town crier calling for attention.
Any first-century Jew would find this family tree both impressive and compelling.
Like a great procession down a city street, we watch figures at the front, and the ones in the middle, but all eyes are waiting for the one who comes in the position of greatest honor, right at the end.”
N.T. Wright
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What is in a word?
Βίβλος γενέσεως Ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ υἱοῦ Δαυὶδ υἱοῦ Ἀβραάμ.
Genesis?
Why Genesis?
Matthew purposely used the word Genesis instead of the more common word for Linage or Genealogy.
Right from the start Matthew wants us to understand that Jesus came to start something new, to usher in a new creation, a new humanity, a new world.
There is a new Genesis and Jesus is it’s beginning.
The International Critical Commentary interprets the first half of this verse as.
The International Critical Commentary interprets the first half of this verse as.
“The Book of the new genesis wrought by Jesus Christ....”
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Son of David and the Son of Abraham.
Matthew is pointing out that Jesus is part of the Royal blood line from David.
It is through David’s blood line that the Messiah, or anointed King would come to save the People of God.
Matthew is making clear from the start that he plans to show that Jesus is the true Messiah, that Israel had been waiting for.
Matthew also points out that Jesus is the Son of Abraham.
Matthew is telling His audience that this Jesus is the True Israelite and the Messiah.
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Now to the Genealogy.
Matt 1:2-17
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Multiple Layers of the Book of Matthew
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Now this verse is found no where else in the Gospels.
It is believed by scholars that Matthew included it because it was a reference to himself made by Jesus.
So, Matthew like a Scribe trained for the Kingdom, brings out for all to see Old Treasures and New.
And that is exactly what he does in this Genealogy.
Layer on top of layer.
Old treasure
and then New Treasures.
So let’s explore some of these Layers.
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Layer 1 Women in a royal genealogy?
Tamar VS 3 - Cananite, wife of wife of Er the son of Judah.
She was sinned against by Judah when her husband Er had died.
Judah kept his younger son from her.
Tamar then, dressed as a prostitute and slept with Judah her father in law and preserved his linage by giving birth to two sons.
Rahab VS 5 - Cananite, prostitute, who gave lodging and protection to the Hebrew spies at Jericho.
Ruth VS 5 - A Moabite (Those who descended from Lott’s family tree).
God used Ruth to preserve the linage of David and thus Jesus.
Bathsheba VS 6 - The wife of Uriah one of David’s most trusted men.
David took Bathsheba and had Uriah killed when he found out Bathsheba was pregnant.
She was the mother of Solomon.
The Genealogy of Jesus shows us that God has, is and will use women in His Kingdom.
It also shows us that though men have exploited, hurt and sinned against these women God, turned their tragedy into a victory.
All the women but Bathsheba were Gentiles and yet they are the ones God chose to keep the royal blood line going.
Matthew is showing us that God’s plan is bigger and wider than just men.
And his plan stretches further than just Israel.
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Layer 2 Name Changes.
Matt 1:8
So, is it Asaph or Asa?
The original Greek reads Asaph not Asa.
Now we know Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat.
So, why did Matthew put in Asaph?
Who is Aspah?
He is the one who pinned a lot of the Psalms.
And a great number of his psalms were written about the Messiah.
On the other hand Asa was the king that began right and then ended by placing his trust in the wisdom of Man and never repented.
Asa is one of our first recorded Secular Humanists.
Matthew knows you will see what you believe to be a mistake.
he wants you to see it.
He is wanting you to ask why?
The answer to this is because He is wanting you to see that the Psalms point to this man Jesus.
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Amon or Amos?
Again, Matthew changes a name to make you stop in your tracks.
What are you trying to pull Matthew?
We all know that Amos was a prophet and Amon was an evil king.
Oh, I see what you did.
You want us to realize that Amos and all the prophets point to this man Jesus.
And at the same time you are refusing to show honor to an evil king.
So, Matthew in his Genealogy of Jesus points out to us in a literary nod that this Jesus was spoken of by the Psalms and the Prophets.
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Layer 3: What is up with all the 14’s?
(VS 17)
Have you ever read this before and walked away wondering why 14 kept coming up over and over again?
Matthew, is a great writer and has an incredible nack of using words and numbers to point to some incredible truths.
Hebrew Alphabet and Number -
Hebrews used their alphabet as their number system as well.
Each letter had a numeric value placed on it.
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