Meet the Relatives
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· 147 viewsThey say you don’t really get to know someone till you get to know their family. What does the family of Jesus tell us about who he is?
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1 This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham:
2 Abraham was the father of Isaac,
Isaac the father of Jacob,
Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
3 Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar,
Perez the father of Hezron,
Hezron the father of Ram,
4 Ram the father of Amminadab,
Amminadab the father of Nahshon,
Nahshon the father of Salmon,
5 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,
Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth,
Obed the father of Jesse,
6 and Jesse the father of King David.
David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife,
7 Solomon the father of Rehoboam,
Rehoboam the father of Abijah,
Abijah the father of Asa,
8 Asa the father of Jehoshaphat,
Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram,
Jehoram the father of Uzziah,
9 Uzziah the father of Jotham,
Jotham the father of Ahaz,
Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,
10 Hezekiah the father of Manasseh,
Manasseh the father of Amon,
Amon the father of Josiah,
11 and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
12 After the exile to Babylon:
Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel,
Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
13 Zerubbabel the father of Abihud,
Abihud the father of Eliakim,
Eliakim the father of Azor,
14 Azor the father of Zadok,
Zadok the father of Akim,
Akim the father of Elihud,
15 Elihud the father of Eleazar,
Eleazar the father of Matthan,
Matthan the father of Jacob,
16 and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.
17 Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah.
Names that matter
Names that matter
Why are genealogies in the Bible?
Family establishes identity
Inconsistencies - not meant to be a biological family tree
Abraham, David, progression of kings
Unlikely names - wicked kings, gentiles, women
4 + 6 + 4
4 + 6 + 4
David is most important on this list
Matthew establishing Jesus as rightful king to a Jewish audience
Hebrew letters are used as numbers
Daleth=4, Waw(v)=6 – David (DWD) is 4+6+4=14
Matthew intentionally calls attention to importance of 14 (David)
Jewish people expected Messiah to be David
Matthew’s list reminds us of David’s mixed history
Jesus is born into a lineage of many names – some good & some bad
Names that matter
Names that matter
We all carry names – shaped by our past
Examples: successful, struggling, encouraging, angry, competitive, generous, mean, reliable, cheater, anxious, confident, quitter, strong, meek, needy, gracious, independent, sinner
Some names I carry proudly, some names I’d rather not have
Jesus was born to come into our lineage of names