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Matthew is very interested in royalty and kingship
uses the word “king” 22x, more than any other writer of the New Testament
Matthew’s purpose to affirm to Jewish Christians, Jesus as the Christ, the Chosen One prophesied in the Old Testament.
he is the seed God promised to Abraham and to David
a descendant of Abraham
a king with a never ending kingdom and an eternal reign of righteousness (see v.1)
a descendant of David
a king with a never ending kingdom and an eternal reign of righteousness (see v.1)
he is also the one promised by God as the descendant of Abraham through David
many people gladly celebrate the birth of Christ at Christmas but ignore and reject him the rest of the year
they like the idea of the birth of a baby but don’t want to dwell on the fact that he came as the Lord of lords and King of kings
they will sing of his being born in a manger while rejecting his authority as the Son of God
they put up manger scenes of Joseph and Mary with the shepherds and the wise men looking on but refuse to accept him as God in the flesh
the world, by and large, ignores the core of Christmas truth
instead of honouring Jesus at his birth they are actually mocking him
how Satan must love such celebrations!
the blatant sin, the blasphemy and the rejection of Christ by people pretending to celebrate his birth!
they love the beautiful baby but reject him as Almighty God
The celebration of Jesus’ birth was never intended to conceal the reality that Jesus came into the world as its conquering King!
Lk 1:
the world’s version of Christmas keeps Jesus in the manger
as a result most people have no idea of the real meaning of Christmas
with this on our minds let’s turn to the first verse of the NT
as we turn we should understand that the order of the 4 gospels was set by Augustine who lived 354 -430ad because he believed that was the order in which they were written
most scholars today believe Mark was written first
having said that we believe God has supernaturally preserved his Word for us so that what we have in our hands is completely trustworthy, without error because it is inspired and thus living and active
“book” literally means book but it is also used of a record or list
“book” literally means book it is also used of a record or list
“genealogy” comes the Greek word “genesis” meaning beginning
“the record of the beginning of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham”
a genealogy is about one’s beginning or genesis
to rephrase v.1 we could say, “the record of the beginning of Jesus Christ”
or to phrase it as a question, “what was Jesus’ ancestry?”
the word “genesis” got me thinking about the first book of the bible
how does it start?
compare this to how Matthew, Mark and John begin their Gospels:
- “the book of the genealogy” or “the record of the beginning”
- “the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ”
- probably the clearest connection to the first verse in the bible: “in the beginning was the Word”
- in the beginning, God
the beginning of all 3 gospels point their readers back to Genesis, the first book of the bible
OT: God’s work in creating and sustaining the world and bringing his plan of salvation to pass
NT: God’s work of salvation fulfilled in Jesus and the ongoing work of the HS recreating sinners into his likeness and building them up in his church
bookended by the first and second comings of Christ
“Jesus” is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew name Joshua.
the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew Joshua
Joshua = God saves; God is helper or deliver
Jesus = he will save his people from their sins (; Lk 2:11)
the one through whom God saves sinners
“Christ” is the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew “Messiah”.
the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew “Messiah”
meaning: anointed
a name which points to Jesus’ office
“anointed” the official OT designation of prophets, priests and kings
prophets:
priests: ; ;;
kings: , ; ; ,
Jesus is our Prophet, Priest and King.
corresponds to our 3 enemies, the world, our flesh and the devil!
“the son of David, the son of Abraham”
points back to the promises God made to these two men concerning their offspring
God told Abraham and David the Promised One who would come from them would be a conqueror, a saviour and a king.
a promise originally given in seed form to Adam and Eve:
to Adam and Eve
- will defeat Satan
the promised One will defeat Satan
the promise to Abraham:
the promised One will be a blessing to all the nations
the promise to David:
the promised One will have an eternal kingdom
“son of David”
Matthew’s genealogy traces Jesus’ lineage right back to king David demonstrating his royalty
also traces Jesus’ lineage back even further to Abraham, showing him to be a Hebrew of Hebrews and the One who would bless the nations
by tracing Jesus’ ancestry back to David and Abraham,
Matthew demonstrated Jesus’ relationship to the Jewish people as both racial and royal, Hebrew of Hebrews and King of kings
Matthew demonstrated Jesus’ relationship to the world as Saviour and King
(note - the author moves back and forth between Solomon and the future eternal king)
Jesus’ lineage goes even further back to Abraham
Abraham and David had to be Jesus’ ancestors in order for him to lay claim to the title, “Christ” or “Messiah”, for God’s promise was made to both of them that his chosen One would be one of their descendants.
Importance of Genealogies
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Genealogies were of utmost importance to the Jews because without them they could not prove their tribal membership or their rights to inheritances.
examples of the use of genealogies:
the conquest of the Promised Land
census taken of those 20 yrs old and up
land then divided by lot to each of the tribes, right down to individual families ()
which tribe you belonged to determined the area in Israel where you would live
God determined where each and every individual lived in the land of Israel!!
redeeming property could only be done by a relative (Boaz purchasing Naomi’s land and acquiring Ruth as his wife - there was a nearer relative who had the first right of refusal)
the right of priests to minister before the Lord
had to prove they came from the right line
ex of where some priests could not minister because their genealogies had been lost
the Romans used the Jewish genealogies to tax them
this was the reason Joseph and Mary had to go to Bethlehem to be registered
Paul recited his genealogy in
Genealogies were even more important to proving one belonged to the royal family and to the high priest’s family.
in order for priests to minister before the Lord they had to prove they came from the right line
ex of where some priests could not minister because their genealogies had been lost
Jewish genealogies were so important they became a source of contention in the early church!
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