Genealogy

Gerry Sigworth

Jesus' Family Tree • Sermon • Submitted 4 years ago

Luke 3:21–38

Matthew 1:2–17

Genealogy of Jesus Christ

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Looking at the People in Jesus' Family Tree. God's providence.

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Purpose:

Writer: Matthew - was a tax collector, wrote account of Jesus’ birth for the sake of the Jewish people

Holman QuickSource Guide to Christian Apologetics Prophecies of the Coming of Christ

No education was needed about what the Messiah was because there were so many prophecies in the Tanakh about a Messiah who would come to rescue Israel. Certainly there were a number of misconceptions about what the Messiah would look like in terms of function and role, but a Messiah was expected nonetheless. This was a notion found in Jewish Scriptures and not an innovation of the followers of Jesus.

God’s purposes are fulfilled in ways that we would never imagine. God’s plans include events that we would never design, and people that we would, by nature, exclude. The excluded are included.

Greek: Jesus, Iēsous Hebrew: Yeshua - Joshua (The Lord Saves, delivers)

Understanding the Author

Prophecy An oral, divine message mediated through an individual that is directed at a person or people group and intended to elicit a specific response.1

1 Ellis, G. (2016). Prophecy. In J. D. Barry, D. Bomar, D. R. Brown, R. Klippenstein, D. Mangum, C. Sinclair Wolcott, … W. Widder (Eds.), The Lexham Bible Dictionary. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.

Holman QuickSource Guide to Christian Apologetics Prophecies of the Coming of Christ

The importance of these prophecies is hard to over-estimate. If these prophecies have been fulfilled, then we find confirmation for the claim of the Bible that it is the Word of God. We also find confirmation of a personal, involved, benevolent, all-powerful God who has chosen to reveal Himself in a particular way. Lastly, we find the person that these predictions were written about, the person whom God has sent to bring about salvation, the person through whom God has chosen to reveal Himself in the most clear and unambiguous way. If such a person has fulfilled the prophecies, then we must listen to Him and take His teaching seriously.

New Living Translation Chapter 3

Serug was the son of Reu.

We see frequently in the New Testament how people asked if Jesus was the Messiah13 but not what a Messiah was in the first place. No education was needed about what the Messiah was because there were so many prophecies in the Tanakh about a Messiah who would come to rescue Israel. Certainly there were a number of misconceptions about what the Messiah would look like in terms of function and role, but a Messiah was expected nonetheless.1

13 13 Cp. ; ; ; , ; , et al.

1 Powell, D. (2006). Holman QuickSource Guide to Christian Apologetics (p. 249). Nashville, TN: Holman Reference.

all-powerful God who has chosen to reveal Himself in a particular way. Lastly, we find the person that these predictions were written about, the person whom God has sent to bring about salvation, the person through whom God has chosen to reveal Himself in the most clear and unambiguous way. If such a person has fulfilled the prophecies, then we must listen to Him and take His teaching seriously.1

1 Powell, D. (2006). Holman QuickSource Guide to Christian Apologetics (p. 249). Nashville, TN: Holman Reference.

Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary lists 121 fulfilled messianic prophecies.1

1 Powell, D. (2006). Holman QuickSource Guide to Christian Apologetics (pp. 249–250). Nashville, TN: Holman Reference.

Science Speaks, Peter Stoner1

1 Powell, D. (2006). Holman QuickSource Guide to Christian Apologetics (p. 252). Nashville, TN: Holman Reference.

Science Speaks, Peter Stoner - Chairman of the Departments of Mathematics and Astronomy at Pasadena City College until 1953 top 8 of the Prophecies - Suppose that we take 1017 silver dollars and lay them on the face of Texas. They will cover all of the state two feet deep. Now mark one of these silver dollars and stir the whole mass thoroughly, all over the state. Blindfold a man and tell him that he can travel as far as he wishes, but he must pick up one silver dollar and say that this is the right one. What chance would he have of getting the right one? Just the same chance that the prophets would have had of writing these eight prophecies and having them all come true in any one man, from their day to the present time, providing they wrote using their own wisdom.29 1

29 29 Ibid., 106–107.

1 Powell, D. (2006). Holman QuickSource Guide to Christian Apologetics (p. 253). Nashville, TN: Holman Reference.

48 prophecies - solid ball of electrons, extending in all directions from the earth to the distance of six billion light-years. Have we used up our 10157 electrons? No, we have made such a small hole in the mass that we cannot see it. We can make this solid ball of electrons, extending in all directions to the distance of six billion light-years 6 × 1028 times.30As incredibly large as this number is, it must be remembered that there are at least 61 major messianic prophecies. If the odds of 48 prophecies being fulfilled are statistically close to zero, how much greater are the odds of the

61 prophecies? The improbability is overwhelming.130 30 Ibid., 111.

30 30 Ibid., 111.

1 Powell, D. (2006). Holman QuickSource Guide to Christian Apologetics (pp. 254–255). Nashville, TN: Holman Reference.

1. Messiah would be born in Bethlehem ().

Holman QuickSource Guide to Christian Apologetics Prophecies of the Coming of Christ

1. Messiah would be born in Bethlehem (Mc 5:2).

2. Messiah will be preceded by a messenger (Mal 3:1).

3. Messiah will come to Jerusalem riding on a colt (Zch 9:9).

4. Messiah will be betrayed by a friend (Zch 13:6).

5. Messiah will be betrayed for thirty silver pieces (Zch 11:2).

6. Messiah’s betrayer will try to return the thirty silver pieces but they will be refused. The betrayer will then throw them on the floor of the temple (Zch 11:13).

7. Messiah will not speak in His own defense (Is 53:7).

8. Messiah’s hands and feet would be pierced (Ps 22:16).

1. Messiah would be born in Bethlehem ().

2. Messiah will be preceded by a messenger ().

3. Messiah will come to Jerusalem riding on a colt (Zch 9:9).

4. Messiah will be betrayed by a friend (Zch 13:6).

5. Messiah will be betrayed for thirty silver pieces (Zch 11:2).

6. Messiah’s betrayer will try to return the thirty silver pieces but they will be refused. The betrayer will then throw them on the floor of the temple (Zch 11:13).

7. Messiah will not speak in His own defense ().

8. Messiah’s hands and feet would be pierced ().

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