The Fragile Family Tree
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Family Facts (Verse 1)
Family Facts (Verse 1)
The Promised“Jesus Christ”
verse 1
Jesus = Jehovah saves Christ = anointed or promised one
The Prestige “son of David”
The People “son of Abraham”
Family Failures (Verse 2-11)
Family Failures (Verse 2-11)
DECEPTION: Jacob in verse 2 stole the birthright through deception.
CONCEPTION: Verse 3 “Tamar” – Her story is in . She was a Gentile married to Judah’s son but he died before
they had children and so his brother was supposed to father children with her but he refused and God
killed him. She dressed up like a prostitute and seduced Judah, her father-in-law and ended up getting
pregnant from him!
No one looks good in this story, which reeks of greed, deception, illegitimacy, prostitution, sexual lust, and
even the hint of incest.
INCEPTION Verse 5 “Ruth” – Another Gentile from a cursed people, the Moabites. They were cursed because their tribe began
when Lot’s daughters got him drunk and slept with him in order to have children through incest.
This was the beginning (inception) of a gentile race which would become reacquainted in the book of Ruth with God’s work for humanity’s salvation through Jesus.
1. Patriarchs and judges
2. Monarchy and decline
3. Darkness and the unknown
Family Futures in Verse 17
Family Futures in Verse 17
The periods were divided as follows:
1. Patriarchs and judges God is faithful into the demand of a king.
2. Monarchy and decline God fosters the desire for a true king
3. Darkness and the unknown God fantastically delivers the King of Kings
Conclusion: Joanne Shetler spent years in the Philippines with the Balangao people, translating the Bible
into their language and trying to tell them the good news of the Savior. But it was slow going. One day
Ama, a man who had “adopted” her as his Balangao daughter, picked up an English New Testament from
her desk, opened it to this genealogy on page one of Matthew, and stared at it. He could read enough
English to realize what he was seeing. Amazed, he asked her, “You mean this has a genealogy in it?”
She said, “Yeah, but just skip over that so you can get to the good part.”
But his eyes were still riveted to the page. “You mean this is true?” he asked, as he struggled through the
list of names. Shetler got some shelf paper and wrote the genealogy from Adam to Jesus, from the ceiling
down to the floor. Ama took it all over the village, explaining, “We always thought it was the rock and the
banana plant that gave birth to people. But we don’t have their names written down. Look, here are all the
names—written down!”