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Good morning CCLC!

Turn in your Bibles to Matt 1.

Last week we looked at the Patriarchs and the Women in Jesus' genealogy in Matthew 1.

I love the richness of the OT and I hope you are getting a lot out of seeing the human side of Jesus' Family Tree.

Today, we are going to finish looking at Jesus' ancestors....mostly at the kings of Judah from David until Judah was carried away to Babylon in captivity.

Please stand with me as we read Matt 1:6-17.

Let's Pray!

So, we come to the line of the Kings.

1. Prior to the kings, Israel was a Theocracy, ruled by God, and each of the Tribes of Israel dwelt in their own apportioned land.

When other nations oppressed Israel, God raised up Judges to lead His people in victory.

He did this for about 450 years, according to Act 13:20.

But, the Israelites rejected God and cried out for a king to be like the pagan nations around them.

2. God warned the people through the prophet and judge, Samuel, that an earthly king would take their sons for the army, people to be his servants, and he would he would tax them, and when they cried out to the Lord, He would not answer them.

Yet, despite these warnings, the Israelites responded in 1 Sam 8:19-20 "No!

But there shall be a king over us, 20 that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles."

Israel rejected God and became a monarchy... ruled by man.

3. So, the Lord appointed Saul, and gave the people exactly what they wanted.

"There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish... a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.

[wealth] 2 And he had a choice and handsome son whose name was Saul.

There was not a more handsome person than he among the children of Israel.

From his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people." 1 Sam 9:1-2

4. Saul is what many people of the world want with a king...tall, handsome and from a powerful and wealthy family.

Outward appearance.

5. Saul did ok his first 2 years until he unlawfully offered a burnt offering, and Samuel said, "You have done foolishly.

You have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which He commanded you.

For now the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.

But not your kingdom shall not continue.

The LORD has sought for Himself a man after His own heart..." 1 Sam 13:1

6.

And, we know that man to be David.

Verse 6:

David is the first king we see in Jesus' lineage.

1.

Notice only David is listed as a king in this genealogy.

There are many kings listed, but all are absent of their title.

Why?

The main reason is because of the messianic link from David to Jesus.

2. Matthew wrote to the Jews to prove that Jesus is the King and the Messiah.

In verse 1, Matthew draws attention to the Davidic Covenant...even listing David first prior to Abraham.

3. Paul, speaking on David said this in Acts 13:22 "...He [God] raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.' 23 From this man's seed, according to the promise, God raised up for Israel a Savior-Jesus-..."

4. The promise mentioned in this scripture is key to why David was so special...because the Christ/ the Messiah would come from his seed.

David received this promise in 2 Sam 7:12-13 "When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.

He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever."

5.

The title "Son of David" became a messianic title spoken specifically to Jesus or about Jesus.

6. Matt 9:27 After the Sermon on the Mount, near Capernaum, two blind men followed Jesus "crying out and saying, "Son of David, have mercy on us!"

7. Matt 12:23 After Jesus healed a man who was demon-possessed, blind and mute, multitudes were amazed by Jesus and asked, "Could this be the Son of David?"

8. Matt 15:22 a woman of Canaan addressed Jesus "Have mercy on me O Lord, Son of David!

My daughter is severely demon-possessed!"

9. Matt 20:30 Just prior to the Triumphal Entry, two blind men cried out "Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!"

10.

Matt 21:9 At the Triumphal Entry, a great multitude cried out to Jesus saying "Hosanna to the Son of David!"

11.

Matt 21:15 After the 2nd Temple Cleansing, Jesus healed the blind and lame, and the multitude cried out "Hosanna to the Son of David!"

12. Matt 22:42 Jesus asked the Pharisees "What do you think about the Christ?

Whose Son is He?"

And the Pharisees responded, "The Son of David."

13.

David was a good king, but the best thing produced from his life was his descendent...Jesus, the Messiah.

14.

On the human side, David was arguably the greatest king, to ever rule over Israel.

For several reasons...

15.

David subdued the surrounding nations. 2 Sam 8 & 10 and David was only 1 of 3 kings to rule over all of Israel before Israel divided.

16.

He received a promise from God that his son, Solomon, would build the Temple, and David, through inspiration of the Holy Spirit, set the blueprints for the Temple, and spoke to the people who gave a vast amount of wealth toward the Temple construction.

17.

He authored the majority of the Psalms (75 of the 150 Psalms are attributed to David).

18. Probably his greatest accomplishment was David was "a man after God's own heart."

And, considering all the fallout we discussed last week after David sinned with Bathsheba, it's amazing that God felt this way about David.

But, listen to why God felt this way...

19.

David had absolute faith in God.

Even a young boy he stood before the giant Goliath, and slew him.

He said to king Saul, "Moreover David said, "The LORD, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine." 1 Sam 17:37

20.

David was repentant: While he was guilty of terrible sins and transgressions, he was repentant.

You see this in the scriptures through his actions, and you hear this in his heart through the Psalms.

21.

Ps 51 specifically was written by David as a prayer of repentance after his sin with Bathsheba.

22. Verses 10-11 "Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me."

23.

David was Thankful: In the Psalms and through the ups and downs in his life, David wrote of His thankfulness towards the Lord.

24.

Ps 26:6-7 "...I will go about Your altar, O Lord, That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving, And tell of all Your wondrous works."

25.

David loved Scripture and did follow after foreign Gods: Often in the Psalms, David wrote about how he loved God's law...He loved God's word...He meditated on it often.

In 1 KI 11:38 it was said of David that he walked in God's ways, did what was right in God's sight, and kept God's statutes and commandments.

26.

David made some horrible mistakes in life, that led to trials the rest of his days, but God still held him in high regard.

You may never make the mistakes David made in life, but will God regard you as He regarded David?

He was a man after God's own heart because he had absolute faith in God, He was repentant when he sinned, he was thankful, he loved Scripture, and he did not fall into idolatry.

Is this our heart as well?

27.

We can learn from David that, having a pure heart towards God goes a long way in life and into eternity.

The next king in Jesus' legal lineage is Solomon.

King Solomon the wise...the final king of a united Israel.

1. Solomon was the 2nd son of David and Bathsheba... their 1st son, conceived in sin, was struck by the Lord and became ill and died on the 7th day.

2. 1 Ch 3 tells us David had over 10 wives plus concubines and over 20 children, 4 from Bathsheba.

Another of their sons was Nathan whose Mary's lineage traces through.

3. Solomon was known for his tremendous wisdom:

4. Wisdom was a gift given to Solomon when he was young, a major high point in his reign.

In 1 Ki 3 the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream and said, "Ask!

What shall I give you?"

Solomon answered "...I am a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in.

8 And Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people, too numerous to be numbered or counted.

9 Therefore give to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and evil.

For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?"

And God was very pleased with this request, so God granted him a wise and understanding heart, and topped it off with riches and honor.

5.

He wrote much of the book of Proverbs, the Song of Solomon, and the Ecclesiastes...

6. 1 Ki 4:32 tells us "He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were one thousand and five."

7.

He was known for his amazing wisdom in judgments over the people. 1 Ki 3 tells us of the dispute between two harlots over who was the true mother of a child.

So, they came before Solomon and Solomon said to divide the child and give half to each woman.

One woman had compassion and relinquished her rights so the child would not die.

The other woman wanted the child divided.

Solomon responded, "Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him; she is his mother."

"And all Israel...feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice."