Matthew 1:1-17

12/1/2022 (Wed)

THE GENEALOGY OF THE MESSIAH

Keywords 1:1

A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham:

 

1. Jesus is descended from Abraham and David (1-6)

Matthew begins his gospel with a genealogy of Jesus, showing he is the Messiah promised through Abraham the Patriarch of Israel and later through King David. Jesus has a kingly ancestry and, more importantly, the ancestry of God’s promise. The genealogy also mentions five women among Jesus’ ancestors, some of whom were not Jewish. Each of them had faith that was used by God to keep his promise alive.

 

2. God preserves the line of promise (7-17)

The royal genealogy of the descendants of David includes good characters as well as very bad ones, including kings whose wickedness finally led to Israel’s exile to Babylon. After the Babylonian exile, most of the names in the genealogy are not famous people. God used humble people to keep his promise alive during dark times. By faith, we can share a spiritual heritage with them.

 

Prayer Heavenly Father, thank you for fulfilling your promise to send our Savior into the world at just the right time. Thank you for using unlikely people to preserve your promise through the generations.

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