Many OT prophecies anticipate a new David reigning over Israel and incorporating the Gentiles into His compassionate empire. This expectation will be fulfilled in a “Son” of David, as will the covenant with Abraham. It will be through the Messiah that God’s promises to Abraham will be fully realized. Matthew realizes that Jesus is this Son of David, the Messiah. Through the genealogy of Jesus at the beginning of his Gospel, Matthew sends a message to his readers. It will be through Jesus Christ that David’s throne will be established forever. Christ will redeem God’s people, male, female, Jew, Gentile, and even those who have not followed God. It will be through redeeming grace that repentance is available for all.
Jun 7, 2019 10:20 AM America/Chicago
Matthew has given us insight into who Jesus would be through His genealogy and family. We have looked at Ruth, Manasseh, Zerubbabel, and Joseph. Now that Jesus was born, Matthew continues to look at the prophesies about Jesus and how they give us insight
Jun 1, 2019 3:28 PM America/Chicago
Mary had conceived a child by the power of the Holy Spirit and Joseph was considering how he was going to handle hearing such news. Life was taking an unexpected turn for Joseph. God sends an angel to intervene, and this gives revelation about the child t
May 24, 2019 2:06 AM America/Chicago
Zerubbabel was born in captivity in Babylon but also born of royal blood. Cyrus, the king, had decreed that the Jewish people could return and rebuild their temple in Jerusalem. How would he lead the people? What would they do in the face of opposition?
May 18, 2019 8:36 AM America/Chicago
Do you have black sheep in your family tree? Even Jesus has them. Manasseh is listed in the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew 1. After coming out of Egypt the nation of Israel was born. It was a unified country for many years but political conflict split the
May 16, 2019 8:30 AM America/Chicago
Matthew begins with the genealogy of Jesus. To many of us this is just a long list of names that we have never heard of. But a Jew of the first century would find this impressive and captivating. Uzziah was the 9th king of the southern kingdom of Judah. H