Good evening, everyone!
Today I read Matthew 1-4.
In today's reading, we learn of Jesus' birth, and the beginning of His ministry.
Most of us know those stories, and Mark, Luke, and John talk about them too, so today I want to focus on His genealogy.
Matthew 1:
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Judah
Perez
Hezron
Ram
Amminadab
Nahshon
Salmon
Boaz (by Rahab)
Obed (by Ruth, the Moabitess)
Jesse
David (God's chosen king)
Solomon (by Bathsheba, whose husband he had killed)
Rehoboam
Abijah
Asa
Jehoshaphat
Joram
Uzziah
Jotham
Ahaz
Hezekiah
Manasseh
Amon
Josiah
Jeconiah
(Then the Israelites were deported to Babylon)
Shealtiel
Zerubbabel
Abihud
Eliakim
Azor
Zadok
Achim
Eliud
Eleazar
Matthan
Jacob
Joseph (Mary's husband)
These are the generations of Jesus' family, through His adopted father, Joseph, who raised Him.
Did you recognize some names?
Did you also notice that those names you recognized were not perfect people? Some of them had terrible reputations, and some did bad things. But all of them had a purpose.
I love looking at this lineage. No family is perfect. Even Jesus' own earthly family wasn't perfect.
His disciples weren't perfect either.
We don't have to be perfect. We are chosen. And that's enough. We serve God to the best of our abilities.
I hope you'll join me tomorrow when I read Matthew 5-6.
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