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HOW TO READ AND PROFIT
FROM GENEALOGIES
REVISION
HOW DO WE USUALLY RESPOND WHEN WE
ENCOUNTER A GENEALOGY IN SCRIPTURE?
‣ disappointment
‣ boredom
‣ bewilderment
‣ avoidance
‣ resignation
GOD SAYS THAT GENEALOGIES ARE PROFITABLE
2 Timothy 3:16–17 (ESV)
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All Scripture is breathed out by God and
pro table for teaching, for reproof, for
correction, and for training in
righteousness, 17that the man of God may
be complete, equipped for every good
work.
Genealogies Are Like Bridges.
Genealogies Are Like Bridges that connect . . .
the reader to the historicity of the Bible
the original audience to their own history
the persons listed to their family trees
certain family trees to God’s promises
certain family trees to speci c consequences
the original audience to God’s purpose(s) for them
at that stage of human and redemptive history
the current readers to the message of that book of
the Bible
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the reader to God’s character
1 CHRONICLES 1-9 &
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE-TUNNEL
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE-TUNNEL
28.3 km (17.6 miles) long
HOW DO I PROFIT FROM
GENEALOGIES?
1. Stop reading genealogies
like other genres of
scripture.
Genealogies are not . . .
stories/narratives
arguments
poetry
prophecies
coded messages
What is the “coded message” view
of genealogies called?
imaginative interpretation
mathematical rabbit trails
linguistic straws
Mathematical rabbit trails
Chuck Missler’s book The
Creation Beyond Space and
Time drawing on Ivan Panin
From Matthew’s genealogy
The number of words which are nouns is
exactly 56, or 7 x 8.
The Greek word "the" occurs most
frequently in the passage: exactly 56 times,
or 7 x 8.
Also, the number of different forms in which
the article "the" occurs is exactly 7.
There are two main sections in the passage:
verse 1-11 and 12-17.
In the first main
section, the number of Greek vocabulary
words used is 49, or 7 x 7.
From Matthew’s genealogy
Three women are mentioned-Tamar,
Rahab, and Ruth.
The number of
Greek letters in these three names is
14, or 7 x 2.
The number of compound nouns is 7.
The number of Greek letters in these 7
nouns is 49, or 7 x 7.
Only one city is named in this passage,
Babylon, which in Greek contains
exactly 7 letters.
Is the point of Matthew’s genealogy
that God is a clever writer who can
embed a heptadic structure in a list
of ancient names?
No!
What is the point of Matthew’s
genealogy in Matthew 1:1-17?
Open to Matthew 1
What is the point of any
genealogy in the Bible?
Every genealogy in the Bible
points to something (e.g., a
truth, a promise, a doctrine) or
someone (e.g. a human or a
divine person) that comes either
before or after the genealogy
What is the point of Matthew’s
genealogy in Matthew 1:1-17?
Matthew 1:1, 17-18 (ESV) The book of the
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