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Next Slide: Summary Main Idea: By tracing Jesus’ lineage through Israel’s history, Matthew emphasizes that Jesus really is the Messiah: the Anointed One, sent by God, to save his people from their sins.

Main Idea: Jesus is the promised son of David and the promised offspring of Abraham, whom God sovereignly and graciously brought forth from men and women - both Jews and Gentiles - so that he might be the Christ: the Messiah sent by God for the sake of all kinds of people, no matter their background, ethnicity, sinfulness, or associations.

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Summary Main Idea: By tracing Jesus’ lineage through Israel’s history, Matthew emphasizes that Jesus really is the Messiah: the Anointed One, sent by God, to save his people from their sins.

Introduction: Many people throughout Jesus’ earthly ministry asked the simple question, “Who is this?”

Summary Main Idea: By tracing Jesus’ lineage through Israel’s history, Matthew emphasizes that Jesus really is the Messiah: the Anointed One, sent by God, to save his people from their sins.

Next Slide: Expanded Main Idea: By tracing Jesus’ lineage through heroic figures in Israel’s history, as well as reminding his audience of their own ancestry - full of sinners, just like everyone else’s family tree - Matthew emphasizes that Jesus really is the Messiah: the Anointed One, sent by God, to save his people - all types of people, from all over the world - from their sins.

Next Slide: Expanded Main Idea: By tracing Jesus’ lineage through heroic figures in Israel’s history, as well as reminding his audience of their own ancestry - full of sinners, just like everyone else’s family tree - Matthew emphasizes that Jesus really is the Messiah: the Anointed One, sent by God, to save his people - all types of people, from all over the world - from their sins.

For example: “A storm threatens to swamp a boat, drowning everyone on board.

Jesus stands up, rebukes the wind waves, and they stop at once.

His disciples see it and ask, ‘Who is this?

Even the wind and the waves obey him!’ (; ).”

“He forgives sins and the bystanders ask, ‘Who is this who even forgives sins?’ ()”.

Expanded Main Idea: By tracing Jesus’ lineage through heroic figures in Israel’s history, as well as reminding his audience of their own ancestry - full of sinners, just like everyone else’s family tree - Matthew emphasizes that Jesus really is the Messiah: the Anointed One, sent by God, to save his people - all types of people, from all over the world - from their sins.

Expanded Main Idea: By tracing Jesus’ lineage through heroic figures in Israel’s history, as well as reminding his audience of their own ancestry - full of sinners, just like everyone else’s family tree - Matthew emphasizes that Jesus really is the Messiah: the Anointed One, sent by God, to save his people - all types of people, from all over the world - from their sins.

“He enters Jerusalem attended by a crowd that lays cloaks and palm branches on the road before him.

They call out ‘Hosanna to the Son of David,’ and the city asks, ‘Who is this?’ ().”

Next Slide: Introduction: Many people throughout Jesus’ earthly ministry asked the simple question, “Who is this?”

Next Slide: Introduction: Many people throughout Jesus’ earthly ministry asked the simple question, “Who is this?”

“At his trial, the high priest of the Jews asks, ‘Are you the Christ?’

The Roman procurator, Pontius Pilate, asks, ‘Are the king of the Jews?’ (, ).”

Introduction: Many people throughout Jesus’ earthly ministry asked the simple question, “Who is this?”

Introduction: Many people throughout Jesus’ earthly ministry asked the simple question, “Who is this?”

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Doriani, Reformed Expository Commentary:

“The whole Gospel asks and the whole Gospel tells who this is, starting in Chapter 1.

This child’s name is Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins (, ).

He is the Christ, the one anointed by God for a given task (, ).

He is the Son of David - born the king of the Jews (; ).

He is the son of Abraham - he will bring blessing to the nations ().

He is born of the Holy Spirit ().

He is Immanuel - God with us ().

Also

“Jesus received names such as Jesus and Immanuel not because they were fashionable or manly, but because they were fraught with significance.

Each name reveals part of Jesus’ identity.

The question, ‘Who is this?’ leads next to the question ‘Why is he important?’

The answer leads through the hopes and fears of two thousand years of Israel’s history.

Also

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“Matthew tells us who Jesus is.

Yet his nature is never separated from his work, for he is the Savior for the nations.

introduces us to the hero by stating his name and his origin.

He is Jesus the Savior, Christ the anointed, the son of Abraham, hence of both pagan and Jewish lineage, and he is the Son of David, the great king.”

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“1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

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“The book of the genealogy”

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“The very first verse of Matthew resonates with OT themes and covenants: ‘The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham’.

“The words translated ‘the book of the genealogy’ (biblos geneseos) recall the first book of the Bible, which is the only other place where the phrase biblos geneseos occurs (; ), suggesting here the inauguration of the new creation in Christ.”

Also: 27:11

Kidd, A Biblical-Theological Intro…

Also: 27:11

Doriani, Reformed Expository Commentary:

“So, in a sense, Matthew is the New Testament’s book of Genesis, its book of beginnings.

Doriani, Reformed Expository Commentary:

Whereas Genesis reveals the origin of creation, through the gospel according to Matthew, God reveals the origin of the Church.

“The whole Gospel asks and the whole Gospel tells who this is, starting in Chapter 1.

This child’s name is Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins (, ).

He is the Christ, the one anointed by God for a given task (, ).

He is the Son of David - born the king of the Jews (; ).

He is the son of Abraham - he will bring blessing to the nations ().

He is born of the Holy Spirit ().

He is Immanuel - God with us ().

“The whole Gospel asks and the whole Gospel tells who this is, starting in Chapter 1.

This child’s name is Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins (, ).

He is the Christ, the one anointed by God for a given task (, ).

He is the Son of David - born the king of the Jews (; ).

He is the son of Abraham - he will bring blessing to the nations ().

He is born of the Holy Spirit ().

He is Immanuel - God with us ().

The church’s origin comes through Abraham and David - which were heroic figures for all the Jews.

“Jesus received names such as Jesus and Immanuel not because they were fashionable or manly, but because they were fraught with significance.

Each name reveals part of Jesus’ identity.

The question, ‘Who is this?’ leads next to the question ‘Why is he important?’

The answer leads through the hopes and fears of two thousand years of Israel’s history.

“Jesus received names such as Jesus and Immanuel not because they were fashionable or manly, but because they were fraught with significance.

Each name reveals part of Jesus’ identity.

The question, ‘Who is this?’ leads next to the question ‘Why is he important?’

The answer leads through the hopes and fears of two thousand years of Israel’s history.

“Matthew tells us who Jesus is.

Yet his nature is never separated from his work, for he is the Savior for the nations.

introduces us to the hero by stating his name and his origin.

He is Jesus the Savior, Christ the anointed, the son of Abraham, hence of both pagan and Jewish lineage, and he is the Son of David, the great king.”

But Matthew is careful to also include two things that most Jews would not want to be reminded of:

“Matthew tells us who Jesus is.

Yet his nature is never separated from his work, for he is the Savior for the nations.

introduces us to the hero by stating his name and his origin.

He is Jesus the Savior, Christ the anointed, the son of Abraham, hence of both pagan and Jewish lineage, and he is the Son of David, the great king.”

Next Slide: “The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Next Slide: “The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

#1 - the inclusion of women, who were Gentiles - all four of which had unseemly aspects to their characters, lives, or background:

1. “Tamar of Canaan,

“The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

“The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

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2. “Rahab of Jericho,