Jerry Springer and the Lineage of Jesus: God, the Amazing Weaver
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1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram, 4 and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of David the king.
And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7 and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph, 8 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 10 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos, and Amos the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
12 And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, 15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
Jerry Springer and the Lineage of Jesus
Jerry Springer and the Lineage of Jesus
God, the Amazing Weaver
God, the Amazing Weaver
Introduction/Background
Introduction/Background
Importance of Genealogies to Hebrews
Jesus the last Jew that we know His genealogy
Two Genealogies: Matthew is Joseph’s and Luke is Mary’s
Purposely skipped generations: 14, 14, 14
Oral
Memory trick
Important to establish Jesus’ ancestry from Abraham
Davidic throne
Tamar: God is Righteous.
Tamar: God is Righteous.
Canaanite wife (forbidden)
Judah
Joseph
“Judah is a lion” - Jacob/Israel
Er dies
Onan dies
Judah deceives Tamar re: Shelah
Tamar’s plan
Temple prostitute
Staff, cord, signet from Judah
Pregnant
Judah’s indignation
Tamar’s great reveal
Judah - Tamar is more righteous than I!
Perez in the line of David and Jesus
Gentile: Righteousness
Gentile: Righteousness
Rahab: God is gracious and faithful.
Rahab: God is gracious and faithful.
Joshua (2)
Hebrews Hall of Faith
25 And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way?
Joshua and the spies
Prostitute
Scarlet Cord
Hebrew husband Salmon
Mother of Boaz
Boaz the Father of Obed, Father of Jesse, Father of David
Story of God’s grace - as well as the spies
Story of God’s Faithfulness - Hebrew’s and Rahab
We are Rahab
We are not Hebrew.
We live in a corrupt and dying world.
The battle is God's and the victory is sure.
27 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, 29 so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.
Ruth: God is a providential redeemer.
Ruth: God is a providential redeemer.
Book of Ruth
One of two books named after women
Only one named after Gentile (Moabite)
During the time of the Judges (everyone doing what is right in her own eyes)
Elimelech (My God is King)
Land of Moab - didn’t trust God
Everyone dies
Ruth stays with Naomi and converts
Moves back to Judah
Gleans in the field
Boaz (Same Boaz that Rahab mothered)
Kinsman redeemer
Ruth, mother of Obed
Great grandmother of David
Highlights God’s Providence!
Highlight’s God as our Redeemer!
Highlights: Romans 8:28
28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
Bathsheba: God is King of Kings.
Bathsheba: God is King of Kings.
2 Samuel (1!)
Adultery - leads to a child (who dies)
Adultery - leads to murder
David - Man after God’s own heart
David - anointed by Samuel (and God)
David - who united the two kingdoms
Led David to write the 51st Psalm
Highlights our need for this long-awaited Savior
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Conclusion
Conclusion
Highlights Genesis 12 where God promises Abraham that all the world will be blessed though him
That we are grafted in
Highlights our need for a Savior
Highlights our sinful nature
Highlights the promises of God!