Jesus the messiah... the promised, anointed one that they had looked for since....
"the son of david"... the promised king that would reign on the thrown forever, ruling God's people and building YHWH's temple (ii samuel 7:12-16, i chronicles 17:11-14)... that would be a king of blessing because he is....
"the son of abraham"... the promised blessing (genesis 12:1-3, galatians 3:16) for ALL NATIONS from so many years ago...
what a statement. what a promise. what a faithful God who keeps his word.
genealogies are some of the most boring things in the bible to me. but this one is amazing. let's just look at the women involved. the fact that Jesus' genealogy has women is pretty remarkable for the time. two of them (rahab and ruth) were not jews... rahab was a prostitute... the other two ladies (tamar and bathsheba) were adulteresses.
to a jewish man at the time this is so wrong... it's embarrassing! but to God.... it's purely beautiful. salvation isn't just for the jews... it isn't just for the men... it isn't just for the perfect who have it all together...
what a statement. what a promise. what a God who's salvation, his promise, is for everyone. he made us all and loves us all. this is who and what Jesus was all about.
i hope to some day live a life that the same can be said about me.
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