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 a servant taking on humanity upon himself in order to save us.

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 So we're going to be in a series, a mini-series,

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 in the first two chapters of Matthew for the Advent season

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 through Christmas Eve,

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 and then we will resume our series in the Book of Acts.

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 So please turn with me to Book of Matthew.

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 It's the first book in the New Testament.

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 If you guys don't have a Bible, you can also raise your hand.

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 We have ushers that can bring you a Bible you can use.

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 We're in Matthew 1.

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 It looks like there's one there.

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 We're looking at Matthew 1, verses 1 to 17.

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 Let me pray for the reading and preaching of God's Word.

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 Heavenly Father, it is a wonder

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 that Jesus, your eternal Son,

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 the perfect one, the Holy One,

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 would take on human flesh,

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 would take on our infirmities,

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 would be tempted in every way just as we are.

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 We pray that you would help us

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 to marvel anew at what you have done for us in Jesus.

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 We pray that you would exalt Jesus in our lives today.

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 And we pray that you would help us

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 to receive his grace anew

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 as sinners in need of a Savior.

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 Address us now from your Word.

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 Speak to us.

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 We are listening.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Matthew 1, verses 1 to 17.

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 I'll read it out loud here.

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 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ,

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 the son of David, the son of Abraham.

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 Abraham was the father of Isaac,

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 and Isaac the father of Jacob.

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 And Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.

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 And Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar.

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 And Perez the father of Hizron,

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 and Hizron the father of Ram.

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 And Ram the father of Abinadab,

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 and Aminadab the father of Nashon.

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 And Nashon the father of Solomon,

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 and Solomon the father of Boaz by Rahab.

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 And Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth.

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 And Obed the father of Jesse,

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 and Jesse the father of David the king.

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 And David was the father of Solomon

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 by the wife of Uriah.

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 And Solomon the father of Rehoboam,

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 and Rehoboam the father of Abijah.

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 And Abijah the father of Asaph,

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 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat.

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 And Jehoshaphat the father of Joram,

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 and Joram the father of Uzziah.

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 And Uzziah the father of Jotham,

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 and Jotham the father of Ahaz.

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 And Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.

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 And Hezekiah the father of Manasseh,

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 and Manasseh the father of Amos.

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 And Amos the father of Josiah.

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 And Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers

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 at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

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 And after the deportation to Babylon,

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 Jeconiah was the father of Sheltiel,

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 and Sheltiel the father of Zerubbabel,

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 and Zerubbabel the father of Abud,

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 and Abud the father of Eliakim,

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 and Eliakim the father of Azor,

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 and Azor the father of Zadoc.

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 Zadoc the father of Achim,

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 and Achim the father of Eliud,

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 and Eliud the father of Eliezer,

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 and Eliezer the father of Methan,

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 and Methan the father of Jacob,

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 and Jacob the father of Joseph.

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 the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

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 So all the generations from Abraham to David were 14 generations,

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 and from David to the deportation to Babylon, 14 generations,

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 and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ, 14 generations.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 For generations, many people have kept track of their genealogy

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 by using a pedigree or ancestry chart,

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 and we commonly call that a family tree.

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 And family trees can help us feel connected to our heritage and history,

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 and because they reveal things about ourselves, people are interested in them.

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 But that expression, family tree, actually is derived from the Bible.

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 Prophesying about the coming Messiah in Isaiah 11, verse 1,

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 is that there shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse,

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 and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.

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 So because of this plant metaphor used for the genealogy of the Messiah,

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 starting as early as the 11th century,

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 many artists have depicted Jesus' genealogy in the form of a literal tree.

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 On illuminated manuscripts, salters, walls, and embroideries, and stained glass windows,

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 you can see this tree of the Messiah, the family tree, all over the world.

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 And here in Matthew 1, we see Jesus' family tree traced through King David

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 and all the way to the patriarch Abraham.

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 And Matthew includes it here for a specific reason,

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 because Jesus' family tree reveals something to us about who he is.

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 Namely, that Jesus is the promised Christ,

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 the messianic king who restores the kingdom of God.

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 So first, we're going to see how Jesus fulfills the promise to Abraham,

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 in verses 2 to 6,

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 and how he fulfills the promise to David, in verses 6 to 11,

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 and how he fulfills the promise to the exiles, in verses 12 to 17.

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 Verse 1 is kind of the decent statement of this passage.

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 It says,

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 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ,

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 the son of David, the son of Abraham.

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 There are some phrases in the Bible that are immediately recognizable.

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 So think, for example,

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 In the beginning.

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 Right?

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 Immediately.

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 Most of you are probably familiar with that phrase.

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 When John uses that phrase in the beginning of his gospel,

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 in the gospel of John,

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 we immediately make the connection to Genesis 1,

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 where it says,

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 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

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 In a similar way,

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 the phrase used here,

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 the book of the genealogy,

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 would have been a phrase that was immediately recognizable

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 for people who were familiar with their Greek Bibles.

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 Because in the Greek translation of the Old Testament,

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 the book of Genesis is organized around this recurring phrase.

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 Genesis 2, 4 begins,

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 The book of the genealogy of the heavens and the earth.

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 Genesis 5, 2 begins,

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 The book of the genealogy of Adam.

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 Genesis 6, 9,

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 The book of the genealogy of Noah.

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 Genesis 25, 19,

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 The book of the genealogy of Isaac.

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 And Genesis 37, 2,

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 The book of the genealogy of Jacob.

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 So in the book of Genesis,

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 this phrase is used to organize the history of the heavens and the earth

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 and the origin of the patriarchs

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 who became the fountainhead of God's people.

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 So then in the book of Matthew,

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 the phrase,

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 The book of the genealogy introduces to us the origin of Jesus the Christ,

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 who is the fountainhead of the new people of God.

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 And Jesus' identity is here summarized by three titles in verse 1.

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 He is the Christ,

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 meaning he's the messianic king.

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 He is the son of David.

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 And finally,

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 he is the son of Abraham.

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 In the following genealogy,

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 Matthew draws connections to each of those titles in reverse order.

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 We'll unpack those in turn.

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 First,

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 he tells us that Jesus is the son of Abraham,

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 who fulfills God's promise to Abraham.

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 He writes in verses 2 to 6,

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 Abraham was the father of Isaac,

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 and Isaac the father of Jacob,

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 and Jacob the father of Judah,

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 and his brothers,

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 and so on.

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 This genealogy follows the summary genealogies found in 1 Chronicles 22,

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 sorry,

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 1 Chronicles chapter 2,

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 verses 1 to 15,

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 and Ruth chapter 4.

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 And it traces Jesus' lineage from Abraham to David.

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 And if you remember what God promised Abraham,

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 God said to Abraham in Genesis 17,

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 verses 4 to 5,

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 Behold,

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 my covenant is with you,

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 and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations,

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 no longer shall your name be called Abram,

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 but your name shall be Abraham,

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 for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

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 God had promised Abraham a land and a people,

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 and he had promised to bless Abraham,

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 and not only Abraham,

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 God had promised in Genesis 12

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 that through him all the peoples,

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 all the families of the earth would be blessed.

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 He promised that Abraham would be a father of a multitude of nations.

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 And Jesus is the ultimate heir of that promise.

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 He's the ultimate son of Abraham.

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 And it's through Jesus that not only the Jews,

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 but also the Gentiles,

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 indeed all the nations of the earth

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 who put their faith in him,

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 will receive the gift of salvation

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 and eternal life.

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 This might be the point that Matthew is driving home

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 with the woman that he selectively includes in this genealogy.

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 First, in verse 3,

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 it mentions that Judah fathered Perez by Tamar.

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 The Bible doesn't tell as much about Tamar's background,

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 but Genesis 38 implies that she was a Canaanite woman.

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 Since Judah was living among the Canaanites at the time,

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 was married to a Canaanite woman himself,

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 and likely took a wife for his son Ur

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 from among the Canaanites as well.

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 And since there is no mention of him going back to his homeland

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 to find a wife for his son.

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 And then second, verse 5,

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 says that Solomon fathered Boaz by Rahab,

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 the only human being named Rahab mentioned in the Bible,

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 is the Canaanite woman

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 who helps the Israelite spies escape Jericho in Joshua 2.

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 So she too is a foreigner, a Gentile.

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 Third, verse 5,

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 says that Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth,

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 who famously is known as a Moabite woman,

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 a foreigner, a Gentile.

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 Fourth, verse 6,

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 says that David was the father of Solomon

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 by the wife of Uriah.

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 This is a reference to Bathsheba,

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 whose father we know was Eliam,

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 according to 2 Samuel 11, verse 3,

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 also called Amiel in 1 Chronicles chapter 3.

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 If he is the same Eliam mentioned in 2 Samuel 23, 34,

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 he was a Gilanite,

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 a subset of the Canaanites,

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 which makes Bathsheba also a Gentile

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 and married to a Gentile, a Hittite, Uriah.

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 These are the four mothers

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 mentioned in the entire genealogy of Jesus.

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 And all four of them are most likely foreigners,

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 non-Jews.

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 This may well be Matthew's way of making the point

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 that Gentiles are being grafted in.

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 The lineage of Jesus, the Jewish Messiah,

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 suggests that the Messiah didn't have

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 a pure, unadulterated Jewish lineage.

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 Rather, he had many Gentiles in his heritage.

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 It's a glimpse of God's plan

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 to include the Gentiles in his salvation plan.

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 All those who repent of their sins,

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 all those who renounce their foreign idols

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 and pledge allegiance to the Lord God

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 will be saved and counted among his people.

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 This is the wonderful truth

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 that God's genealogy,

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 the Jesus' genealogy reveals to us.

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 For all those people who say,

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 well, I'm not a Jew,

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 so I can't believe in the God of the Bible.

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 All those people who say,

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 well, my parents are not Christians,

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 so this can't be for me.

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 For all those people who say,

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 well, no one in my country is Christian,

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 so I can't become one.

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 Or I'm not religious,

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 so I can't follow God.

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 For all of those people,

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 Jesus Christ came.

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 That's what we remember in Advent.

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 You don't have to be a Jew

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 in order to join the kingdom of God.

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 You don't have to be an American

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 in order to follow Christ.

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 You can be Iranian,

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 Afghan,

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 Indian,

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 Chinese,

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 Japanese,

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 Cambodian,

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 Uruguayan,

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 Algerian,

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 Tunisian,

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 or whatever else,

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 and still be a Christian

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 and a citizen in the kingdom of God

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 because salvation is from the Jews

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 because Jesus was Jewish,

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 but salvation is not exclusively for the Jews.

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 Rather, it is for all nations.

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 That's what we're commanded by Jesus,

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 commissioned by him,

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 to go to all the nations

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 and make disciples of them.

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 And then in verses 6 to 11,

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 Matthew traces Jesus' genealogy

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 from King David to Jeconiah

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 to show that Jesus

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 is the promised messianic king

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 who fulfills God's promise to David.

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 We see this in verses 6 to 11.

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 Now, there are significant discrepancies

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 between Matthew's genealogy of Jesus

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 and Luke's genealogy of Jesus

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 we find in Luke chapter 3

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 from King David onward.

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 For example, Matthew lists 41 male heads of families

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 while Luke lists 57.

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 And from David to Jesus,

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 there are in fact only two overlapping names.

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 And there are several reasons

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 for these discrepancies.

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 First, the word father

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 can be used narrowly

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 to refer to one's immediate biological father

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 or broadly to one's ancestor.

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 We see examples of this

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 in Genesis 32, 9,

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 John 8, 39,

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 Ezra 7, and so on.

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 Similarly, the word son

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 can refer narrowly

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 to one's immediate biological son

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 or broadly to one's descendant,

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 which is why Matthew can say

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 that Jesus is the son of David,

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 many generations removed.

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 And secondly,

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 genealogies are not always exhaustive.

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 Rather, they are often selective.

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 For example, Matthew explicitly says

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 in verse 17,

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 So all the generations

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 from Abraham to David

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 were 14 generations.

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 And from David to the deportation

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 to Babylon,

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 14 generations.

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 And from the deportation to Babylon

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 to the Christ,

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 14 generations.

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 He has a clear structure here,

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 a symmetrical structure

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 that he is working with.

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 And some people say

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 that this is related to Gematria.

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 Gematria is a method

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 by which Jews assigned

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 a numerical value

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 to each letter

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 of the Hebrew alphabet

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 so that someone's name

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 can be added up,

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 their letters can be added up

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 to form a number.

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 And according to this method,

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 the name David

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 has a numerical value of 14,

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 which is likely possible.

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 I don't think we can know for sure.

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 Maybe why Matthew chose 14 names

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 in each of those sections

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 to show that Jesus

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 is the son of David.

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 And so it's not surprising

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 that there are skipped generations

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 in this genealogy.

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 And thirdly,

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 Jews practice

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 levirate marriage

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 as stipulated by

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 Deuteronomy chapter 25,

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 which meant that

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 if a man dies

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 without a son

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 to carry on his name,

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 it was his brother's duty

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 to produce a son for him

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 by taking his brother's

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 surviving widow

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 as his own wife.

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 This was very important

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 for the Israelites,

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 for the Jews,

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 because their inheritance

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 of the promised land

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 and therefore their inclusion

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 in God's covenant community

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 depended on them

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 continuing to have male heirs.

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 And this was directly tied to it.

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 So because of that,

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 if to have no son

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 to one's name

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 would have meant

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 you and your progeny

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 would all be blotted out

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 from God's covenant people.

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 So because of this,

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 levirate marriage existed,

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 but it works for that purpose,

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 but it obviously

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 can complicate genealogies.

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 Because the son

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 of a levirate marriage

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 would be the legal son

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 of the deceased man,

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 but the physical son

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 of his brother.

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 So overall,

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 the discrepancies

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 between Matthew and Luke

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 are numerous,

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 but they can be accounted

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 for best when we understand

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 that Matthew is providing

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 the royal genealogy,

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 the line of people

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 who would have been

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 the legal heirs

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 to the Davidic throne.

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 And Luke is providing us

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 a physical genealogy,

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 the line of people

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 from whom Joseph,

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 Jesus' adoptive father,

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 was physically descended.

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 We can see this

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 from the fact

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 that Matthew's genealogy

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 in this middle section

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 is an abbreviated summary

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 of the succession

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 of Judah's kings

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 listed in 1 Chronicles 3,

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 verses 10 to 17.

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 While Luke's genealogy

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 lists no kings

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 of Judah

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 except for David.

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 So then Matthew

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 starts this section

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 with David,

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 who is the first king

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 of the Davidic monarchy,

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 and then he ends

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 with Jeconiah,

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 also called Jehoiachin,

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 who reigned

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 until he was taken captive

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 by Nebuchadnezzar

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 to Babylon.

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 Jehoiachin's uncle,

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 Zedekiah,

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 did reign as a nominal king

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 after this Babylonian invasion,

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 but he is omitted

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 from the list

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 as well as several others

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 since Jehoiachin

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 was still the rightful heir

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 and ruler.

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 He was living in exile

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 in Babylon.

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 So then Matthew's genealogy

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 is a royal genealogy

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 and likely implies here

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 that even with the dissolution

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 of the Davidic monarchy

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 during the Babylonian exile,

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 the royal succession

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 has continued

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 until the coming

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 of the destined son of David,

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 the Jesus Christ.

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 So God had promised

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 the king David

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 in 2 Samuel

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 this wonderful promise,

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 chapter 7, 12 to 14.

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 I will raise up

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 your offspring after you

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 who shall come

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 from your body,

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 and I will establish

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 his kingdom.

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 He shall build

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 a house for my name

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 and I will establish

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 the throne of his kingdom

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 forever.

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 I will be to him

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 a father

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 and he shall be to me

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 a son.

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 So in an immediate sense,

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 this prophecy

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 was fulfilled

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 in the reign

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 of David's son Solomon

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 who was established

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 as king

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 and built God's temple.

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 However,

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 the Davidic monarchy

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 did not exist forever,

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 even though God promised here

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 that he will establish

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 his kingdom forever.

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 That's how we know

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 that this prophecy

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 isn't ultimately fulfilled

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 by Solomon.

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 It is fulfilled

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 by the Messiah,

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 Jesus.

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 He's the one

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 who establishes

00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:03.680
 God's kingdom forever.

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 Jesus is the greater

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 son of David,

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 the greater Solomon.

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 In fact,

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 he is greater

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 than David himself

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 because he is not

00:19:12.900 --> 00:19:14.079
 merely a son of man,

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 but he is the son

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 of God,

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 the Father himself.

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 We have to remember this

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 because Jesus came

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 not to be served

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 but to serve

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 and to give his life

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 as a ransom for many,

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 but we must not forget

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 that he,

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 even though he's graciously

00:19:29.259 --> 00:19:30.180
 served us

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 and he has saved us,

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 Jesus is the king.

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 He is the Messiah.

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 He is the Lord

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 to whom we owe

00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:39.519
 our allegiance,

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 our very lives.

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 That's what his title means,

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 the Christ.

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 That's not a last name.

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 Verse 16 says,

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 Jesus was born

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 who is called Christ.

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 Christ is a title.

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 It's a royal title

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 that means anointed one

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 or Messiah.

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 The prophesied king

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 who would come

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 to rescue God's people.

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 For centuries,

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 the Jewish people

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 had been suffering

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 the consequences

00:20:04.539 --> 00:20:05.779
 of their own sin

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 and rebellion

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 due to their idolatry

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 and unfaithfulness to God.

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 They were conquered

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 and oppressed

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 by people,

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 foreign nations,

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 again and again,

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 the Assyrians,

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 Babylonians,

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 and the Persians,

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 and the Greeks,

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 and the Romans.

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 And then they would return,

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 but they returned

00:20:21.199 --> 00:20:21.659
 to the Lord

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 for brief periods of time,

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 but they would turn

00:20:24.399 --> 00:20:25.579
 back again,

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 sin again,

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 backslide again.

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 And in their suffering,

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 they were yearning

00:20:30.959 --> 00:20:31.679
 and waiting

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 for the Messiah.

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 They thought to themselves,

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 when the Messiah

00:20:35.259 --> 00:20:36.359
 finally comes,

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 he will make

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 all things right.

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 When Messiah comes,

00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:41.759
 he will establish

00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:42.819
 his kingdom forever.

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 When the Messiah comes,

00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:45.559
 he will rescue us

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 once and for all.

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 When Messiah comes,

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 he will rule

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 with righteousness

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 and justice.

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 When the Messiah comes,

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 we won't be orphans anymore.

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 We won't be homeless anymore.

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 We won't be aliens

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 and foreigners anymore.

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 We will have a king,

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 all right.

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 We will have a kingdom,

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 all right.

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 And we will be citizens

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 in that kingdom.

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 for all of those people

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 who are waiting,

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 Jesus Christ came.

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 He came to a sinful world

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 governed by Satan,

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 the one whom Jesus calls

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 the ruler of this world

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 in the Gospel of John,

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 the one that Ephesians

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 chapter 2 verse 2

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 calls the prince

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 of the power of the air,

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 the spirit that is now

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 at work in the sons

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 of disobedience.

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 And Jesus donned his crown,

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 but it was a crown of thorns.

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 He ascended to his throne,

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 but his throne was the cross,

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 the ancient equivalent

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 of the execution chair.

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 He died there

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 to redeem a people

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 for himself.

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 And then he rose again

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 from the dead.

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 He ascended to the right hand

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 of the Father.

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 And in doing this,

00:21:57.720 --> 00:21:59.460
 Jesus delivered us,

00:21:59.860 --> 00:22:00.440
 his people,

00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:01.620
 those who repent of their sins

00:22:01.620 --> 00:22:02.700
 and put their faith in him.

00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:03.759
 He delivered us

00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.920
 from the domain of darkness

00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:05.840
 into the domain

00:22:05.840 --> 00:22:06.660
 of the kingdom.

00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:08.400
 of his kingdom.

00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:10.680
 This is how Jesus

00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:11.800
 set his kingdom in motion.

00:22:13.080 --> 00:22:15.160
 Jesus is the promised Christ

00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:16.860
 who restores the kingdom of God.

00:22:17.320 --> 00:22:18.380
 And it's for this reason

00:22:18.380 --> 00:22:19.560
 that the evil one,

00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:19.960
 Satan,

00:22:20.060 --> 00:22:21.360
 that we were speaking of

00:22:21.360 --> 00:22:22.340
 just moments ago

00:22:22.340 --> 00:22:23.900
 has no claim on us.

00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:25.600
 He has no claim on us.

00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:27.420
 He has no authority over us

00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:28.680
 because as those

00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:29.740
 who have pledged

00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.900
 allegiance to Jesus

00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:32.240
 who have put their faith

00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:33.400
 in Christ the King,

00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:35.279
 we have a new Lord.

00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:37.940
 We're under new regime.

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.359
 The church,

00:22:39.859 --> 00:22:40.960
 the family of God

00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:42.220
 is an outpost.

00:22:42.920 --> 00:22:44.019
 It's an embassy

00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:45.220
 of the kingdom of God.

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 In this world

00:22:47.879 --> 00:22:48.899
 that's in rebellion

00:22:48.899 --> 00:22:49.660
 against God,

00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:51.139
 we must daily

00:22:51.139 --> 00:22:53.220
 endure innumerable

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:53.980
 indignities

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:55.200
 that our Lord's name

00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:57.220
 and glory face.

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 in this world,

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:01.259
 we have tribulations

00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:03.120
 and temptations.

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 But when we gather

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:06.940
 as a church,

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:09.140
 we get to lay aside

00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:10.059
 our burdens

00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:11.299
 and our distractions

00:23:11.299 --> 00:23:13.000
 and worship our Lord

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:14.240
 and fix our eyes

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:15.000
 on Jesus,

00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:15.860
 our King.

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 It is an imperfect

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:20.399
 yet genuine

00:23:20.399 --> 00:23:21.539
 foretaste of heaven.

00:23:23.139 --> 00:23:24.359
 The kingdom of God

00:23:24.359 --> 00:23:25.359
 is already here,

00:23:25.639 --> 00:23:27.319
 but it is not yet

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 fully here.

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 And as we celebrate

00:23:30.419 --> 00:23:30.899
 Advent,

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 the coming,

00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:32.679
 the first coming

00:23:32.679 --> 00:23:33.659
 of our Savior,

00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:34.419
 Jesus Christ,

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 we also anticipate

00:23:35.879 --> 00:23:37.139
 His second coming.

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:38.159
 So it was really appropriate

00:23:38.159 --> 00:23:39.399
 that Gary had us sing

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 Even So Come,

00:23:41.159 --> 00:23:41.799
 expecting,

00:23:42.159 --> 00:23:42.459
 waiting

00:23:42.459 --> 00:23:43.439
 for Jesus'

00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:44.539
 second coming.

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 because He will return.

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:48.740
 Our King will return.

00:23:49.659 --> 00:23:50.659
 In the first Advent,

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.960
 Jesus came to save.

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.740
 In the second Advent,

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 Jesus will come to judge.

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 And He will judge

00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:58.399
 all the wicked

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 and execute

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 perfect justice.

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 And our King

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:02.500
 will dwell with us

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.539
 again in the flesh.

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 He will wipe away

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 every tear

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.859
 from our eyes

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 and we will sin no more.

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:10.779
 And there will no longer

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.759
 be any death.

00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:12.539
 There will no longer

00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:13.440
 be any mourning

00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:14.379
 or crying

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 or pain.

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 That's what it means

00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:17.220
 that Jesus came

00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:19.540
 as the son

00:24:19.540 --> 00:24:20.820
 of David,

00:24:20.940 --> 00:24:22.100
 the son of Abraham,

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 the Christ.

00:24:24.860 --> 00:24:25.680
 And finally,

00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:27.140
 verses 12 to 17,

00:24:27.280 --> 00:24:27.900
 Matthew traces

00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:28.820
 Jesus' genealogy

00:24:28.820 --> 00:24:29.580
 from Jequaniah

00:24:29.580 --> 00:24:30.180
 to Christ

00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:31.100
 to show that Jesus

00:24:31.100 --> 00:24:32.880
 is the promised Messiah

00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:33.900
 who fulfills

00:24:33.900 --> 00:24:34.620
 God's promise

00:24:34.620 --> 00:24:35.400
 to the exiles.

00:24:36.540 --> 00:24:37.360
 Even though none

00:24:37.360 --> 00:24:38.180
 of Jequaniah's

00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:38.920
 seven sons

00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:39.680
 would sit

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.580
 on Judah's throne,

00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:41.640
 the Davidic line

00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:42.420
 continued through

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:43.600
 his eldest son,

00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.519
 Shealtiel.

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:45.960
 And Shealtiel

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:47.320
 fathered Zerubbabel.

00:24:48.380 --> 00:24:48.900
 Interestingly,

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:50.380
 1 Chronicles 3.19

00:24:50.380 --> 00:24:51.420
 says that Zerubbabel

00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:53.140
 was a son of Pediah,

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.960
 Shealtiel's brother,

00:24:55.160 --> 00:24:56.039
 which makes Shealtiel

00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:57.019
 Zerubbabel's uncle,

00:24:57.120 --> 00:24:57.800
 not father.

00:24:58.380 --> 00:24:59.400
 But everywhere else

00:24:59.400 --> 00:24:59.960
 in Scripture,

00:25:00.660 --> 00:25:01.980
 in Ezra,

00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:02.500
 Nehemiah,

00:25:02.580 --> 00:25:02.980
 Haggai,

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:03.900
 it says that Shealtiel

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:04.519
 was the father

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:05.180
 of Zerubbabel.

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:07.660
 This may be an instance

00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:08.620
 of Levirate marriage

00:25:08.620 --> 00:25:10.100
 where Shealtiel

00:25:10.100 --> 00:25:11.779
 dies without

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.640
 a male heir

00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:13.660
 and then his brother

00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:14.160
 Padiah

00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:15.560
 continues his name

00:25:15.560 --> 00:25:16.660
 so the royal line

00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:17.519
 continues through

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.720
 Shealtiel's son

00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.259
 even though he was

00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:19.720
 deceased.

00:25:22.900 --> 00:25:23.480
 And Zerubbabel

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:24.600
 played a significant

00:25:24.600 --> 00:25:25.220
 role among

00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:26.279
 the Jewish exiles.

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:27.640
 In Ezra

00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:29.100
 and Nehemiah,

00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:29.560
 the two books

00:25:29.560 --> 00:25:30.279
 of the Bible

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:30.799
 in the Old Testament,

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.320
 they recount

00:25:31.320 --> 00:25:32.180
 how Zerubbabel

00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:33.740
 became the governor

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:34.599
 of Judah.

00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:36.059
 He was the first

00:25:36.059 --> 00:25:37.019
 to lead a band

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:37.700
 of Jews

00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:38.640
 back from

00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:39.799
 the Babylonian exiles

00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:40.960
 back to Jerusalem.

00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:43.140
 And it says

00:25:43.140 --> 00:25:44.279
 in Haggai chapter 2

00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:45.460
 verse 21 to 23,

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:46.819
 God says to Zerubbabel,

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:48.240
 I am going to shake

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:49.200
 the heavens and the earth

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:49.900
 and I will overthrow

00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:51.079
 the thrones of kingdoms

00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:52.059
 and destroy the power

00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:52.500
 of the kingdoms

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:53.180
 of the nations.

00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:54.440
 And I will overthrow

00:25:54.440 --> 00:25:55.120
 the chariots

00:25:55.120 --> 00:25:55.759
 and their riders

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.400
 and their horses

00:25:56.400 --> 00:25:57.140
 and their riders

00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:57.880
 will go down,

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.960
 every one by the sword

00:25:58.960 --> 00:25:59.359
 of another.

00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:00.900
 On that day

00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:01.980
 declares the Lord,

00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:03.519
 the Lord of armies.

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.779
 I will take you,

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:05.259
 Zerubbabel,

00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:06.720
 son of Shealtiel,

00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:07.579
 my servant,

00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:09.180
 declares the Lord.

00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:10.640
 And I will make you

00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:11.980
 like a signet ring

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:13.620
 for I have chosen you,

00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:14.880
 declares the Lord

00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:15.740
 of armies.

00:26:16.620 --> 00:26:17.620
 God's choice

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:18.299
 of Zerubbabel

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:20.259
 as a signet ring,

00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:21.680
 which is a royal symbol,

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:23.500
 as well as Zerubbabel's role

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:24.180
 as the governor

00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:24.900
 of Judah,

00:26:25.120 --> 00:26:25.799
 suggests that

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.380
 even though

00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:27.519
 the Davidic monarchy

00:26:27.519 --> 00:26:28.640
 had officially ceased

00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:29.279
 to exist,

00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:30.740
 the royal succession

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:32.519
 continued in God's sight.

00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:34.039
 His king,

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:35.240
 His line,

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:36.139
 His royal line

00:26:36.139 --> 00:26:36.799
 has continued.

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:39.500
 Unlike the preceding sections

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.420
 of this genealogy,

00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.500
 the rest of this genealogy

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:43.059
 has no Old Testament precedent.

00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:44.279
 So we don't know

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:45.559
 what source Matthew used.

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.740
 And since Jews

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.759
 were very interested

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.400
 in preserving

00:26:49.400 --> 00:26:50.460
 genealogical records,

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:52.099
 and the Davidic line

00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:52.759
 in particular,

00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:53.440
 the royal line,

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.420
 was of special interest,

00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:55.500
 so it's highly likely

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.200
 that a tradition

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:57.139
 of royal succession

00:26:57.139 --> 00:26:57.799
 was preserved

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.759
 outside of Scripture.

00:26:58.759 --> 00:27:00.119
 Unfortunately,

00:27:00.339 --> 00:27:01.619
 we no longer have access

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:03.359
 to those genealogical records

00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:04.799
 because according

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:06.200
 to second century historian

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:07.480
 Julius Africanus,

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.720
 Herod the Great

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:10.420
 destroyed all the Jewish

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:11.400
 genealogical records

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:12.119
 that were preserved

00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:13.559
 in the public archives.

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.339
 He was,

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:16.559
 Herod was particularly

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.119
 embarrassed

00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:18.900
 about his lineage,

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:20.720
 his Edomian heritage,

00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:22.160
 because he was descended

00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:23.599
 not from Jacob,

00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.579
 the line of promise,

00:27:24.900 --> 00:27:25.859
 but from Esau.

00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:27.959
 And so he feared

00:27:27.959 --> 00:27:28.539
 that someone

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:31.119
 from an actual royal lineage

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:32.000
 would lay claim

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:33.259
 on his throne.

00:27:33.879 --> 00:27:35.059
 So Herod carried favor

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:35.579
 with Rome

00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:36.359
 to get the title

00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:37.279
 of King of the Jews,

00:27:37.439 --> 00:27:38.859
 and he rebuilt the temple

00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:40.579
 to style himself

00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:41.740
 as the Savior,

00:27:42.179 --> 00:27:43.679
 Messiah of the Jews.

00:27:44.639 --> 00:27:46.459
 But he was only a pretender.

00:27:47.679 --> 00:27:50.740
 Jesus is the real Messiah.

00:27:52.659 --> 00:27:54.000
 Verse 16 notes,

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:55.740
 he is the promised Christ.

00:27:56.679 --> 00:27:58.339
 Jesus fulfills the promises

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:59.099
 that God had made

00:27:59.099 --> 00:27:59.939
 to the exiles.

00:28:00.659 --> 00:28:01.799
 In Jeremiah 33,

00:28:01.959 --> 00:28:02.559
 God promised,

00:28:02.879 --> 00:28:04.139
 verses 14 to 17,

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:04.740
 Behold,

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:06.139
 the days are coming,

00:28:06.219 --> 00:28:06.919
 declares the Lord,

00:28:06.959 --> 00:28:08.079
 when I will fulfill

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:08.919
 the promise

00:28:08.919 --> 00:28:10.199
 I made to the house

00:28:10.199 --> 00:28:10.719
 of Israel

00:28:10.719 --> 00:28:11.779
 and the house of Judah.

00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:13.279
 In those days

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:14.240
 and at that time,

00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:15.000
 I will cause

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:16.259
 a righteous branch

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:17.479
 to spring up for David,

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.659
 and he shall execute

00:28:18.659 --> 00:28:19.759
 justice and righteousness

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.419
 in the land.

00:28:20.899 --> 00:28:21.740
 In those days,

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:23.000
 Judah will be saved,

00:28:23.179 --> 00:28:23.659
 and Jerusalem

00:28:23.659 --> 00:28:24.839
 will dwell securely.

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:26.039
 And this is the name

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:27.259
 by which it will be called,

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:28.679
 the Lord is our righteousness.

00:28:29.379 --> 00:28:30.419
 For thus says the Lord,

00:28:30.899 --> 00:28:32.339
 David shall never

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:33.459
 lack a man

00:28:33.459 --> 00:28:35.139
 to sit on the throne

00:28:35.139 --> 00:28:36.539
 of the house of Israel.

00:28:37.419 --> 00:28:39.059
 That's what God promised

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:39.939
 to the exiles.

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:43.620
 And Jesus is the final

00:28:43.620 --> 00:28:45.559
 and greatest son of David

00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:47.960
 who sits on the throne forever.

00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:50.320
 He is the righteous branch

00:28:50.320 --> 00:28:51.440
 who through his death

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:52.039
 and resurrection

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:53.220
 ransoms a people

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:53.960
 for himself.

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:56.200
 And we, God's people,

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:58.100
 Jews and Gentiles,

00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:59.820
 have now been grafted in

00:28:59.820 --> 00:29:01.200
 as branches

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:03.160
 onto Jesus' family tree

00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:04.880
 so that we too

00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:06.799
 dwell securely in Christ

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.799
 as the new Israel,

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:09.700
 as the new Jerusalem.

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:13.259
 For those struggling sinners,

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:15.299
 maybe there's some of you

00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:16.079
 here who think

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:17.259
 that they have straight,

00:29:17.419 --> 00:29:19.779
 far beyond restoration,

00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:22.740
 like these exiles

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.680
 that Jesus came.

00:29:24.639 --> 00:29:25.859
 For those exiles

00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:26.579
 who have forgotten

00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:27.639
 what their fatherland

00:29:27.639 --> 00:29:28.180
 is like.

00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:29.759
 For those who think

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:31.240
 that they are damaged goods,

00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:32.960
 good for nothing.

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:36.640
 for all of those people,

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.860
 Jesus Christ

00:29:37.860 --> 00:29:39.500
 came to redeem them,

00:29:40.340 --> 00:29:41.960
 to reclaim them

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:43.279
 for himself.

00:29:44.860 --> 00:29:46.279
 Hebrews 2, 11-18

00:29:46.279 --> 00:29:47.240
 tells us that Christ

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:48.400
 is not ashamed

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:49.240
 to call us

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:50.220
 brothers and sisters.

00:29:51.100 --> 00:29:51.779
 It says that

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.740
 since we are made

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.660
 of flesh and blood,

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.720
 that Jesus himself

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.900
 took on flesh and blood

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:57.160
 so that through death

00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:57.920
 he might destroy

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.779
 the one who has

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.519
 the power of death,

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.259
 that is the devil,

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.519
 and deliver

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:02.639
 all those who through

00:30:02.639 --> 00:30:03.139
 fear of death

00:30:03.139 --> 00:30:03.660
 were subject

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.799
 to lifelong slavery.

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:08.279
 This is the wonder

00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:09.119
 of the incarnation.

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:10.900
 The creator took on

00:30:10.900 --> 00:30:11.819
 human flesh,

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:13.220
 the flesh and blood

00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:14.019
 of creatures.

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:16.299
 The son of God

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:17.740
 became a son of man.

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:19.480
 Jesus,

00:30:19.879 --> 00:30:20.819
 the word of God

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:21.559
 that embraces

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:23.279
 the entire cosmos

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:24.460
 and upholds them,

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:27.099
 became a babbling infant

00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:29.460
 held up in Mary's arms.

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:33.059
 His feet got caked

00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:33.779
 with dust.

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.640
 He had dirt

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:37.039
 under his fingernails.

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:38.420
 He got hungry

00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:40.059
 and fatigued.

00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:41.380
 He laughed.

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.740
 He cried.

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:44.480
 He was tempted

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:45.759
 in every way

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:46.700
 just as we are

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:47.720
 yet without sin.

00:30:49.400 --> 00:30:50.660
 We see the paradox

00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:51.539
 of Jesus' incarnation

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.600
 in verse 16.

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:52.920
 It says,

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.779
 Jacob the father

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.279
 of Joseph,

00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:55.759
 the husband of Mary,

00:30:56.100 --> 00:30:57.720
 of whom Jesus was born,

00:30:57.819 --> 00:30:59.039
 who is called Christ.

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.819
 Note that it doesn't

00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:01.620
 follow the standard

00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:02.420
 formula here

00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:03.539
 up to this point

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:03.900
 in saying,

00:31:04.019 --> 00:31:05.019
 Joseph the father

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:06.160
 of Jesus.

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:07.140
 It doesn't say that.

00:31:08.100 --> 00:31:08.539
 It says,

00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:10.039
 Joseph the husband

00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:10.960
 of Mary,

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:13.200
 of whom Jesus was born.

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:15.420
 This sets the scene

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:16.740
 for the following passage

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.400
 which confirms

00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:18.759
 that Jesus was conceived

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.500
 by Mary

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.519
 while she was a virgin

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:22.720
 by the miraculous work

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.420
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:25.000
 So Joseph,

00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:25.759
 though he was

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:27.559
 the legal father

00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:28.059
 of Jesus,

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:29.480
 the adoptive father,

00:31:29.639 --> 00:31:30.559
 he wasn't actually

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:32.559
 his biological father.

00:31:33.639 --> 00:31:35.500
 Jesus' only real father

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:36.919
 is God the father.

00:31:40.859 --> 00:31:42.480
 This has two very important

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:43.480
 theological implications.

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:44.079
 One,

00:31:44.419 --> 00:31:45.679
 the original sin

00:31:45.679 --> 00:31:46.879
 that entered the world

00:31:46.879 --> 00:31:47.960
 through Adam's sin

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.720
 and contaminated

00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:49.679
 all of humanity,

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:52.339
 as Romans 5.12 tells us,

00:31:52.399 --> 00:31:53.200
 is cut off

00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:54.759
 at this unique point

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:56.039
 at Jesus' birth.

00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:57.600
 Jesus is the first

00:31:57.600 --> 00:31:58.720
 and only human being

00:31:58.720 --> 00:31:59.900
 to be born without sin.

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:03.519
 1 John 3.5 tells us this,

00:32:03.580 --> 00:32:04.620
 you know that Jesus appeared

00:32:04.620 --> 00:32:06.080
 in order to take away sins

00:32:06.080 --> 00:32:07.240
 and in him

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:08.580
 there is no sin.

00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:10.340
 And this is because

00:32:10.340 --> 00:32:11.720
 he who knew no sin

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:13.580
 is the only person

00:32:13.580 --> 00:32:15.000
 who can bear the sins

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:16.740
 of his people

00:32:16.740 --> 00:32:17.620
 so that we might become

00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:18.680
 the righteousness of God.

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.940
 Jesus is the one man

00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:22.420
 who never deserved to die

00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:23.980
 because death is a consequence,

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:25.300
 a punishment for sin.

00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:27.400
 But Jesus died nonetheless

00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:28.759
 because he was dying

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:30.140
 in our place

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:31.500
 so that we might have

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:32.200
 eternal life.

00:32:33.800 --> 00:32:34.480
 That's the first

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:35.800
 important implication of this.

00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:36.680
 The second important

00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:37.980
 theological implication of this

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:40.100
 is that by being born of Mary,

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:42.420
 though Jesus was sinless,

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:43.500
 the blameless one,

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:45.720
 he carried all of the sin

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.920
 and shame and blame

00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:47.880
 of his people

00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:49.779
 upon himself on the cross.

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:52.539
 Jesus was fully God

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:53.259
 and fully man

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:54.639
 but he was a real human.

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:57.039
 He was born of a virgin

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:58.799
 and so there was a suspicion

00:32:58.799 --> 00:33:00.799
 of illegitimacy.

00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:03.240
 In John 8,

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:05.339
 the Jews falsely accused Jesus

00:33:05.339 --> 00:33:06.579
 of being a Samaritan,

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:08.799
 a Jew of mixed heritage,

00:33:08.940 --> 00:33:10.119
 mingled with Gentiles

00:33:10.119 --> 00:33:12.399
 and presumptuously

00:33:12.399 --> 00:33:13.599
 they say this to him

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:14.559
 in John 8, 41,

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:16.179
 we were not born

00:33:16.179 --> 00:33:17.500
 of sexual immorality.

00:33:18.379 --> 00:33:19.899
 We have one Father,

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.619
 even God.

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:23.759
 But Jesus carried

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:25.119
 all that baggage with him

00:33:25.119 --> 00:33:27.719
 to save us.

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.759
 He experienced

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.859
 all of our temptations.

00:33:31.719 --> 00:33:33.039
 He became one of us.

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:35.279
 He came to save broken people.

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:38.559
 And we can see this

00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:40.960
 in Jesus' checkered genealogy.

00:33:42.119 --> 00:33:43.359
 Some of these names

00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:44.440
 are not names

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:45.240
 you would like to see

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:46.000
 in your genealogy.

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.960
 Verse 7 tells us

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:50.259
 that one of Jesus' ancestors

00:33:50.259 --> 00:33:51.539
 was Rehoboam,

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:53.119
 the son of Solomon.

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:55.200
 It was Rehoboam

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:56.039
 whose folly

00:33:56.039 --> 00:33:57.639
 and unnecessary cruelty

00:33:57.639 --> 00:33:58.920
 split the kingdom

00:33:58.920 --> 00:34:00.039
 of Israel in half.

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:02.240
 It was Rehoboam,

00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:03.700
 according to 1 Kings 12.

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:05.720
 And according to 1 Kings 14,

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:07.059
 under Rehoboam's reign,

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:08.139
 Judah was led

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:09.900
 into all kinds of idolatry

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:11.400
 called prostitution

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:12.440
 and abominations.

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:14.260
 It was under his watch

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:15.619
 that Jerusalem was invaded

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.480
 by Shishak,

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:17.559
 the king of Egypt,

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.639
 and the treasures

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:19.980
 of the temple of God

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.800
 ransacked.

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:23.460
 Rehoboam had found

00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:24.679
 his way into the history books

00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:25.900
 for all the wrong reasons.

00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:30.179
 Abijah and Joram

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:31.240
 were no better kings.

00:34:32.199 --> 00:34:33.340
 Ahaz, who succeeded,

00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:34.600
 Joram, quote,

00:34:34.680 --> 00:34:36.200
 even burned his son

00:34:36.200 --> 00:34:36.960
 as an offering

00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:38.820
 according to the despicable

00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:40.079
 practices of the nation

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:41.539
 whom the Lord drove out

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:42.700
 before the people of Israel.

00:34:43.120 --> 00:34:44.300
 And he sacrificed

00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:45.140
 and made offerings

00:34:45.140 --> 00:34:45.960
 on the high places

00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.640
 and on the hills

00:34:46.640 --> 00:34:48.680
 and under every green tree.

00:34:49.140 --> 00:34:50.340
 This is 2 Kings 16,

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:50.980
 3-4.

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:53.960
 Manasseh was even worse.

00:34:55.220 --> 00:34:56.140
 Can you believe it?

00:34:56.180 --> 00:34:57.019
 It can get worse than that.

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.900
 Even though his father,

00:34:59.019 --> 00:34:59.579
 Hezekiah,

00:34:59.699 --> 00:35:00.739
 sought to reform Israel

00:35:00.739 --> 00:35:01.800
 and get rid of the idols,

00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:03.500
 Manasseh rebuilt

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:05.159
 those idols.

00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:07.980
 He desecrated the temple of God

00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:09.380
 by building pagan altars

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:10.420
 inside it.

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.659
 In fact, it says

00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:13.239
 in 2 Kings 21, verse 9,

00:35:13.300 --> 00:35:14.320
 that Manasseh led Judah

00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:16.360
 astray to do more evil

00:35:16.360 --> 00:35:17.980
 than the pagan nations

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:19.079
 that the Lord himself

00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:19.759
 had destroyed

00:35:19.759 --> 00:35:20.340
 and driven out

00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:21.059
 before Israel.

00:35:21.059 --> 00:35:24.299
 And Manasseh's son Amos,

00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:25.739
 more commonly known as Amon,

00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:26.599
 followed in the footsteps

00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:27.619
 of his wicked father.

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:29.039
 And of course,

00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:30.519
 the infamous Jeconiah

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:32.099
 under whose reign

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:34.820
 who continued

00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:35.920
 in the evil ways

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:37.119
 and under whose reign

00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:37.980
 Judah was conquered

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.980
 by Nebuchadnezzar

00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:40.719
 and sent into exile

00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:41.279
 in Babylon.

00:35:43.639 --> 00:35:44.840
 Jesus' ancestors.

00:35:47.299 --> 00:35:48.679
 In Genesis 38,

00:35:48.679 --> 00:35:51.259
 Judah sleeps with the woman

00:35:51.259 --> 00:35:51.839
 that he thinks

00:35:51.839 --> 00:35:52.679
 is a prostitute.

00:35:53.319 --> 00:35:54.859
 Another one of Jesus' ancestors.

00:35:55.779 --> 00:35:57.239
 He does this only to discover

00:35:57.239 --> 00:35:59.440
 that the woman

00:35:59.440 --> 00:35:59.879
 that he thought

00:35:59.879 --> 00:36:00.379
 was a prostitute

00:36:00.379 --> 00:36:01.419
 was actually Tamar,

00:36:02.279 --> 00:36:03.299
 his daughter-in-law.

00:36:06.799 --> 00:36:07.539
 Daughter-in-law

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:08.739
 who had disguised herself

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:10.039
 in order to get impregnated

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:10.519
 by him

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:12.659
 since Judah had unjustly

00:36:12.659 --> 00:36:14.039
 withheld his son

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.779
 from her

00:36:14.779 --> 00:36:16.940
 even though he owed her

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:17.960
 his son

00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:18.559
 in accordance with

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:19.079
 the principles

00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:20.099
 of levirate marriage.

00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:22.519
 And Perez,

00:36:22.699 --> 00:36:23.720
 Jesus' ancestor,

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.440
 was conceived

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:25.800
 by this illicit,

00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:27.559
 incestuous union

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:28.679
 according to verse 3.

00:36:30.720 --> 00:36:31.159
 Similarly,

00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:32.199
 verse 5 tells us

00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:33.480
 that King David's

00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:34.659
 great-great-grandfather

00:36:34.659 --> 00:36:35.079
 Salmon,

00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:35.920
 father Boaz,

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.900
 by Rahab,

00:36:38.240 --> 00:36:38.840
 Joshua 2,

00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:39.500
 1 tells us

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:39.980
 Rahab

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:41.199
 was a Canaanite

00:36:41.199 --> 00:36:42.400
 prostitute.

00:36:43.900 --> 00:36:44.960
 And verse 6

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:45.699
 is the kicker

00:36:45.699 --> 00:36:46.119
 of them all.

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:46.779
 It says David

00:36:46.779 --> 00:36:47.480
 was the father

00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:48.099
 of Solomon

00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:49.460
 by the wife

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:51.940
 of Uriah.

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:55.059
 Bathsheba

00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:55.719
 is not even

00:36:55.719 --> 00:36:56.400
 named here.

00:36:56.480 --> 00:36:56.799
 Instead,

00:36:57.059 --> 00:36:58.339
 to make his point

00:36:58.339 --> 00:36:59.500
 abundantly clear,

00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:01.599
 Matthew describes her

00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:02.500
 as the wife

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:03.599
 of Uriah.

00:37:04.299 --> 00:37:05.079
 David committed

00:37:05.079 --> 00:37:05.699
 adultery

00:37:05.699 --> 00:37:06.980
 with Bathsheba

00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:08.679
 and impregnated her

00:37:08.679 --> 00:37:09.940
 and then tried

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:10.839
 to cover it up

00:37:10.840 --> 00:37:12.720
 by making Uriah

00:37:12.720 --> 00:37:13.680
 sleep with her.

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:14.559
 And when that

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:15.200
 didn't work,

00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:15.820
 when Uriah

00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:16.920
 refused to do it,

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:19.380
 he had Uriah

00:37:19.380 --> 00:37:20.480
 killed in the battlefield

00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:21.120
 even though Uriah

00:37:21.120 --> 00:37:22.000
 was a prized

00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:22.700
 and valuable

00:37:22.700 --> 00:37:24.100
 and honorable man

00:37:24.100 --> 00:37:24.720
 and a warrior.

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:29.000
 And then he took her.

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:36.019
 to rub in the point

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.559
 that David

00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:37.239
 had sinned,

00:37:37.320 --> 00:37:38.000
 Matthew says,

00:37:38.900 --> 00:37:39.340
 Solomon,

00:37:39.699 --> 00:37:40.400
 he said David

00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:41.199
 the father of Solomon

00:37:41.199 --> 00:37:41.880
 by the wife

00:37:41.880 --> 00:37:43.159
 of Uriah.

00:37:44.219 --> 00:37:44.920
 David should have

00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:46.179
 never had Bathsheba.

00:37:46.679 --> 00:37:47.300
 And yet it is

00:37:47.300 --> 00:37:47.900
 through that

00:37:47.900 --> 00:37:49.000
 illicit union

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:50.239
 that Solomon,

00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:51.000
 one of Jesus'

00:37:51.219 --> 00:37:52.159
 royal predecessors,

00:37:52.659 --> 00:37:54.119
 is born.

00:37:54.119 --> 00:37:59.199
 I hope this is

00:37:59.199 --> 00:38:00.259
 a comfort to you all

00:38:00.259 --> 00:38:02.299
 because we're all

00:38:02.299 --> 00:38:02.659
 sinners

00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:04.819
 with a sordid history.

00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:08.039
 We all have

00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:09.119
 checkered lives.

00:38:11.179 --> 00:38:13.159
 And here is our Savior

00:38:13.159 --> 00:38:14.880
 with the checkered

00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:16.079
 genealogy.

00:38:17.819 --> 00:38:19.359
 There are prostitutes,

00:38:20.380 --> 00:38:21.239
 adulterers,

00:38:22.139 --> 00:38:22.880
 murderers,

00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:26.980
 in his genealogy

00:38:26.980 --> 00:38:28.160
 because Jesus

00:38:28.160 --> 00:38:29.440
 in himself

00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:30.760
 embraces

00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:32.579
 our sinful humanity

00:38:32.579 --> 00:38:35.320
 because he came

00:38:35.320 --> 00:38:36.920
 like a doctor

00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:37.740
 who goes to heal

00:38:37.740 --> 00:38:38.240
 the sick

00:38:38.240 --> 00:38:39.220
 and not the healthy.

00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:40.380
 He came

00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:41.380
 to save

00:38:41.380 --> 00:38:42.300
 sinners.

00:38:48.019 --> 00:38:49.480
 Are you a child

00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:50.260
 of adultery

00:38:50.260 --> 00:38:51.980
 or fornication

00:38:51.980 --> 00:38:53.659
 what besetting

00:38:53.659 --> 00:38:54.219
 sins

00:38:54.219 --> 00:38:54.820
 are part

00:38:54.820 --> 00:38:55.699
 of your life?

00:38:57.260 --> 00:38:58.360
 What guilt,

00:38:58.659 --> 00:38:59.320
 what burden,

00:38:59.880 --> 00:39:00.579
 what shame

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:01.460
 did you carry

00:39:01.460 --> 00:39:02.280
 with yourself

00:39:02.280 --> 00:39:03.559
 into this building

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:04.500
 this morning?

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:08.659
 What about yourself

00:39:08.659 --> 00:39:09.780
 would you be hesitant

00:39:09.780 --> 00:39:10.760
 to share

00:39:10.760 --> 00:39:11.559
 with those people

00:39:11.559 --> 00:39:12.400
 sitting next to you

00:39:12.400 --> 00:39:12.840
 right now?

00:39:14.760 --> 00:39:16.579
 Whoever you are

00:39:16.579 --> 00:39:18.380
 and whatever you have

00:39:18.380 --> 00:39:18.779
 done,

00:39:18.779 --> 00:39:20.500
 Jesus sees you

00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:21.460
 and Jesus

00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:22.719
 knows you

00:39:22.719 --> 00:39:23.819
 and Jesus

00:39:23.819 --> 00:39:25.519
 says in John 6,

00:39:25.619 --> 00:39:26.239
 37,

00:39:26.679 --> 00:39:28.319
 whoever comes to me,

00:39:28.619 --> 00:39:30.299
 I will never

00:39:30.299 --> 00:39:31.699
 cast out.

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:37.099
 This is the good news,

00:39:37.659 --> 00:39:39.159
 the gospel of Jesus Christ

00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:39.840
 that we proclaim

00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:41.539
 to all the world.

00:39:41.539 --> 00:39:44.000
 Jesus is the Christ.

00:39:44.779 --> 00:39:45.460
 He's the one

00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:46.719
 we've been waiting for.

00:39:52.599 --> 00:39:53.480
 20th century

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:54.739
 American theologian

00:39:54.739 --> 00:39:56.239
 Lorraine Boatner

00:39:56.239 --> 00:39:58.199
 makes an astute observation

00:39:58.199 --> 00:39:59.300
 when he says this

00:39:59.300 --> 00:40:00.079
 in one of his books.

00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:02.460
 Quote,

00:40:02.519 --> 00:40:03.599
 in all the history

00:40:03.599 --> 00:40:04.219
 of the world,

00:40:05.179 --> 00:40:05.980
 Jesus emerges

00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:07.300
 as the only

00:40:07.300 --> 00:40:08.820
 expected

00:40:08.820 --> 00:40:09.800
 person.

00:40:09.800 --> 00:40:12.440
 No one

00:40:12.440 --> 00:40:12.980
 was looking

00:40:12.980 --> 00:40:13.920
 for such a person

00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:14.800
 as Julius Caesar

00:40:14.800 --> 00:40:16.000
 or Napoleon

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:16.720
 or Washington

00:40:16.720 --> 00:40:17.340
 or Lincoln

00:40:17.340 --> 00:40:17.940
 to appear

00:40:17.940 --> 00:40:18.420
 at the time

00:40:18.420 --> 00:40:18.820
 and place

00:40:18.820 --> 00:40:19.700
 that they did appear.

00:40:20.740 --> 00:40:22.120
 No other person

00:40:22.120 --> 00:40:23.200
 has had his course

00:40:23.200 --> 00:40:24.060
 foretold

00:40:24.060 --> 00:40:24.960
 or his work

00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:25.920
 laid out for him

00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:26.900
 centuries before

00:40:26.900 --> 00:40:27.560
 he was born.

00:40:28.140 --> 00:40:28.760
 But the coming

00:40:28.760 --> 00:40:29.380
 of the Messiah

00:40:29.380 --> 00:40:30.160
 had been predicted

00:40:30.160 --> 00:40:30.940
 for centuries.

00:40:31.160 --> 00:40:31.600
 In fact,

00:40:31.880 --> 00:40:32.760
 the first promise

00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:33.360
 of his coming

00:40:33.360 --> 00:40:34.200
 was given to Adam

00:40:34.200 --> 00:40:34.560
 and Eve

00:40:34.560 --> 00:40:35.060
 soon after

00:40:35.060 --> 00:40:35.580
 their fault

00:40:35.580 --> 00:40:36.140
 into sin.

00:40:36.680 --> 00:40:37.800
 As time went on,

00:40:37.880 --> 00:40:38.720
 various details

00:40:38.720 --> 00:40:39.720
 concerning his person

00:40:39.719 --> 00:40:40.059
 and work

00:40:40.059 --> 00:40:40.559
 were revealed

00:40:40.559 --> 00:40:41.359
 through the prophets.

00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:42.799
 And at the time

00:40:42.799 --> 00:40:43.759
 Jesus was born,

00:40:43.859 --> 00:40:44.699
 there was a general

00:40:44.699 --> 00:40:45.419
 expectation

00:40:45.419 --> 00:40:46.599
 through the Jewish

00:40:46.599 --> 00:40:47.059
 world

00:40:47.059 --> 00:40:48.159
 that the Messiah

00:40:48.159 --> 00:40:49.599
 was soon to appear,

00:40:50.319 --> 00:40:51.199
 even the manner

00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:52.139
 of his birth,

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:53.439
 a virgin birth,

00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:54.779
 and the town

00:40:54.779 --> 00:40:55.379
 in which it would

00:40:55.379 --> 00:40:55.819
 occur,

00:40:56.059 --> 00:40:56.619
 Bethlehem,

00:40:57.279 --> 00:40:58.000
 having been

00:40:58.000 --> 00:40:59.359
 clearly indicated.

00:41:01.119 --> 00:41:02.619
 Jesus is the only

00:41:02.619 --> 00:41:04.559
 expected person

00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:05.779
 in human history.

00:41:06.899 --> 00:41:07.699
 Isn't that remarkable?

00:41:07.699 --> 00:41:10.460
 because he's the

00:41:10.460 --> 00:41:11.359
 promised Christ.

00:41:12.679 --> 00:41:14.099
 He's the only person

00:41:14.099 --> 00:41:16.279
 that humanity

00:41:16.279 --> 00:41:17.659
 had been waiting for,

00:41:17.719 --> 00:41:19.099
 that sinful people

00:41:19.099 --> 00:41:19.879
 have been waiting for.

00:41:19.919 --> 00:41:20.559
 He's the only

00:41:20.559 --> 00:41:22.159
 promised person

00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:23.339
 that actually

00:41:23.339 --> 00:41:24.379
 came

00:41:24.379 --> 00:41:25.779
 and delivered

00:41:25.779 --> 00:41:26.659
 on that promise.

00:41:26.659 --> 00:41:30.319
 And so with the

00:41:30.319 --> 00:41:30.980
 symmetry of

00:41:30.980 --> 00:41:31.879
 three generations

00:41:31.879 --> 00:41:32.539
 of 14,

00:41:32.659 --> 00:41:33.319
 Matthew conveys

00:41:33.319 --> 00:41:33.980
 the sense of

00:41:33.980 --> 00:41:34.559
 balance and

00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:35.039
 perfection

00:41:35.039 --> 00:41:36.039
 that the long

00:41:36.039 --> 00:41:36.859
 awaited Messiah

00:41:36.859 --> 00:41:37.739
 came at the

00:41:37.739 --> 00:41:38.659
 fullness of time,

00:41:38.839 --> 00:41:39.759
 at the perfect

00:41:39.759 --> 00:41:40.799
 opportune moment

00:41:40.799 --> 00:41:41.839
 to restore the

00:41:41.839 --> 00:41:42.639
 kingdom of God.

00:41:43.359 --> 00:41:44.359
 And because the

00:41:44.359 --> 00:41:45.159
 Christ has already

00:41:45.159 --> 00:41:45.679
 come,

00:41:46.179 --> 00:41:46.980
 there's no need

00:41:46.980 --> 00:41:47.500
 for another

00:41:47.500 --> 00:41:48.859
 Savior or Messiah.

00:41:48.860 --> 00:41:52.300
 are you waiting

00:41:52.300 --> 00:41:52.800
 for another

00:41:52.800 --> 00:41:53.340
 Christ?

00:41:56.920 --> 00:41:57.740
 Who do you

00:41:57.740 --> 00:41:58.260
 wait for?

00:41:58.640 --> 00:41:59.539
 Or what do you

00:41:59.539 --> 00:42:00.260
 long for to

00:42:00.260 --> 00:42:01.099
 fulfill you,

00:42:01.980 --> 00:42:03.880
 to satisfy you,

00:42:04.400 --> 00:42:05.539
 to save you?

00:42:08.620 --> 00:42:09.620
 A spouse?

00:42:13.120 --> 00:42:14.079
 A charismatic

00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:14.760
 politician

00:42:14.760 --> 00:42:16.559
 to come and

00:42:16.559 --> 00:42:17.180
 take charge,

00:42:17.519 --> 00:42:18.160
 accomplish all

00:42:18.159 --> 00:42:18.619
 your agenda?

00:42:21.819 --> 00:42:22.539
 A great

00:42:22.539 --> 00:42:23.299
 Christian leader

00:42:23.299 --> 00:42:23.940
 to bring about

00:42:23.940 --> 00:42:24.399
 the third

00:42:24.399 --> 00:42:25.099
 great awakening

00:42:25.099 --> 00:42:25.619
 or another

00:42:25.619 --> 00:42:26.279
 reformation?

00:42:28.920 --> 00:42:29.839
 There is no

00:42:29.839 --> 00:42:30.599
 other Messiah.

00:42:33.339 --> 00:42:34.099
 And we are

00:42:34.099 --> 00:42:34.779
 not the Messiah

00:42:34.779 --> 00:42:35.039
 either.

00:42:36.719 --> 00:42:37.460
 The world

00:42:37.460 --> 00:42:38.239
 does not need

00:42:38.239 --> 00:42:38.859
 more of you.

00:42:40.179 --> 00:42:40.920
 The world

00:42:40.920 --> 00:42:42.099
 does not need

00:42:42.099 --> 00:42:42.719
 more of me.

00:42:44.099 --> 00:42:44.739
 The world

00:42:44.739 --> 00:42:45.319
 does not need

00:42:45.319 --> 00:42:46.059
 more of anyone.

00:42:46.319 --> 00:42:46.920
 It needs more

00:42:46.920 --> 00:42:47.940
 of Jesus.

00:42:48.159 --> 00:42:49.639
 because he is

00:42:49.639 --> 00:42:50.119
 the only

00:42:50.119 --> 00:42:51.319
 Christ.

00:42:52.819 --> 00:42:53.359
 Christ

00:42:53.359 --> 00:42:53.960
 was come.

00:42:55.059 --> 00:42:55.359
 Christ

00:42:55.359 --> 00:42:56.099
 will come

00:42:56.099 --> 00:42:56.399
 again.

00:42:57.839 --> 00:42:58.579
 Let's pray.

00:43:02.460 --> 00:43:03.319
 Lord Jesus,

00:43:03.480 --> 00:43:04.199
 we thank you.

00:43:07.159 --> 00:43:08.319
 We thank you

00:43:08.319 --> 00:43:09.259
 that you came.

00:43:12.039 --> 00:43:12.579
 Lord,

00:43:12.699 --> 00:43:12.960
 what

00:43:12.960 --> 00:43:14.039
 would you have

00:43:14.039 --> 00:43:15.000
 done without you?

00:43:15.000 --> 00:43:16.000
 you?

00:43:16.000 --> 00:43:16.239
 Lord,

00:43:16.239 --> 00:43:19.300
 we would

00:43:19.300 --> 00:43:19.679
 still be

00:43:19.679 --> 00:43:20.840
 lost in sin,

00:43:22.199 --> 00:43:23.420
 slaves to

00:43:23.420 --> 00:43:23.800
 death.

00:43:27.800 --> 00:43:28.559
 We would

00:43:28.559 --> 00:43:29.539
 be hopelessly

00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:31.739
 in futility

00:43:31.739 --> 00:43:32.679
 trying to save

00:43:32.679 --> 00:43:33.219
 ourselves,

00:43:34.219 --> 00:43:37.880
 but utterly

00:43:37.880 --> 00:43:38.739
 unable to do

00:43:38.739 --> 00:43:38.960
 so.

00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:40.659
 Lord,

00:43:40.659 --> 00:43:40.920
 what would

00:43:40.920 --> 00:43:42.119
 we have

00:43:42.119 --> 00:43:42.500
 done without

00:43:42.500 --> 00:43:42.780
 you?

00:43:45.019 --> 00:43:45.780
 Lord Jesus,

00:43:45.940 --> 00:43:46.300
 thank you

00:43:46.300 --> 00:43:46.740
 for coming.

00:43:49.699 --> 00:43:50.480
 Heavenly Father,

00:43:50.599 --> 00:43:50.880
 thank you

00:43:50.880 --> 00:43:51.360
 for sending

00:43:51.360 --> 00:43:51.659
 him.

00:43:56.659 --> 00:43:59.900
 Help us to be

00:43:59.900 --> 00:44:00.519
 a people who

00:44:00.519 --> 00:44:01.119
 live in light

00:44:01.119 --> 00:44:01.639
 of his coming

00:44:01.639 --> 00:44:05.159
 and who

00:44:05.159 --> 00:44:06.059
 wait expectantly

00:44:06.059 --> 00:44:06.559
 for his

00:44:06.559 --> 00:44:07.159
 second coming.

00:44:09.920 --> 00:44:10.639
 In Jesus'

00:44:10.819 --> 00:44:11.319
 name we pray.

00:44:12.119 --> 00:44:12.500
 Amen.

00:44:12.500 --> 00:44:12.599
 Amen.