Matthew 1:12 And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, 15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
In our western culture, beginning with a genealogy seems... boring! Why would Matthew do that? We see from the beginning of his Gospel that he is very interested in the Jewish perspective. It WAS important where this Jesus came from. Skipping the stones across history we go from Abraham to David, to Jeconiah to Jesus. Something should be expected from this Son of Abraham, Son of David. Matthew goes on to tell us what that is: He was also the son of God, born through His Holy Spirit. That's where He came from.
No comments:
Post a Comment