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How to Follow the God Man Matthew 1
This is the list of the ancestors of Jesus Christ, a descendant of David, who was a descendant of Abraham. From Abraham to King David, the following ancestors are listed: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah and his brothers; then Perez and Zerah (their mother was Tamar), Hezron, Ram, Amminadab, Nahshon, Salmon, Boaz (his mother was Rahab), Obed (his mother was Ruth), Jesse, and King David.
From David to the time when the people of Israel were taken into exile in Babylon, the following ancestors are listed: David, Solomon (his mother was the woman who had been Uriah's wife), Rehoboam, Abijah, Asa, Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh, Amon, Josiah, and Jehoiachin and his brothers.
From the time after the exile in Babylon to the birth of Jesus, the following ancestors are listed: Jehoiachin, Shealtiel, Zerubbabel, Abiud, Eliakim, Azor, Zadok, Achim, Eliud, Eleazar, Matthan, Jacob, and Joseph, who married Mary, the mother of Jesus, who was called the Messiah.
So then, there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, and fourteen from David to the exile in Babylon, and fourteen from then to the birth of the Messiah. This was how the birth of Jesus Christ took place. His mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they were married, she found out that she was going to have a baby by the Holy Spirit.
Joseph was a man who always did what was right, but he did not want to disgrace Mary publicly; so he made plans to break the engagement privately. While he was thinking about this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, descendant of David, do not be afraid to take Mary to be your wife. For it is by the Holy Spirit that she has conceived. She will have a son, and you will name him Jesus---because he will save his people from their sins."
Now all this happened in order to make come true what the Lord had said through the prophet, "A virgin will become pregnant and have a son, and he will be called Immanuel" (which means, "God is with us"). So when Joseph woke up, he married Mary, as the angel of the Lord had told him to. But he had no sexual relations with her before she gave birth to her son. And Joseph named him Jesus. (Mat 1:1-25 GNB)
1. Understanding hisHUMANheredity (Mat_1:1-17): The Son ofMAN a. Genealogies areIMPORTANT When He began His ministry, Jesus Himself was about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph, the son of Eli, (Luk 3:23 NASB) b. This Genealogy proves Jesus is a realHISTORICperson
c. This genealogy also illustrates God’s wonderfulGRACE Tamar (Mat_1:3) Genesis 38:1-30 Rahab Joshua 2 Ruth (Mat_1:5) Ruth 1:1-19 Bathsheba “the wife of Uriah” (Mat_1:6) 2 Samuel 11
2. Understanding hisDIVINEheredity (Mat_1:18-25) -The Son ofGOD a. Understanding theVIRGIN Birth Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called the Messiah. (Mat 1:16 NASB) Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. (Mat 1:18 NASB)
2. Understanding hisDIVINEheredity (Mat_1:18-25) -The Son ofGOD a. Understanding theVIRGIN Birth (CONT.) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (Joh 1:1 NASB) And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. (Joh 1:14 NASB)
b. Understanding OTPROPHECY “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise him on the heel." (Gen 3:15 NASB) "In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice." (Gen 22:18 NASB)
b. Understanding OTPROPHECY (CONT) "The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes, and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples. (Gen 49:10 NASB) "When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom. "He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. (2Sa 7:12-13 NASB)
c. Understanding Jewish MARRIAGE Deuteronomy 22:13-21 d. Understanding the NAME of Gods’ Son "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel. (Isa 7:14 NASB) "Then it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass through, it will reach even to the neck; and the spread of its wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel. (Isa 8:8 NASB)