Who is this King?
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Who is this King?
Who is this King?
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Genealogies are often overlooked and sometimes not even read. We see them and just skip right past them thinking they are not important. However, genealogies are important, especially when we consider Matthew’s intended audience. Matthew is writing to a Jewish audience so makes many references to the Old Testament to show that Jesus is the one the Old Testament spoke of. He does this many times in this Gospel. Picking up from last week were we looked at the longer narrative of Jesus coming in Jerusalem for passover, or what we call Holy Week. Whereas Mark and Luke take three chapters to give this account. Matthew takes five chapters to give us this story. Another example is the Sermon on the Mount. For three chapters Jesus teaches them the Old Testament Law in relation to the Good news. So, Matthew is directing his attention to an audience that is more familiar with Old Testament Scripture.
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1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram, 4 and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, 5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, 7 and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph, 8 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 10 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos, and Amos the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon. 12 And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, 13 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, 15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ. 17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
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Who is this King?
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We are all familiar with the Palm Sunday story....
This is what is called the triumphal entry or the beginning of Holy Week. Like we looked at last week, this week isn’t as joyous and happy as we typically think. It seems as though they praise Jesus as king and immediately Jesus begins bringing curses and judgments upon Israel and the scribes and Pharisees. As we looked at last week, Jesus is ushering in a new kingdom here. On this Sunday we stop and reflect on this joyous moment though. This moment is what we focus on. So why not a Palm Sunday text? More specifically, why a genealogy of all texts?
I’m sure we have this a similar story preached nearly every year so why not mix things up.
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Judah and Tamar - Judah’s oldest son was Er. Er married Tamar. Er was killed because of his wickedness and Onan did not want to have her Children. So, Tamar, veiled herself so no one could see her face and slept with Judah, her father-in-law. This was an incestual, fornicating relationship.
Rahab - The harlot who lived in Jericho. She was not an Israelite.
Ruth - Ruth was from Moab. She was not an Israelite.
Bathsheba - The Mother of Solomon as a result of David’s affair. She was considered David’s downfall.
Ahaz and Manasseh - Two of the most wicked Kings to have ruled.
Jeconiah
30 Thus says the Lord: “Write this man down as childless, a man who shall not succeed in his days, for none of his offspring shall succeed in sitting on the throne of David and ruling again in Judah.”
1 “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” declares the Lord. 2 Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for my people: “You have scattered my flock and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for your evil deeds, declares the Lord. 3 Then I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply. 4 I will set shepherds over them who will care for them, and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be missing, declares the Lord. 5 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The Lord is our righteousness.’ 7 “Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when they shall no longer say, ‘As the Lord lives who brought up the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt,’
In Jesus’ genealogy we see Jews, gentiles, faithful, unfaithful, good, wicked, men, women, pure, and prostitute.
Who is this King?
Who is this King?
We see in the very first verse the son of David, the Son of Abraham...
We see him this radical inclusion as he is king of all...
We don’t just see him as king, he is God.
The headship of Adam...
The virgin birth
Jesus is this king
On the night that he was arrested they asked if he was Jesus and he said I am...
3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth. 4 The days of Adam after he fathered Seth were 800 years; and he had other sons and daughters. 5 Thus all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he died. 6 When Seth had lived 105 years, he fathered Enosh. 7 Seth lived after he fathered Enosh 807 years and had other sons and daughters. 8 Thus all the days of Seth were 912 years, and he died. 9 When Enosh had lived 90 years, he fathered Kenan. 10 Enosh lived after he fathered Kenan 815 years and had other sons and daughters. 11 Thus all the days of Enosh were 905 years, and he died. 12 When Kenan had lived 70 years, he fathered Mahalalel. 13 Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalalel 840 years and had other sons and daughters. 14 Thus all the days of Kenan were 910 years, and he died. 15 When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he fathered Jared. 16 Mahalalel lived after he fathered Jared 830 years and had other sons and daughters. 17 Thus all the days of Mahalalel were 895 years, and he died. 18 When Jared had lived 162 years, he fathered Enoch. 19 Jared lived after he fathered Enoch 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 20 Thus all the days of Jared were 962 years, and he died. 21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he fathered Methuselah. 22 Enoch walked with God after he fathered Methuselah 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 23 Thus all the days of Enoch were 365 years. 24 Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him. 25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he fathered Lamech. 26 Methuselah lived after he fathered Lamech 782 years and had other sons and daughters. 27 Thus all the days of Methuselah were 969 years, and he died. 28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he fathered a son 29 and called his name Noah, saying, “Out of the ground that the Lord has cursed, this one shall bring us relief from our work and from the painful toil of our hands.” 30 Lamech lived after he fathered Noah 595 years and had other sons and daughters. 31 Thus all the days of Lamech were 777 years, and he died. 32 After Noah was 500 years old, Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Adam means “man”Seth means “appointed”Enosh means “mortal, frail, miserable” from root anash “to be incurable”Kenan means “sorrow, dirge”Mahalalel means “blessed God” from “mahalal” for “blessed” and “el” for “God”Jared means “shall come down”Enoch means “commencement, teaching”Methusaleh means “his death shall bring” from “muth” for “death”; “shalach” for “bring or send forth”Lamech means “despairing” (similar our word lament or lamentation)Noah means “comfort or rest”