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Text: Genesis 1:1-17
The generation of Jesus Christ is what Matthew will describe
- He will describe Jesus Christ’s works teachings and ministry.
- There has always been opposition to Jesus Christ. He will also describe the generation into which Jesus Christ was born.
- The word generation is used 13 times in a KJV in Matthew. Twelve times he’s describing the generation into which Jesus Christ comes. It’s wicked, adulterous, perverse, condemned, and a generation of vipers.
The generation of Jesus Christ is a divine legal document
- The genealogy of a king is of utmost importance. Is he the rightful heir?
- Matthew 1 is the legal record linking Jesus Christ to the throne of David.
- Why does that matter? Because God promised the heir would come from David to be the everlasting king in 2 Samuel 7:8-17.
The generation of Jesus Christ always included strangers
- 1:3 Thamar – Canaanite Genesis 38
- 1:5 Rachab – Amorite Joshua 6:25; Ruth 4:21
- 1:5 Ruth – Moabite Ruth 4:9-10
- 1:6 Bathsheba – Hittite 2 Samuel 12:10, 24
- 1:7 Naamah – Ammonite 1 Kings 14:21
The generation of Jesus Christ is a record of spiritual power
- The first birth in the genealogy is the miraculous birth of Isaac whose physical strength was too weak to bring about a birth.
- Of course, Jesus Christ would be born of a virgin by the power of God.
- Except ye be born again ye shall not enter the Kingdom of God.
The generation of Jesus Christ is a heritage without death
- Compare Matthew 1 to Genesis 5 – Adam’s line contains death.
- Genesis 5 …and he died…
- There is a “begetting” but no death
The generation of Jesus Christ is the fulness of time
- 14 generations + 14 generations + 14 generations explain cycles of generational history. I don’t fully understand all that or what exactly the cycles are. But 42 generations divided into three parts get you from Abraham to Jesus Christ.
- Galatians 4:4 …fulness of time…
