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Th_ G_n_[logy Of Christ

by David Padfield

As

the

Jew

s qu

estio

ned

the

Dei

ty o

f Chr

ist,

Jesu

s sa

id, "

You

sea

rch

the

Scr

iptu

res,

for

in th

em y

ou th

ink

you

have

ete

rnal

life

; and

thes

e ar

e th

ey w

hich

test

ify o

f Me"

(J

ohn

5:39

). M

any

Old

Tes

tam

ent p

rom

ises

find

thei

r fu

lfillm

ent i

n th

e ge

neal

ogy

of C

hris

t (M

atth

ew 1

:1-1

7; L

uke

3:23

-38)

. Let

us

notic

e a

few

of t

he g

reat

trut

hs w

e ca

n fin

d in

th

e ge

neal

ogy

of o

ur L

ord.

1.

It p

rove

s C

hris

t is

the

fulfi

llmen

t of G

od's

pro

mis

e to

A

brah

am. T

hrou

gh th

e fle

shly

see

d of

Abr

aham

, all

natio

ns o

f th

e ea

rth

wer

e go

ing

to b

e bl

esse

d (G

enes

is 1

2:1-

3; c

f. G

alat

ians

3:1

5-29

).

The

Mes

siah

was

not

just

to b

e a

desc

enda

nt o

f A

brah

am, b

ut w

ould

als

o be

a d

esce

ndan

t of I

saac

(G

enes

is

21:1

2), J

acob

(G

enes

is 2

8:13

,14)

, Jud

ah (

Gen

esis

49:

10),

Je

sse

(Isa

iah

11:1

,10)

, and

Dav

id (

2 S

amue

l 7:1

2-16

).

Mat

thew

sta

rts

off h

is r

ecor

d by

giv

ing

us "

the

gene

alog

y of

Jes

us C

hris

t, th

e S

on o

f Dav

id, t

he S

on o

f A

brah

am"

(Mat

thew

1:1

).

2. It

pro

ves

Chr

ist's

rig

ht to

sit

on th

e th

rone

of D

avid

. Ja

cob

said

, "T

he s

cept

er s

hall

not d

epar

t fro

m J

udah

, nor

a

law

give

r fr

om b

etw

een

his

feet

, unt

il S

hilo

h co

mes

" (G

enes

is

49:1

0). S

hilo

h, "

the

brin

ger

of p

eace

," is

non

e ot

her

than

Je

sus.

The

ang

el G

abrie

l tol

d M

ary

"the

Lor

d G

od w

ill g

ive

Him

the

thro

ne o

f His

fath

er D

avid

" (L

uke

1:32

). In

the

first

go

spel

ser

mon

pre

ache

d in

the

nam

e of

our

ris

en L

ord,

Pet

er

refe

rred

to D

avid

and

sai

d, "

bein

g a

prop

het,

and

know

ing

that

God

had

sw

orn

with

an

oath

to h

im th

at o

f the

frui

t of h

is

body

, acc

ordi

ng to

the

flesh

, He

wou

ld r

aise

up

the

Chr

ist t

o si

t on

his

thro

ne"

(Act

s 2:

30).

C

hris

t has

bee

n ra

ised

from

the

grav

e an

d no

w s

its o

n th

e th

rone

of H

is F

athe

r (R

evel

atio

n 3:

21).

3.

It p

rove

s C

hris

t's th

rone

wou

ld n

ot b

e on

this

ear

th.

Whe

n G

od p

rono

unce

d a

curs

e up

on J

econ

iah

(als

o kn

own

as C

onia

h), H

e sa

id "

none

of h

is d

esce

ndan

ts s

hall

pros

per,

si

tting

on

the

thro

ne o

f Dav

id, a

nd r

ulin

g an

ymor

e in

Jud

ah"

(Jer

emia

h 22

:30)

. Sin

ce C

hris

t is

a de

scen

dant

of J

econ

iah

(Mat

thew

1:1

2), H

e ca

nnot

rul

e in

the

land

of J

udah

. The

th

rone

of C

hris

t is

in h

eave

n (H

ebre

ws

8:1)

. Chr

ist i

s al

so a

pr

iest

on

His

thro

ne (

Zec

haria

h 6:

13; H

ebre

ws

7:17

).

4. It

sho

ws

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f the

Gen

tiles

. In

Mat

thew

1:

5 w

e re

ad, "

Sal

mon

beg

ot B

oaz

by R

ahab

, Boa

z be

got

Obe

d by

Rut

h."

Rah

ab h

ad b

een

a he

athe

n pr

ostit

ute

in

Jeri

cho

(Jos

hua

2:1)

. Rut

h w

as a

hea

then

wom

an fr

om

the

land

of M

oab;

she

bec

ame

an a

nces

tor

of K

ing

Dav

id a

nd

Jesu

s. 5.

It p

rove

s th

ere

can

neve

r be

ano

ther

Mes

siah

. At

the

dest

ruct

ion

of J

erus

alem

, the

Ro

man

arm

y de

stro

yed

all

of th

e bi

rth

reco

rds

of th

e Je

wis

h pe

ople

. Sin

ce th

e ge

neal

ogy

of th

e M

essi

ah w

ould

be

need

ed to

pro

ve H

is r

ight

to

sit

on th

e th

rone

of D

avid

, the

re c

an n

ever

be

anot

her

Mes

siah

. S

imeo

n w

as a

just

man

who

"w

aite

d fo

r th

e C

onso

latio

n of

Isra

el"

(Luk

e 2:

25).

"It

had

been

rev

eale

d to

hi

m b

y th

e H

oly

Spi

rit th

at h

e w

ould

not

see

dea

th b

efor

e he

ha

d se

en th

e Lo

rd's

Chr

ist"

(Lu

ke 2

:26)

. Whe

n M

ary

and

Jose

ph b

roug

ht o

ur L

ord

into

the

tem

ple

afte

r H

is b

irth

, S

imeo

n pi

cked

up

Jesu

s an

d sa

id, "

Lord

, now

You

are

letti

ng

You

r se

rvan

t dep

art i

n pe

ace,

acc

ordi

ng to

You

r w

ord;

for

my

eyes

hav

e se

en Y

our

salv

atio

n w

hich

You

hav

e pr

epar

ed

befo

re th

e fa

ce o

f all

peop

les,

a li

ght t

o br

ing

reve

latio

n to

the

Gen

tiles

, and

the

glor

y of

You

r pe

ople

Isra

el"

(Luk

e 2:

29-3

2).

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