Another Christmas Story--New Light Daily Advent Devotional

Now that we know the story according to the Gospel of Luke, before we get too far, let's hear the story from the Gospel of Matthew. Typically this is the boring part, the lineage of Jesus. The part that tells who his great, great, great, great grandfather was. Luckily we have a little song to listen to that makes it much more entertaining.

As you read the passage make sure you pay attention to the few women who are mentioned. I think they are pretty much the most important part of Jesus' lineage. If you are ambitious you can check out their stories too.

Matthew 1:1-17 - the beginning

The family tree of Jesus Christ,
David's son,
Abraham's son:
Abraham had Isaac,
Isaac had Jacob,
Jacob had Judah and his brothers,
Judah had Perez and Zerah (the mother was Tamar),
Perez had Hezron,
Hezron had Aram,
Aram had Amminadab,
Amminadab had Nahshon,
Nahshon had Salmon,
Salmon had Boaz (his mother was Rahab),
Boaz had Obed (Ruth was the mother),
Obed had Jesse,
Jesse had David,
and David became king.
David had Solomon (Uriah's wife was the mother),
Solomon had Rehoboam,
Rehoboam had Abijah,
Abijah had Asa,
Asa had Jehoshaphat,
Jehoshaphat had Joram,
Joram had Uzziah,
Uzziah had Jotham,
Jotham had Ahaz,
Ahaz had Hezekiah,
Hezekiah had Manasseh,
Manasseh had Amon,
Amon had Josiah,
Josiah had Jehoiachin and his brothers,
and then the people were taken into the Babylonian exile.

When the Babylonian exile ended,
Jehoiachin had Shealtiel,
Shealtiel had Zerubbabel,
Zerubbabel had Abiud,
Abiud had Eliakim,
Eliakim had Azor,
Azor had Zadok,
Zadok had Achim,
Achim had Eliud,
Eliud had Eleazar,
Eleazar had Matthan,
Matthan had Jacob,
Jacob had Joseph, Mary's husband, the Mary who gave birth to Jesus, the Jesus who was called Christ.

There were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, another fourteen from David to the Babylonian exile, and yet another fourteen from the Babylonian exile to Christ.

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Question to ponder:
Is where you have come from significant to who you are? Can God redeem your past to make a more hopeful future?