GENEALOGY

We enjoy reading the generations of the Bible from both the Old and New Testaments. Both Matthew and Luke have a record of the genealogy of Christ. Matthew proves that he is the King, God. Whereas Luke does not mention the title Christ. If I have your attention, good now I want to show you that Christ was not a pure Jew.

My grandfather was an Italian born and bred, with his wife he came to the U.S. during the Ellis Island days. His children born here in the states are also Italian, and then one of his daughters saw a man and fell in love. The rest is a small part of history, but stopped that pure blood line.

If we go back to the genealogy of Adam we see that no woman is recorded, but in the genealogy of Christ there are five women named.

We have five women married, remarried, prostitute, incest, adultery and lets not forget Gentiles, and we also have the pure.

Tamar committed incest. She was the daughter-in-law of Judah and gave birth to Pharez and Zarah. [Genesis 38:6-30]

Rehab was a prostitute in Jericho. She was also a Canaanites, a Gentile of low case.

Ruth came from incest as she belonged to the tribe of Moab, the result of Lot's incestuous union with his daughters. Gentile and low case.

Bathsheba wife of a heathen, she remarried as a result of murder and adultery.

Mary a chaste virgin, a descendant of the chosen race.

Both Mary and Joseph can be traced back in the blood line of David.

What is important to us here is that Jesus came not only from the Jews but from the Gentiles. He is a God for the Jews as well as for the Gentiles, even in His bloodline.

God Bless Indeed

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