The genealogy of Jesus Christ! Lots of imperfection and normal people, then came Jesus, Emmanuel!

 

The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ,

the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Abraham became the father of Isaac,

Isaac the father of Jacob,

Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.

Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah,

whose mother was Tamar.

Perez became the father of Hezron,

Hezron the father of Ram,

Ram the father of Amminadab.

Amminadab became the father of Nahshon,

Nahshon the father of Salmon,

Salmon the father of Boaz,

whose mother was Rahab.

Boaz became the father of Obed,

whose mother was Ruth.

Obed became the father of Jesse,

Jesse the father of David the king.

David became the father of Solomon,

whose mother had been the wife of Uriah.

Solomon became the father of Rehoboam,

Rehoboam the father of Abijah,

Abijah the father of Asaph.

Asaph became the father of Jehoshaphat,

Jehoshaphat the father of Joram,

Joram the father of Uzziah.

Uzziah became the father of Jotham,

Jotham the father of Ahaz,

Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.

Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh,

Manasseh the father of Amos,

Amos the father of Josiah.

Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers

at the time of the Babylonian exile.

After the Babylonian exile,

Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel,

Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,

Zerubbabel the father of Abiud.

Abiud became the father of Eliakim,

Eliakim the father of Azor,

Azor the father of Zadok.

Zadok became the father of Achim,

Achim the father of Eliud,

Eliud the father of Eleazar.

Eleazar became the father of Matthan,

Matthan the father of Jacob,

Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary.

Of her was born Jesus who is called the Christ.

Thus the total number of generations

from Abraham to David

is fourteen generations;

from David to the Babylonian exile, fourteen generations;

from the Babylonian exile to the Christ,

fourteen generations.

Matthew 1:1-17

What a genealogy of Jesus Christ! With lots of imperfection and normal people, then came Jesus, Emmanuel! When we look through the lineage of the family of Jesus, we see a lot of normal and imperfect people and leaders. Jesus had a sinful family tree like all of us. We come too from the same types of people and lineages. One thing we all need to remember though is that Jesus although had Joseph as His Step Father, Jesus is from God, during this time of Christmas we are reminded of the angel coming to Mary and telling her about the Spirit overcoming her to give birth to a child, who she needs to name Jesus, He will be the Savior of the world, He is the King of the Universe. He will come again to rule the world! God gave us Jesus, He is Emmanuel, God with  us, we are called to follow Him! To reflect, forgive, imitate, and love like Him! When we do, with great faith, we are promised life eternal in Heaven with Jesus! What a blessing! I know my grandfather on my father side was Frank Jr. his father was Frank Sr. and His father was Jabez from England. I would be nice to know and go back so far like they did for Jesus here in the Bible. No matter our lineage, we need to remember that we are all children of God, He made all of us, He breathed His life into us, we are called to live with Spirit, to live like Jesus, Emmanuel, to follow, reflect, forgive, imitate, and love like Him! It does not matter as much where we are from now, rather where we are going! Are you going in the right direction, following Jesus so to enter into Heaven someday? God's grace is amazing!