Magnifying the Sovereignty of our God
Feb 17, 2019 • John Avery
The Old Testament tells the story that Jesus completes.
Important and encouraging observations about the genealogy:
•God sovereignly orchestrated lives and events to usher in the birth of the Messiah
•His opening verse sums up the whole story: Jesus, who is the Messiah, was the son of David and the son of Abraham. These two names then become the key markers for the three main sections of his story.
•In his long list of fathers, Matthew includes just four mothers, all in Matthew 1: 3-6: Tamar, Rahab, Ruth and Bathsheba.
•What do we learn about Jesus from the genealogy?
•The story of the Bible is about the gospel