tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post2519123609510964638..comments2023-08-27T06:33:12.637-05:00Comments on The Bible in a Year - and Beyond!: Tuesday May 21 2013Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12045517118866436340noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post-80547604482649266272013-05-22T10:01:20.820-05:002013-05-22T10:01:20.820-05:00I actually love it when it's my turn to post a...I actually love it when it's my turn to post and I get one of the "boring" ones - because I just know that's where I'm going to learn something new. ALL scripture is God-breathed and useful, and that is never proven more true than in cases like this!<br /><br />I really appreciated some of Mark Driscoll's points about this passage in his sermon as well.<br /><br />He pointed out the differences between the 4 gospels. Mark doesn't have a genealogy because he's writing to the Romans and they didn't really care about your pedigree.<br /><br />John's gospel is written to the Greeks and he deals with Greek philosophy and specifically expands on the fact that Jesus was the Word of God.<br /><br />Matthew's gospel is written to the Jews and they were concerned with both the Davidic line and the Abrahamic line, as well as Jesus' legal right through inheritance in His earthly father's line. <br /><br />Luke's gospel is written primarily to Gentiles, and his genealogy is to demonstrate how Jesus is both man and God with the genealogy going all the way back to Adam, and in fact, God. Also, to show that Jesus had, not only the legal right to the throne through Joseph, but also the blood line to the throne through His only human parent, Mary.<br /><br />Driscoll also points out that the genealogy moves through David, Abraham, Noah and Adam which reveals some neat things.<br /><br />The Davidic covenant was God's promise that there would be a King from David's line that would reign forever - fulfilled partially at Jesus' coming to earth, and to be fulfilled fully at His Second Coming.<br /><br />The Abrahamic covenant was God's promise that the Messiah would come from Abraham's seed and would bless the world - again fulfilled in Jesus.<br /><br />Then the Noahic covenant. One point Driscoll makes I just love....<br /><i>And “Noah walked with God” by the grace of God. So the grace comes first. Because, see, the story is often told: Everybody was bad except for Noah, so God loved him. No, everybody was bad, God loved Noah and changed him, and kept working on him. So Noah, we read in Peter, was a preacher of righteousness for perhaps a hundred years or more. No one repented. Noah and his sons built a huge ark. It was the mode by which they were to be saved. It was a type of Christ; Jesus is our ark.</i><br />Everybody was bad, including Noah, including every single person who has ever lived. But God loved Noah, God chose Noah, God redeemed Noah. Awesome.<br /><br />And Luke goes back to Adam - the original son of God. He was perfect originally. But he fell at the first temptation. Jesus is the better Adam. Jesus was born perfect, without a sin nature like the rest of us due to His virgin conception and the fact that He is God. Jesus is the true Son of God. Fully God. Fully man.<br /><br />Driscoll had one more point that I loved. Yes, genealogies are sometimes just a boring list of names. But there's going to be a list of names that won't be boring at all. The list of names written in the Lamb's Book of Life that will be read - your name and the names of your loved ones that have trusted Christ as their Saviour, those who have been adopted into the family line of God through the grace of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. <b>I can't wait for that list of names to be read! </b>Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12045517118866436340noreply@blogger.com