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1 This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of

David, the son of Abraham: 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,4 Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, Matthew 1:1-4

5 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,

Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse, 6 and Jesse the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife, 7 Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa,

8 Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father

• f Jehoram, Jehoram the father of Uzziah, Matthew 1:5-8

9 Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz,

Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, 10 Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah, 11 and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.12 After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, Matthew 1:9-12

13 Zerubbabel the father of Abihud, Abihud the father of

Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, 14 Azor the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Akim, Akim the father of Elihud,15 Elihud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, 16 and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah. Matthew 1:13-16

17 Thus there were fourteen generations in all from

Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah. Matthew 1:17

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the

• beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without

him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. John 1:1-4

So the Word became human and made his home among us. John 1:14

Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme

• ver all creation, 16 for through him God created

everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see —such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15,16

For He (Christ) is the complete fullness

• f deity living in human form.

Colossians 2:9

For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6

The Genealogy proves: God Keeps His Promises

1 This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of

David, the son of Abraham… Matthew 1:1

Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4

“As well might a gnat seek to drink in the

• cean, as a finite creature to comprehend the

Eternal God. A God whom we could understand would be no God. If we could grasp him he could not be infinite: if we could understand him, then were he not divine."

The Lord is righteous in all his ways and faithful in all his works. Psalm 145:17

But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman. Galatians 4:4

The Genealogy proves: All People Are Equally Lost and Equally Loved

Verse 3, “Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar …” Verse 5, “Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth …”

Verse 6, “David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife …” Verse 16 and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.

Verse 3, “Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar …”

Verse 5, “Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth …”

Verse 6, “David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife …”

The only way you get a name that will last is through Jesus!

In Christ, our priorities are different from the world’s.

The Genealogy proves: Christmas isn’t a story but a historical fact

J.R.R. Tolkien and friend True reenactment of his famous riverwalk discourse

Tolkien essentially said, “Jesus is not one more story pointing to this underlying reality. Jesus Christ is that ultimate reality to which all the stories point.”

C.S. LEWIS

"Hark! the Herald Angels Sing"

Veiled in flesh the Godhead see;
 Hail th’incarnate Deity,
 Pleased as man with man to dwell,
 Jesus, our Emmanuel.