Mt 1:1-17 Jesus' Genealogy

 

Matthew 1:1-17

Genealogy of Jesus

 

 



Why did Jesus' genealogy be recorded in the Bible?
Why does the New Testament begin with the genealogy of Jesus?

The New Testament begins with the genealogy of Jesus.

It is easy to think of the genealogy of Jesus as a simple list of names, but Jesus' genealogy is an important document confirming that Jesus is the promised Christ in the Bible.

Jesus came as a descendant of Abraham, but not the son of man, but the son of God, born of the seed of the Spirit of God. (Psalm 2: 7, Luke 1:35)

• The genealogy of Jesus

First, 14 generations from Abraham to David

Second, from David to Jeconiahs (until this was done in Babylon) 

Third, after died in Babylon, there are fourteen generations up to Jesus.

Matthew 1: 1 ~ The reason that the genealogy of Jesus started from Abraham was because of 'the promise of God' and because God made a covenant with Abraham in Genesis 17: 4-5, 19.

Excerpts from the book "The Acts of Jesus Christ"

by the Chairman of the Shincheonji.