The Life of Christ
The Genealogy of Christ (Part 6 of 6)
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Rev. Mark Perkins, Pastor
Denver Bible Church
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The Geneaology, Continued
Jehoshaphat
This man, a king, was a winner. He sought the Lord with all his
heart, and he made his nation a good place. When his nation was
threatened, he turned the entire nation to God.
Read 2 Chron. 20.
Jehosaphat was benevolent and wise, and both his foreign and
domestic policies were effective. He lived out his life peacefully,
satisfied because of his great relationship with God.
Joram
Not much is known about this man, other than his father.
Uzziah
Uzziah was another great man, who followed the Lord for most
of his life. He grew to have a great relationship with God under
the ministry of the prophet Zechariah.
He had a great career as king, but he became proud, and in his
pride he overstepped the bounds of his authority and tried to
perform a priestly function. For that sin, God gave him leprosy,
and he remained a leper until the day of his death.
Jotham
Jotham was also a great king, and he turned out to be great even
than his father, for he did not become arrogant because of his
success.
He died a contented man, confident before God of his eternal
future.
The people were not completely responsive to his leadership,
but Judah still became much stronger through him.
Ahaz
This man was a loser. He refused to depend on God - refused to
believe in Him. He was instead an idolater, and as king he did
many evil things.
He allied Judah with Assyria, and paid tribute to Tiglath-Pileser
their king, even sending him the Temple treasures.
When he died, no one missed him, and the people did not think
him worthy to be buried with the other kings of Israel.
Hezekiah
Hezekiah was a good and Godly king, who from his relationship
with God desired to repair the damage that his father had done.
The Assyrian menace was great during this time, and he did everything
he could to strengthen his own nation so that they might withstand
the enemy.
The first priority was spiritual and moral.
After that he saw to it that the economy and the army were greatly
improved.
The Northern kingdom of Israel went out under the fifth cycle
of discipline during his reign, and their destruction together
with the Sunday school ministry of Isaiah served to bring the
southern kingdom under the Divine standards once again.
Under his rule a great building program took place.
Hezekiah became deathly ill, and it looked like the end was near.
However, he had no heir at the time, and of course the line of
Christ was through him. He prayed for his own life, and trusted
in God, and God extended his life for another 15 years. It was
during that time that he fathered a son, Manasseh.
Manasseh
Manasseh ruled for fifty five years. His was the longest rule
of any of the kings of Judah. He was an extremely evil man, who
hated God and his Word.
The prophets prophesied against him, but he only persecuted them
all the more.
Because he was so evil, God sent the Assyrians against him, who
captured him and carted him off to Babylon.
This Divine discipline worked, because Manasseh repented, and
removed all the idols and idolatrous altars that he could.
Though he had been very evil, he died in peace, knowing the forgiveness
of his savior.
Amon
Unfortunately, Amon imitated all of the evil of his own father,
and failed to repent. He died the victim of a conspiracy, and
his eight year old son took the throne in his place.
Josiah
When Josiah had reigned for 12 years he began a great purge of
all the idol worship in the land. A few years later, he oversaw
the cleansing and repairing of the Temple. While the priests
were doing this, they discovered the book of the Law, and drew
great conviction from it.
However, it was too late for the southern kingdom, and the wrath
of God was already unleashed.
Josiah died in peace before the destruction of the nation, and
did not have to witness the terrible invasion of the Babylonians.
Jehoiakim
Jehoiakim was an evil, idolatrous man who ruled as king during
the destruction of the nation of Judah.
He is not mentioned - Matthew skips over him because of his evil
and the terrible destruction that occured during his reign
His son Jeconiah, or Jehoiachin is mentioned by Matthew.
Mary's Line, the Biological Line of Christ (Luke).
Nathan
Nathan was a son of David and Bathsheba. He is the quiet son,
for nothing much is said about him in Scripture. Even so, he
was a link in the biological line of Christ.
Mattathia
Nothing much is known about this man.
Menna, Melea, Eliakim, Jonam, Joseph, Judah, Simeon, Levi, Matthat, Jorim, Eliezer, Joshua, Er, Elmadam, Cosam, Addi, Melchi, Neri
Nothing is said about any of these men in the Bible.
Shealtiel
This is where a crossover point occurs. Both genealogies stop
here. This is where the nation went into exile. Shealtiel was
not the true son of Jeconiah, but instead, the line of David
continued in this man because Jeconiah failed to produce an heir.
This is why Matthew's genealogy claims Jeconiah as this man's
father.
Zerubbabel
He is the head of Israel at the time of the return from exile.
Zerubabel is the result of the marriage between Pedaiah and the
wife of Shealtiel. Shealtiel died without leaving an heir, and
so it was his brother's responsibility to step in for him.
1 Chron. 3:19 identifies Pedaiah as the true father, while Shealtiel
was only his wife's first husband. The line continued.
According to the book of Ezra, this man was a key figure in the
rebuilding of the Temple He was a good man who did much for the
worship of the true God of Israel.
Rhesa, Joanan, Joda, Josech, Semein, Mattathias, MaathNaggai, Hesli, Nahum, Amos, Mattathias, Joseph, Jannai, Melchi, Levi, Matthat
The biological line of Christ continued in these men. Nothing
else is known of them.
Eli
Father of Mary.
Mary
From the Exile to Joseph Joseph's Line, the Legal Line of Christ, as Expounded in Matthew
Shealtiel, Zerubbabel, Abiud, Eliakim, Azor, Zadok, Achim, Eliud, Eleazar, Matthan, Jacob
Joseph, the husband of Mary and stepfather of Christ
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