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Home/Biblical and Theological/The Beautiful Genealogy of Luke 3

The Beautiful Genealogy of Luke 3

Read the whole chapter to set the stage.

Written by George Sayour | Tuesday, January 11, 2022

You hear of how Jesus, comes from the line of David and Jesse and Boaz (remember the Ruth story) and Judah and Jacob and Isaac and Abraham back in time to Noah, and back further all the way to Adam, and then you hear that Last verse, and it hits you!

 

Have you ever read over or skipped the genealogies in the Scriptures?  It’s easy to do. I just read Luke 3 this morning (as part of the Reading Plan I developed for 2022), and it ends with the Genealogy of Christ…and for some reason I was captivated, and I got excited as I started hearing the names…then I got to the last verse, and I was so touched (even though I knew it was coming).  Do you know what I’m talking about? If not, don’t cheat by going there now. Read on.

I think the fact that I read the Whole Chapter, and didn’t just read the Genealogy helped me to get into the story.

I heard about John the Baptist, and I was transported into the time, and his calling Israel to repentance after such a dry spiritual dry spell in the land.  And then came the expectation of the people regarding this wild man in the wilderness.—“Is He the one?!”

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