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Matthew. Jesus: Authenticated and Unique. Matthew 1. v.1 “A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham:” Must we? Why genealogies? King Messiah had to come via a certain family

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  1. Matthew • Jesus: Authenticated and Unique

  2. Matthew 1 v.1 “A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham:” • Must we? • Why genealogies? • King Messiah had to come via a certain family • Aside from legal issues, there is important authenticating value here

  3. Matthew 1 • Author: Matthew the tax collector • Early extra-biblical historical sources • Also fits the content

  4. Matthew 1 • Why believe the Bible? • Is the Bible only one scripture among many? Or is it like no other? • How could we ever know whether this book was inspired by God? • God’s chosen method of self-authentication: Isaiah 42:8,9

  5. Matthew 1 Isaiah 42:8,9 “I am the Lord; that is my name! I will not give my glory to another or my praise to idols. See, the former things have taken place, and new things I declare; before they spring into being I announce them to you.” • Why believe the Bible? • Is the Bible only one scripture among many? Or is it like no other? • How could we ever know whether this book was inspired by God? • God’s chosen method of self-authentication: Isaiah 42:8,9

  6. Matthew 1 Isaiah 44:6-8 This is what the Lord says—Israel’s King and Redeemer, the Lord Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God. Who then is like me? Let him proclaim it. Let him declare… what is yet to come—yes, let him foretell what will come. • Why believe the Bible? • Is the Bible only one scripture among many? Or is it like no other? • How could we ever know whether this book was inspired by God? • God’s chosen method of self-authentication: Isaiah 42:8,9

  7. Matthew 1 Isaiah 44:6-8 Do not tremble, do not be afraid. Did I not proclaim this and foretell it long ago? You are my witnesses. Is there any God besides me? No, there is no other Rock; I know not one. • Why believe the Bible? • Is the Bible only one scripture among many? Or is it like no other? • How could we ever know whether this book was inspired by God? • God’s chosen method of self-authentication: Isaiah 42:8,9

  8. Matthew 1 Isaiah 45:20-22Ignorant are those who carry about idols of wood, who pray to gods that cannot save. Declare what is to be, present it—let them take counsel together. • Why believe the Bible? • Is the Bible only one scripture among many? Or is it like no other? • How could we ever know whether this book was inspired by God? • God’s chosen method of self-authentication: Isaiah 42:8,9

  9. Matthew 1 Isaiah 45:20-22Ignorant are those who carry about idols of wood, who pray to gods that cannot save. Declare what is to be, present it—let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago, who declared it from the distant past? Was it not I, the Lord? • Why believe the Bible? • Is the Bible only one scripture among many? Or is it like no other? • How could we ever know whether this book was inspired by God? • God’s chosen method of self-authentication: Isaiah 42:8,9

  10. Matthew 1 Isaiah 45:20-22Ignorant are those who carry about idols of wood, who pray to gods that cannot save. Declare what is to be, present it—let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago, who declared it from the distant past? Was it not I, the Lord? And there is no God apart from me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none but me. Turn to me and be rescued, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. • Why believe the Bible? • Is the Bible only one scripture among many? Or is it like no other? • How could we ever know whether this book was inspired by God? • God’s chosen method of self-authentication: Isaiah 42:8,9

  11. Matthew 1 • If God could record detailed predictions of the future, even hundreds of year distant, that would prove such a text is supernatural • A written text…

  12. Matthew 1 • Yeah, but couldn’t these predictions be coincidence? • Couldn’t Jesus deliberately fake the fulfillment of predictions he already knew? • Tonight, one case out of more than a hundred: The genealogy of Christ

  13. Matthew 1 Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,

  14. Matthew 1 Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,

  15. Humanity

  16. Humanity Abraham Gen. 18:18

  17. Humanity Abraham’s Family Abraham Gen. 18:18

  18. Humanity Isaac Gen. 21:12 Abraham’s Family Abraham Gen. 18:18

  19. Isaac Gen. 21:12 Abraham’s Family

  20. Isaac Gen. 21:12 Abraham’s Family Jacob Gen28:13,14

  21. Isaac Gen. 21:12 Abraham’s Family Jacob Gen28:13,14 Judah Gen.49:10

  22. Isaac Gen. 21:12 Abraham’s Family Tribe of Judah Jacob Gen28:13,14 Judah Gen.49:10

  23. Isaac Gen. 21:12 Abraham’s Family Tribe of Judah Jacob Gen28:13,14 David Is. 9:6 Judah Gen.49:10

  24. Matthew 1:1-17 v.6 David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife, Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa,

  25. Matthew 1:1-17 v.6 David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife, Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa,

  26. Matthew 1:1-17 Matthew 1:8-13 Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram, Jehoram the father of Uzziah, Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah, and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.

  27. Tribe of Judah David Is. 9:6 David’s Family Solomon 2Sam.7:12

  28. Tribe of Judah David Is. 9:6 Amon David’s Family Ahaz Solomon 2Sam.7:12 Hezekiah

  29. Tribe of Judah David Is. 9:6 Amon David’s Family Ahaz Solomon 2Sam.7:12 Hezekiah Josiah

  30. Tribe of Judah David Is. 9:6 Amon David’s Family Ahaz Jeconiah Solomon 2Sam.7:12 Hezekiah Josiah

  31. David Is. 9:6 Amon Ahaz Jeconiah David’s Family Solomon 2Sam. 7:12 Hezekiah Josiah

  32. Matthew 1 After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Akim, Akim the father of Eliud, Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

  33. Matthew 1 After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Akim, Akim the father of Eliud, Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. Hebrew = Zedekiah

  34. Matthew 1 After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Akim, Akim the father of Eliud, Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. Hebrew = Coniah

  35. Amon Ahaz Jeconiah David’s Family Jeconiah Joseph Jesus David Is. 9:6 Solomon 2Sam. 7:12 Hezekiah Josiah

  36. Amon Ahaz Jeconiah David’s Family Jeconiah Joseph Jesus David Is. 9:6 Solomon 2Sam. 7:12 Hezekiah Josiah Jeremiah 22:28

  37. Is this man Jeconiah a despised, shattered jar? Or is he an undesirable vessel? Why have he and his descendants been hurled out And cast into a land that they had not known? O land, land, land, Thus says the Lord, “Write this man down childless, A man who will not prosper in his days; For no man of his descendants will prosper Sitting on the throne of David Or ruling again in Judah.” Amon Ahaz Jeconiah David’s Family Jeconiah Joseph Jesus David Is. 9:6 Solomon 2Sam. 7:12 Hezekiah Josiah Jeremiah 22:28

  38. Amon Ahaz Jeconiah David’s Family Jeconiah Joseph Jesus David Is. 9:6 Solomon 2Sam. 7:12 Hezekiah Josiah Jeremiah 22:28

  39. Matthew 1 • Boy, we’ve got a problem here! • No descendant of Jeconiah can be a king, but yet King Messiah is a descendant of Jeconiah!

  40. Matthew 1 After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Akim, Akim the father of Eliud, Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

  41. Matthew 1 • The picture gets worse! • Luke 3:23-38 Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melki, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos

  42. Matthew 1 • The picture gets worse! • Luke 3:23-38 Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melki, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos Jacob

  43. Matthew 1 • The picture gets worse! • Luke 3:23-38 Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melki, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos Jacob

  44. Matthew 1 • The picture gets worse! • Luke 3:23-38 Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melki, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos Matthan Jacob

  45. Matthew 1 After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Akim, Akim the father of Eliud, Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

  46. Matthew 1 • The picture gets worse! • Luke 3:23-38 Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melki, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos Matthan Jacob Eliezar

  47. Matthew 1 the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, the son of Melki, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,

  48. Matthew 1 the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David…

  49. Matthew 1 • The Bible’s authors don’t even agree with each other! • Why is Luke completely different than Matthew?

  50. Matthew 1 Luke 3:23 Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli,

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