Day 1~Starting the New Testament!!!
Day 1~ Matthew 1-3 Welcome to reading the NT with me!!!! Let's get started! As I read today's genealogy of Jesus in Matthew, I am reminded of what I just read yesterday in Revelation. The last words of Jesus in Revelation were, "I am the Root and the Off-spring of David, and the bright Morning Star." (Rev 22:16) We learn of the "Root" title in Isaiah 11:10 "In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his place of rest will be glorious." And now today we read Matthew giving a detailed list of who Jesus came from to prove his lineage from Abraham to Jesse to David to Joseph. The "star" title was given to Israel's future Deliver in Numbers 24:17, "A star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel." (Matthew, by going all the way back to Jacob, is showing his readers that prophesy was fulfilled initially with David and ultimately with Jes