The New Testament begins with 4 books called "The Gospels".
They are the account of JESUS' life on earth,
as told by 4 different men.
This year, on 2020 for JESUS,
we have already looked at 2 of those books -
Luke and John.
Let's plan to finish out the year 2020 with
the other two gospel books - Matthew and Mark.
Today, we begin with Matthew.
Matthew 1
"The book of the
genealogy of JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF DAVID, THE SON OF ABRAHAM.
2 Abraham was the
father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father
of Judah and his brothers,
3 and Judah
the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and
Hezron the father of Ram,
4 and Ram the
father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the
father of Salmon,
5 and Salmon the
father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the
father of Jesse,
6 and Jesse
the father of David the king.
And David was the father of Solomon by the
wife of Uriah,
7 and Solomon
the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the
father of Asaph,
8 and Asaph the
father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the
father of Uzziah,
9 and Uzziah the
father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of
Hezekiah,
10 and Hezekiah the
father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos, and Amos the father of
Josiah,
11 and Josiah
the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation
to Babylon.
12 And after the
deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel,[d] and Shealtiel
the father of Zerubbabel,
13 and Zerubbabel
the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of
Azor,
14 and Azor the
father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud,
15 and Eliud the
father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of
Jacob,
16 and Jacob the
father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is
called Christ.
17 So all the
generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to
the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to
Babylon to THE
CHRIST fourteen generations.
18 Now the birth
of JESUS CHRIST
took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to
Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from THE
HOLY SPIRIT.
19 And her husband
Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to
divorce her quietly.
20 But as he
considered these things, behold, an angel of THE LORD appeared to him in a dream,
saying,
“Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your
wife, for that which is conceived in her is from THE HOLY SPIRIT.
21 She will bear A SON, and you
shall call HIS name JESUS, for
HE will save HIS people from their sins.’
22 All this took
place to fulfill what THE LORD had spoken by the prophet:
23 ‘Behold, the
virgin shall conceive and bear A SON,
and they shall
call HIS name IMMANUEL
(which means, GOD WITH US).
24 When Joseph woke
from sleep, he did as the angel of THE LORD commanded him: he took his wife,
25 but knew her not
until she had given birth to A SON. And he called HIS name JESUS.”
