My Mother's Ancestry

Meditations based on readings from

The Story of My Life As Told by Jesus Christ

July 30, 2019

My Mother's Ancestry

Page 36-38

Luke 3:23b-38

When Luke recounts Jesus’ genealogy, he differs from Matthew in three ways. First, he includes the list of ancestors without any comment. Secondly, he does not mention the five women in Matthew’s list. The third difference is that while Matthew traced Jesus’ ancestors back to Abraham, Luke’s genealogy goes back to Adam. Interestingly, in the Gospel of Luke, Jesus is referred to as the Son of God five times, and here in the ancestry of Jesus, Luke refers to Adam as the son of God. The Apostle Paul also made this connection when he wrote, “The Scriptures tell us, “The first man, Adam, became a living person.” But the last Adam—that is, Christ—is a life-giving Spirit” (1 Corinthians 15:45).

My Takeaway: I believe the inclusion of Adam in Jesus’ ancestry is for the revelation that the Messiah is coming for the entire human race, not just Israel. It wasn’t just Israel that needed saving; we too stand in need of a Savior.

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

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