Living Waters Wednesday Teaching C. Holoman-9 Christmas-3 November 12, 2008

Quick Review #1 Dating the birth of Jesus. #2 Zechariah-John. Luke 1:5-23 #3 Genealogy. Mat 1:1-17 Note: The NT is understood on the basis of the OT.

#1 Dating the birth of Jesus. Elizabeth conceived near summer solstice. Mary conceived near winter solstice at approximately the Feast of Dedication. John the Baptist was born near Passover. Jesus near born near Atonement-Booths. The wise men visit Jesus at Bethlehem near Feast of Dedication 15 months after His birth. King Herod kills all the Bethlehem children under 2 years old Matthew 2:16.

#2 Zechariah-John. Luke 1:5-23 The obscure Temple ritual. John and Elijah. John’s prophetic classic ministry of repentance to prepare the way. The apocalyptic Malachi 4:4-6.

November 12, 2008 #3 Genealogy. Mat 1:1-17 ref sermon 12/10/00

Begats KJV Matthew 1:2 Abraham Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;

Matthew 1:1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. 2 Abraham begat Isaac.. genealogy = genesis to come into existence. begat = generate, parent of, how it began.

( Genesis in Matthew) 12:2 And I will make of you (Abraham) a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and him who curses you I will curse; and by you (priesthood) all the families of the earth shall bless themselves."

Priesthood Malachi 2:5 My covenant with him was a covenant of life and peace, and I gave them to him, that he might fear; and he feared me, he stood in awe of my name. 6 True instruction was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity. 7 For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.

So the begats begin with a man, Abraham, whose significance rests with a priestly covenant and his faithfulness to that covenant.

Romans 4:16.. that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants.. to those who share the faith of Abraham, for he is the father of us all, 17 as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations"

Galatians 3:14 that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Even the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is included in the blessing of Abraham

2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob (Israel), and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, 3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar (a Canaanite gentile) Story in Genesis 38

Genesis 49:10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples. Messiah=Lion of Judah

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 (a Canaanite gentile harlot) Story in Joshua 2.

and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, (a Moabite gentile) Story in book of 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, (Bathsheba) Story in 2 Samuel 11-12

The kings of Judah (good and bad) David was the father of Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Abijah, Asa, Jehoshaphat, Joram, Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, Manasseh, Amos, Josiah, Jechoniah, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

And after the deportation to Babylon: Shealtiel, Zerubbabel, Abiud, Eliakim, Azor, Zadok, Achim, Eliud, Eleazar, Matthan, and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

Galatians 3:7 So you see that it is men of faith who are the sons of Abraham. Christians, by being sons of Abraham, enter into the very structure of this genelogy/begats/toledots It is our heritage identity. ‘Folks Like Us’

Great expectations of Abraham. Apparent fulfillment of David. All seemingly lost in the deportation. True goal is in Jesus.

Generations of ‘folks like us’ who live within the promises and covenants and fail to live up to and within their privileges.

Remember Matthew 1: 2-16 next time someone asks you, ‘can God work with a person like me, or with a nation that elects presidents like we have? ‘Folks like us.’

Where we come from matters! We are products of two histories, one natural and one supernatural. In re-birth, we are grafted into another heritage, another history.

Romans 11:17.. You (gentiles), a wild olive shoot, were grafted in their (Hebrews) place to share the richness of the olive tree (heritage of Abraham), 18 do not boast over the branches. If you do boast, remember it is not you that support the root, but the root that supports you. 19 You will say, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in." 20 That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast only through faith. So do not become proud, but stand in awe.

What you start lives on in others. What God starts in His family lives on in the membership of that family who faiths the covenants and promises, even when generations are skipped through unbelief (unfaithfulness).

God has pre-ordained purpose.

Isaiah 42:6 "I am the LORD, I have called you in righteousness, I have taken you by the hand and kept you; I have given you as. a covenant to the people, a light to the nations, 7 to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness

Message on a telephone answering machine.

“This is not an answering machine, it is a questioning machine. Who are you and what do you want?” Most people go through their entire life without answering either question.”

Genealogy and Identity Just who are you? What are you apart of? Who are your people? Who are they really? From who are you born? What are you here for? What is your destiny identity?

Isaiah 8:18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are signs (direction signals) and portents (wonders) in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion. (a covenant of light)

“The Bible too is like a questioning machine. Who are you and what do you want? Most people go through their entire life without answering either question.”

But the Bible is also like an answering machine, answering its questions. 2 Corinthians 1:20 For all the promises of God find their Yes in Him (Jesus). That is why we utter the Amen through Him, to the glory of God. Makes no sense if we do not know the promises.

There is only one way to join this family, and that is to marry (be grafted) in as a bride. In this sense to marry is to change families, to enter-graft into another heritage and identity.

Marrying is different from dating, and different from believing (acknowledging a reality), it is joining to belong to one another where life is mutually shared and He, not you, is Lord.

Genesis 2:24 Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever (folks like us) believes (marries-grafts) in Him should not perish but have eternal life. It is exceedingly important that we minister, hold and live the Hebrew concept of faith-marriage as opposed to the Greek concept of belief-consent.

Ephesians 2:12 remember that you (gentiles) were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near in the blood (life) of Christ. Merry Christmas

“The Bible is not just an answering machine, it is a questioning machine. Who are you and what do you want? The Bible is also like an answering machine, answering its own questions. Either way it required our hearkening !

After a moment of silence, the machine continues…

Please leave your response after the tone…

Planned End Nov 12, 2008