Matthew 1:1 An account of the genealogy* of Jesus the Messiah,* the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Matthew begins his gospel, his story of the life and ministry of Jesus, with a genealogy. I won't type in the whole list of who was whose father and who had which wife and bore which sons and daughters. Feel free to open up to Matthew yourself if you want to create Jesus' family tree.
But here's what I find fascinating: Jesus didn't just come from nowhere. Jesus didn't plop down into the world unconnected to our human story. Jesus was one of us. And this means he was connected to us. Jesus was connected intimately to the human story, and to the story of God's people Israel with all their faithfulness and their doubts. Jesus was a part of that line. Jesus' heritage line traces back to Abraham... the one who laughed at God about the birth of a son. Jesus' heritage line traces back to David, a great and faithful king who sometimes did not-so-great things.
Jesus came into human history as part of human history. Not separate. Not above. Not disconnected. But intimately connected. God chose to enter the world intimately connected to our joys and our hurts. Thanks be to God!
In Christ,
Pastor Seth
Join us tonight (Wednesday) for our Blue Christmas service at 7 pm, especially designed for those who have lost someone they love in the past year. Then on Friday (Christmas Eve) we will worship at 3, 5, and 11 with pre-service music one-half hour before each service time. More details at http://www.allsaintspalatine.org
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