MATTHEW 1:1-1

Matthew Chapter 1 [1] The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. [2] Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; Vs1 Notice the first name and the last name (Rev. 22:21) in the New Testament is Jesus, proving that Jesus Christ is the subject and content of the New Testament. The Bible is a book of life, and this life is a living person, the wonderful and all-inclusive Christ. The Old Testament gives a portrait, in types and prophesies of this wonderful person as the Coming One. Now, in the New Testament, this wonderful person has come. The first page of the New Testament, in recommending this wonderful person to us, give us His genealogy. This genealogy can be considered an abstract to the Old Testament, which in itself is the detailed genealogy of Christ. To understand the genealogy in Matthew we need to trace the origin and history of every incident. Christ, as the wonderful center of the entire Bible, is all-inclusive, having many aspects. The New Testament as its beginning presents four biographies to portray the four main aspects of this all-inclusive Christ. The gospel of Matthew testifies that He is the King, the Christ of God prophesied in the Old Testament who brings the kingdom of the heavens to the earth. The Gospel of Mark tells us that He is the Servant of God, laboring for God faithfully. Mark's account is simple, for a servant does not warrant a detailed record. The Gospel of Luke presents a full picture of Him as the only proper and normal man who ever lived on this earth; as such a man He is the Savior of mankind. The Gospel of John unveils Him as the Son of God, the very God Himself, who is life to God's people. Among the fours Gospel, Matthew and Luke have recorded His genalogy: Mark and John do not. [More tomorrow]