Matthew 1–2: On The Virgin Mary, a Hail Mary, and Casper the Friendly Ghost (A Special Christmas Episode)

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 21 December 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Bible Talk celebrates Christmas!

In Matthew 1–2, the Gospel writer regularly appeals to the Old Testament to show that what’s happening in the present is a fulfillment of past prophecies. But when you begin to scrutinize the texts in their original context, it’s not at clear that they point forward to the Messiah.

This raises a few questions: How does the Old Testament predict Jesus’ birth? More broadly, how do the New Testament writers understand Old Testament prophecy? Do they twist the text to make it say something the original authors never intended? More broadly, is there more than one kind of promise-and-fulfillment?

In this special Christmas episode of Bible Talk, Alex chats with Jim and Sam about Matthew 1–2 in order to find answers to these questions. Spoiler alert: they’re fascinating!

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0:00.0	You have four women that are mentioned in the genealogy.
0:11.0	Tamar, Rehab, Ruth, and then the wife of Uriah, which of course we know is Bathsheba.
0:17.0	But the reason you have Bathsheba mentioned as the wife of Uriah is because each of
0:22.7	these women is being highlighted for the fact that they are Gentiles or in the case of Bathsheba,
0:27.7	the wife of a Gentile. And so even though this seat of Abraham and this seed of David is coming
0:33.9	to be the king of Israel, he's going to be a king who's going to rule over the Gentiles, too.
0:46.1	All right, welcome to this special bonus Christmas episode of Bible Talk.
0:54.3	I was going to bring jingle bells and I forgot.
0:56.2	Okay, that's fine, that's fine.
0:57.6	A podcast brought to you by Nine Marks.
0:59.5	Nine Marks exists to equip church leaders with the biblical vision and practical resources
1:03.5	for building healthy churches for more.
1:05.8	You can visit Nine Marks.org.
1:07.8	My name is Alex Duke, and with me are my two friends.
1:10.7	Sam Amati and Jim Hamilton. Alex, can I say something before we start? Sure.org. My name is Alex Duke and with me are my two friends. Sam Amati and Jim Hamilton.
1:12.4	Alex, can I say something before we start? Sure. Jim and I get a lot of really nice emails from
1:17.5	people who like this podcast, but I just want to tell our listeners who the real star of this show is.
1:21.7	Amen. And the real star of this show is Alberto Hawkes, who edits the show and is the office manager for Nine Marks.
1:28.6	And, you know, Jim and I get a lot of the praise and a lot of the attention.
1:32.0	What about Alex? Alex gets a lot of praise and a lot of attention.
1:35.4	One man did like my wrestling.
1:37.3	But the real star of this show, if you profit from this show, the person you should send a thank you email to is Alberto at Nine Marks.
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