Hello, I'm Tim Gray, and I want to welcome you to join me and Dr. Michael Barber for our Bible

study on the Gospel of Matthew. Last week, we started with the first episode, which you could find,

and always go back and watch on the form platform. And today we're going to start off at the end of Chapter 1 of Matthew,

where Joseph and Mary and the angel comes to Joseph and tells Joseph in a dream not to worry to take Mary as a wife.

And, of course, we're going to get a very important title for Jesus that will be very important for Matthew's gospel.

Last time, we talked about the genealogy of Jesus.

And Matthew gives us this great story of Jesus' genealogy being rooted in the story of Israel, going back

all the way through David to Abraham. And we saw that this whole story is a kind of a new

genesis, a new beginning for Israel and for the world. And that's one of the things we love about

this gospel is that it is about a new genesis in jesus

now i want to dive in because there's so much to cover i want to dive into uh kind of catch us up

the speeds so far we are we left off with joseph and of course the angel comes to jose

and says don't worry about taking mary you're betrothed, because she's conceived by the Holy Spirit.

And so, you know, that's pretty big news for Joseph.

And then the angel says, you know, Joseph's son of David.

So Joseph is the lineage of David.

That'll be important in the story.

And then we're told that this is all done to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah.

In Isaiah chapter 7 verse 14, behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son.

And you shall name, and you shall call his name Emmanuel.

Now that name is very important for Matthew.

He gives it as an important title here.

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