Teaching | A Genealogy, Really? | Gospel of Matthew
Practicing the Way with John Mark Comer
Practicing the Way
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🗓️ 31 March 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
"This genealogy isn't just a genealogy. It's an invitation to join the story of Jesus."
John Mark explores the genealogy of Jesus found in Matthew and uncovers for us the hidden treasures of meaning found in this often-overlooked section.
Key Scripture Passages: Matthew 1v1-17, Matthew 13v51-52
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the John Mark Comer Teachings Podcast by practicing the way. |
| 0:05.0 | This teaching was originally given at Bridgetown Church in Portland, Oregon |
| 0:10.0 | as a part of the Gospel of Matthew series. This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham. |
| 0:30.0 | Or in Greek, the original language, Biblos, Genesios, |
| 0:35.0 | Isu Christu, Huyu, Dalweid, heh, |
| 0:38.0 | huu, Abraum. |
| 0:40.7 | Notice, those first two words, you're like like that's all Greek to me. |
| 0:44.5 | Well those first two words are actually pretty familiar. |
| 0:48.5 | Biblos is where we get the word Bible. In Greek it means book and then Geneses is a word here translated |
| 0:58.2 | genealogy but actually that's not the regular Greek word for genealogy you know that word because it's come |
| 1:03.8 | straight into English as the word Genesis. So more literally that first phrase |
| 1:09.4 | Biblos Genesios is Book of Genesis. In fact, two heavyweight scholars in the Gospel of Matthew, |
| 1:16.7 | Davies and Allison, translated the Book of the New Genesis wrought by Jesus Christ. Now Now if you were a first century follower Jewish |
| 1:25.9 | follower of Jesus and you're sitting in church one Sunday and somebody started to |
| 1:30.7 | read up front this brilliant new literary masterpiece that's called |
| 1:34.9 | the Gospel of Matthew, right from the opening line, all the red lights on your dashboard would |
| 1:40.3 | start to go off. |
| 1:41.6 | Because this phrase, Biblozlos Genesios was used in a Greek |
| 1:45.1 | translation of the Bible that was popular the odds are that's what you would have |
| 1:48.8 | read around the time of Jesus and it was used for the book of Genesis. The odds are that you would lean |
| 1:55.1 | over to your Gentile brother or sister in church and say hey this is so good. |
| 1:59.6 | Matthew is saying that this story you're about to read is about the recreation of the whole world. |
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