Matthew Ch. 1-4. Very interesting read. I’m not going to break the whole thing down but ask you a few questions to get your mind rolling as you read this. Think or meditate on any that catch you mind.
First off consider this Joseph and Mary weren’t even married. Mary gets pregnant. What would you be thinking if you were Joseph? Odds are the same thing which is why he had in mind to divorce her quietly. Keep in mind that Mary was probably 14-16 years of age ish. Joseph just a hand full of years older then that.
What did the town of Bethlehem think of Jesus’s birth? God has just entered the world in the most fragile human state, an infant. Interesting.
Jesus being tempted in the desert. 40 day fast. What do you think of the commentary between Satan and Jesus? Look at the questions asked and the progression of Satan’s temptations. From this the strong pull is that Satan “believes in Jesus” and Satan knows scripture.
This is a sweet 4 chapters which will set up the Sermon on the Mount. Get geared up because this will be Cornerstone’s new teachings for the next few weeks.
Keep asking tough questions of the text with the state of mind to learn more. Onward and upward!
Thursday, February 21, 2008
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Oh that big list of names...
We just learned in 1 Timothy 1 earlier this week that the reliable men should "...not devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies." And it can be dumb, for sure. But I think there could be some value of this little exercise.
Jewish names were words. Like when Abraham and Sarah were told they were going to have a kid and they laughed, so God said "name him Laughter (=Isaac)." I don't fully get the everyday significance, like, if there was another word for laughter, but there was definitely a close connection that people speaking the language would have caught on and noticed. So, I have this website dictionary that gives the meaning of Hebrew names. I looked up the genealogy and cut and pasted. Enjoy.
The line of Jesus:
Father of a great multitude
Laughter
That supplants, undermines; the heel
The praise of the Lord; confession divided
The dart of joy; the division of the song
Elevated; sublime
One of the prince’s people
That foretells; that conjectures
Peaceable; perfect; he that rewards
In strength
A servant; workman
Gift; oblation; one who is
Well-beloved, dear
Peaceable; perfect; one who recompenses
Who sets the people at liberty
The Lord is my father
Physician; cure
The Lord is judge
Exaltation of the Lord
The strength, or kid, of the Lord
The perfection of the Lord
One that takes or possesses
Strength of the Lord
Forgetfulness; he that is forgotten
Faithful; true
The Lord burns; the fire of the Lord
Preparation, or stability, of the Lord
Asked or lent of God
A stranger at Babylon; dispersion of confusion
Father of praise
Resurrection of God
A helper; a court
Just; justified
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God is my praise
Help of God, court of God
Gifts; rains
That supplants, undermines; the heel
Increase; addition
Savior; deliverer
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