Okay, I have been having the worst time trying to get into this blog. I'm not sure why but anyway, as I present my comments I thinking maybe we should commit to posting twice a week, given the slow start we're having. That way we don't have to commit every day and become discouraged when we don't. So, I hope we get bwetter results with this.
About Matthew 1. I have always been one to skip the geneology thinking what's the point. As I have come to understand Matthews theology better I have gained such an appreciation for the litany of names. Matthew is a Jew trying to persuade his readers that Jesus really is the Messiah. The geneology is clearly important for that reason but it's also Matthew's way of pointing out the fact that his lineage is not free of "colorful" characters. He's got folks like Judah(do you remeber his story), interesting how God did not send the Messiah through the lineage of his brother Joseph whose story we love, or benjamin(the perfect child), but through Judah and Tamar his daughter-in-law/prostitute on the side of the road. I love the juicy gospel of Old testament life. Then there's Rahab(hello) and Ruth(she's not even Jewish).
Matthew comfronts those who challenge the place for fractured people with less than attractive lives and conforts those who find their story in the long, "boring" narrative of Christ's ancestory, giving us space to live in the story he continues to unfolds for his glory.
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