Blessed Night, Loves 😊

I Pray All Is Well With Everyone… And Your Hearts And Minds Are Full Of Love, Joy, And Compassion… For All Your Brothers And Sisters In Spirit. And Though That May Not Be The Case For Some… It Reigns Supreme For Many; And That Love And Sincerity In The Many… Radiates Outwards To The Collective; And That Loving Brilliance… Continuously Emanating From Our “Mighty I AM Presence”… Is Our Salvation… And Our Victory! So Be Not Dismayed… By Egos And Appearances And Chaos… For They Are Temporal! But In Our Daily Living And Dealings… Let Us Maintain Our Focus… On The Sincere Love Of The Eternal Living God… That Will Never Fail Us! Amen…   

Give Thanks And Praises For Love And Life…   

And Y’all Be Love…   

“… And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. So, all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee, Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins.

Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. Then Joseph, being raised from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: And knew her not, till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name, Jesus.” (Matthew 1:16-25 KJV)

“… Jacob begat Joseph; the descendant of a long line of kings was a poor carpenter of Nazareth. As the husband of Mary, he was the legal father of Jesus; and Matthew gives his line of descent. A comparison of the table given by Luke will show that it differs in part from that of Matthew. Between David and Joseph, the lists are widely different. Several views, all possible, have been presented, but the most probable explanation is that Matthew gives the line of Joseph, the legal line, and that Luke gives the line of Mary, the mother of our Lord. As the Jews regarded only male descent, unless Joseph, the supposed father, was a descendant of David, they would not have recognized the genealogy as a fulfillment of the prophecies that Christ should be the Son of David; while Luke, himself a Gentile and writing for Gentiles, was more particular to give the line that shows that Jesus is really the Son of David.

If Mary was the daughter of Heli, especially if an heiress, Joseph, by marriage, would become the “son of Heli.” That there is no contradiction between the two tables is shown by the fact that the Jews who best understood their genealogies never charged it. These tables were preserved with great care, for various reasons, until Christ was born, but it is asserted that Herod destroyed them. If this is incorrect, they did not survive the destruction of Jerusalem.

There are exactly fourteen generations from Abraham to David, and two other series are made to correspond. From David to, etc. David’s name is counted again to make the number fourteen. The third series begins with Jeconiah and ends with Christ. 

The birth of Jesus Christ; the word rendered here “birth” is the same in Greek that is translated “genealogy” in Matthew 1:1. Mary having been betrothed; not married but engaged; betrothal was, from the times of the patriarchs, a formal ceremony (Genesis 24:53), and was regarded a binding obligation. It generally lasted a whole year before marriage. After betrothal, unfaithfulness was regarded adultery.

… The angel (Luke 1:31) predicted her conception, and when the prediction was verified, she probably did not hesitate to reveal it. Her heart would be filled with joyous pride instead of shame. Holy Ghost: correctly, Holy Spirit, the Divine Power – Christ is the only example of such a birth in all history. His birth, like his life and his resurrection, is a miracle.

Joseph her husband, betrothal, according to the law (Deuteronomy 22:23), made him her husband before marriage, a righteous man, just and humane. To put her away publicly was to expose her to the penalty of death. Probably she had made her defense to him, but her story was so wonderful that he was in doubt.

Privily, give her a bill of divorce, see Deuteronomy 24:1. While he thought, reflected; still in doubt, perplexed; an angel, Gabriel, appeared to Mary (Luke 1:28). The name of the angel is not here given. Angels are messengers; an angel of the Lord is the Lord’s messenger. These messengers are usually superhuman, but not always. In a dream, often messages were conveyed by impressions made in sleep. Three times revelations were thus made to Joseph, thou son of David. It was fitting that he should now be reminded that he belonged to the family from whence the Messiah was to come. Fear not; his betrothed was pure.

Thou shalt call his name Jesus, that is, Savior. The Hebrew form is Joshua; the full meaning is Jehovah’s salvation; shall save his people, not the Jewish nation, as Joseph probably supposed, but all who accept and follow him, from their sins. Not a temporal salvation, but from the curse of sin, condemnation and banishment from God’s favor and heaven.

That it might be fulfilled; Matthew neglects no opportunity to show the Jews that their prophets described Christ. The prophecy will be found in Isaiah 7:14 (The Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.)

Behold, a virgin; rather – the – virgin, as in the Revision. Isaiah had in view a particular virgin, the mother of the true Immanuel. Like many other prophecies, it had a double, a typical, and a true fulfillment. The first was in the reign of Ahaz, concerning a temporal deliverance, but the higher reference is to the spiritual Deliverer of the world. The first is the type, the second is the great event that inspired the message. Immanuel, means “God with us”, an appropriate title for Jesus among men. And Joseph did; he obeyed at once, a fitting example for all men. When the Lord’s will is spoken, there should be no delay in obedience.”

The People’s New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891

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