BIBLE STUDY MANUALS: GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST, TABLE OF CONTENTS
GENEALOGY
OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
I)
INTRODUCTION
A)
PURPOSES OF ANCIENT GENEALOGIES
B)
THE GENEALOGIES OF JESUS CHRIST
II)
RESOLUTION OF THE 'PROBLEMS' OF THE GENEALOGIES OF JESUS
A)
THE GENEALOGY OF MATTHEW INVESTIGATED
1)
INTRODUCTION
2)
MATTHEW'S GENEALOGY FROM ABRAHAM THRU DAVID
a)
TAMAR, RUTH & RAHAB: THE PROBLEM OF GENTILE WOMEN IN MATTHEW'S
GENEALOGY
3)
MATTHEW'S GENEALOGY FROM DAVID TO CAPTIVITY
4)
NOW COMPARE MATTHEW'S GENEALOGY SO FAR WITH HISTORY
5)
AHAZIAH, JOASH AND AMAZIAH WERE OMITTED FOR A REASON
6)
JEHOIAKIM, JEHOIACHIN (JECONIAH, AKA CONIAH), AND ZEDEKIAH WERE OMITTED
FOR A REASON:
a)
THE PROBLEM OF JEHOIACHIN'S AGE RESOLVED
b)
GOD'S CURSE AGAINST JEHOIACHIN
c)
THE LEVIRATE MARRIAGE SYSTEM PROVIDES AN EXPLANATION FOR JEHOIAKIM'S
SUCCESSORS: JEHOIACHIN AND ZEDEKIAH
B)
THE GENEALOGY OF LUKE INVESTIGATED
1)
INTRODUCTION
2)
LUKE'S GENEALOGY FROM ADAM TO ABRAHAM
a)
LUKE'S GENEALOGY FROM ADAM TO ABRAHAM SUMMARIZED
b)
EXPLANATION OF THE 'EXTRA' NAME CAINAN IN LUKE'S GENEALOGY
3)
LUKE'S AND MATTHEW'S GENEALOGIES FROM ABRAHAM TO DAVID COINCIDE
4)
LUKE'S AND MATTHEW'S GENEALOGIES FROM DAVID TO CAPTIVITY BRANCH OFF FROM
ONE ANOTHER
a)
MATTHAT TO RHESA
5)
LUKE'S AND MATTHEW'S GENEALOGIES DIFFER FROM PERIOD OF CAPTIVITY TO
JESUS CHRIST
a)
JECONIAH, NERI AND SHEALTHIEL
b)
SHEALTHIEL, PEDIAH AND ZERUBABEL
c)
JOSEPH, HELI AND MARY
III)
SKEPTICS QUESTIONS ANSWERED:
A)
IF THE VIRGIN BIRTH STORY IS TRUE, THEN WHY DO THE GENEALOGIES REPORT
JOSEPH AS BEING THE FATHER OF JESUS?
B)
THE TERM BEGOTTEN IS NOT USED IN LUKE'S GENEALOGY SO IT IS SUSPECT OF
BEING A TRUE GENEALOGY
C)
MARY SHOULD BE DISQUALIFIED TO TRANSFER THE RIGHTS OF HER LINEAGE TO HER
SON JESUS SINCE SHE IS A WOMAN
D)
MATTHEW'S LINEAGE DOES NOT HAVE EVERY NAME IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE AND IS
THEREFORE SUSPECT
E)
OBJECTORS MAINTAIN THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE GENEALOGIES IN MATTHEW, LUKE
AND ELSEWHERE IS NOT TO GIVE AN ACCURATE HISTORY WHICH THEY MAINTAIN ARE
NOT BIOLOGICAL BUT ARE FALSELY CONTRIVED TO MAKE ONE THEOLOGICAL POINT
OR ANOTHER
F)
OBJECTORS MAINTAIN THAT SINCE THE MATTHEW AND LUKAN GENEALOGIES ARE NOT
IDENTICAL IN FORM AND CONTENT THIS INDICATES THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE A
COMMON SOURCE, AND BOTH ARE INACCURATE AND CONTRIVED AND CERTAINLY NOT
BIOLOGICAL
G)
THERE IS A DEFINITIVE LACK OF GENEALOGICAL EVIDENCE TODAY WHICH PROVES
THAT GENEALOGIES ARE NOT TO BE BIOLOGICALLY ACCURATE
H)
OBJECTORS MAINTAIN THAT SINCE ISRAEL HAD KINGS AFTER THE EXILE THAT WERE
NOT OF THE DAVIDIC LINE, THAT THIS FALSIFIES THE GENEALOGIES IN MATTHEW
AND LUKE
I)
THE MATTHEAN GENEALOGY IS ARTIFICIAL BECAUSE IT OMITS SEVERAL NAMES IN
ORDER TO ARRIVE AT FOURTEEN NAMES EACH FOR THE THREE PERIODS OF TIME
DEPICTED. THIS DONE FOR CONTRIVED THEOLOGICAL REASONS
J)
TAMAR IS A CANAANITE WOMAN IN THE LINE OF MATTHEW THUS FALSIFY THE TRUE
BIOLOGICAL GENEALOGY OF OUR LORD
K)
OBJECTORS STATE THAT LUKE PRESENTS MARY AS BEING RELATED TO THE
LEVITICAL FAMILY OF ZECHARIAH & ELIZABETH, AND THEREFORE NOT
BELONGING TO THE TRIBE OF JUDAH AND THE LINE OF DAVID
L)
OBJECTORS STATE THAT MT 1:17 INDICATES THAT ALL SEGMENTS OF THE
GENEALOGY LISTED CONTAIN 14 NAMES, YET THE THIRD ONLY HAS THIRTEEN
