MATTHEW
CHAPTER 1
OBSERVATION
STAGE
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
The purpose of
the observation stage is to maintain focus on the text at hand within the
normative rules of language, context and logic 
which focuses the observer upon the content offered by the book of
Matthew. This will serve to avoid going on unnecessary tangents elsewhere;
and more importantly, it will provide the framework for a proper and
objective comparison with passages located elsewhere in Scripture.
Remember that
something elsewhere may be true, but in the text at hand it may not be in
view.
[MATTHEW
1:1-17 THE GENEALOGY OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST]:
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
[MATTHEW
1:18-25 - THE BIRTH OF CHRIST]:
IV)
[MT 1:18-25]:
A
(Mt 1:18) MATTHEW NOW WRITES OF THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST BEGINNING WITH
HIS MOTHER MARY HAVING BEEN BETROTHED TO MARRIAGE TO JOSEPH. AND BEFORE
HAVING INTIMATE RELATIONS, SHE WAS FOUND TO HAVE CONCEIVED A CHILD FROM
THE HOLY SPIRIT
1)
[Compare Lk 1:26-56]:
2)
Prophecy In Old Testament Scripture Is Fulfilled By The Conception Of
Jesus In Mary From The Holy Spirit
****** EXCERPT FROM
ISAIAH CHAPTER 7 ******
ISAIAH
REQUESTED TO KING AHAZ TO NAME ANY MIRACULOUS SIGN IN CREATION FOR THE
LORD TO PERFORM TO AUTHENTICATE THAT GOD WOULD NEVER LET ARAM AND
EPHRIAM CONQUER JUDAH. THE OFFER WAS ARROGANTLY REJECTED BY THE
UNFAITHFUL AHAZ. THEREFORE, THE LORD HIMSELF GAVE A SIGN TO BEHOLD
BEYOND AHAZ'S LIFETIME AND IN THE DISTANT FUTURE: THE MAIDEN / VIRGIN -
THE PREGNANT ONE - GIVING BIRTH TO A SON, WHOM SHE WOULD CALL HIS NAME
IMMANUEL - MEANING GOD IS WITH US. AND GROWING UP AS A YOUNG CHILD, HE
WOULD EAT CURDS AND HONEY, (INFANT FOOD); AND BEFORE HE KNEW TO REFUSE
THE EVIL AND CHOOSE TO DO GOOD, THE KINGDOMS THAT JUDAH DREADED WOULD BE
FORSAKEN BY BOTH HER KINGS AND DESTROYED
****** END OF EXCERPT
FROM ISAIAH CHAPTER 7 ******
3)
Jesus' Sinless Life As Reported In Scripture Testifies To His Being
Conceived And Born In Sinless Perfection Corroborating His Conception
Via The Holy Spirit
a)
[Isa 9:6-7]:
b)
[Is 53:6, 9]:
c)
[2 Cor 5:21]:
d)
[Heb 4:15]:
e)
[Lk 23:1-4, 13-15]:
f)
[1 Pet 2:21-22]:
g)
[1 Pet 3:18]:
B
(Mt 1:19-25) AND JOSEPH, MARY'S HUSBAND IN THE SENSE OF BEING
BETHROTHED, BEING RIGHTEOUS, AND NOT WILLING TO MAKE HER AN EXAMPLE OF
UNFAITHFULNESS, DID WISH TO PRIVATELY DIVORCE HER AND SEND HER AWAY.
WHEREUPON AN ANGEL OF THE LORD IN A DREAM APPEARED TO HIM SAYING TO HIM
NOT TO BE AFRAID OF MARRYING MARY, FOR THAT WHICH WAS BEGOTTEN WITHIN
HER IS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT - AND SHE WILL BRING FORTH A SON AND JOSEPH
WAS INSTRUCTED TO CALL HIS NAME "JESUS," FOR HE WILL SAVE HIS
PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS. AND ALL THIS HAVING COME TO PASS, SO THAT IT MAY
BE FULFILLED THAT WAS SPOKEN BY THE LORD THROUGH THE PROPHET SAYING,
'BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD, AND BEAR A SON, AND THEY SHALL
CALL HIS NAME IMMANUEL,' WHICH IS TRANSLATED, 'GOD WITH US.' THEN
JOSEPH, BEING AROUSED FROM SLEEP, DID AS THE ANGEL OF THE LORD COMMANDED
HIM AND TOOK TO HIM HIS WIFE AND DID NOT HAVE INTIMATE RELATIONS WITH
HER UNTIL SHE GAVE BIRTH TO HER FIRSTBORN SON. AND HE CALLED HIS NAME
JESUS
1)
[Compare Ps 2:1-12]:
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2)
[Compare Ps 16:1-11]:
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3)
[Compare Ps 22:1-31]:
4)
[Compare Ps 110:1-7]:
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5)
[Compare Ps 118:1-29]:
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6)
[Compare Isa 7:10-16]:
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7)
[Compare Isa 9:6-7]:
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8)
[Compare Isa 11:1-16]:
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9)
[Compare Isa 52:13-53:12]:
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10)
[Compare Micah 5:2]:
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11)
[Compare Zech 9:1-17]:
12)
[Compare Zech 14:1-21]:
13)
[Compare 2 Sam 5:2]:
14)
[Compare Num 24:15-17]:
B
(Mt 1:19-25) (cont.)) AND JOSEPH, MARY'S HUSBAND IN THE SENSE OF BEING
BETHROTHED, BEING RIGHTEOUS, AND NOT WILLING TO MAKE HER AN EXAMPLE OF
UNFAITHFULNESS, DID WISH TO PRIVATELY DIVORCE HER AND SEND HER AWAY.
WHEREUPON AN ANGEL OF THE LORD IN A DREAM APPEARED TO HIM SAYING TO HIM
NOT TO BE AFRAID OF MARRYING MARY, FOR THAT WHICH WAS BEGOTTEN WITHIN
HER IS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT - AND SHE WILL BRING FORTH A SON AND JOSEPH
WAS INSTRUCTED TO CALL HIS NAME "JESUS," FOR HE WILL SAVE HIS
PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS. AND ALL THIS HAVING COME TO PASS, SO THAT IT MAY
BE FULFILLED THAT WAS SPOKEN BY THE LORD THROUGH THE PROPHET SAYING,
'BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD, AND BEAR A SON, AND THEY SHALL
CALL HIS NAME IMMANUEL,' WHICH IS TRANSLATED, 'GOD WITH US.' THEN
JOSEPH, BEING AROUSED FROM SLEEP, DID AS THE ANGEL OF THE LORD COMMANDED
HIM AND TOOK TO HIM HIS WIFE AND DID NOT HAVE INTIMATE RELATIONS WITH
HER UNTIL SHE GAVE BIRTH TO HER FIRSTBORN SON. AND HE CALLED HIS NAME
JESUS, (cont.)]:
16)
[Compare Lk 2:1-7]:
MATTHEW
CHAPTER 2
