Friday, July 16, 2010

All Man and All God

Matthew 1:1
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

The key characters so far as the plan of God for the Christ are Abraham and David.
• No mention is made of Isaac and Jacob, though their roles are vital.
• No mention of Judah, whose tribe the Messiah was to come. There is also no mention of Solomon whose family genealogy this is. (Though Christ's blood is not in Solomon)


The characters that sum up the line of the Saviour are David and Abraham.
Abraham represents and establishes the humanity of Christ. As the father of the Jewish race and the father of those that believe, Christ was born into that line.

David represents the kingly aspect of Christ. Though He is all man, he is also royalty, Sovereign and all God. Though David was only human, the Bible makes it clear that this son of David would not see the physical corruption David's body did.

He is God.

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