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1 | Why are some ancestors not listed? | Matthew | Chusarcik | 87358 | ||
My LifeChange gospel of Matthew study guide indicates that in Matthew chapter one, where Jesus genealogy is given, that not all of the ancestors between Abraham and Jesus are listed, but some are deliberatly left out. Why is this? And the ones listed are listed in 3sets of 14. What is the significance of that? Chusarcik Chusarcik |
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2 | Why are some ancestors not listed? | Matthew | Emmaus | 87359 | ||
The three of 14 devides OT salvation history in three steps or sgments toward deliverance; Abraham to David, David to Jechoniah and the Babylonian exile, Babylon to Christ ( Matt 1:17). There is no scriptural indication for the use of only 14 generations in each segment, but David's anme numerically comes to 14. Allegorically, St. Jerome conjectured that the 42 generations represented the 42 encampments of Israel in the desert before they entered the Promised Land. |
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3 | another question on this topic | Matthew | Chusarcik | 87395 | ||
Thanks for the answer and additional information. So it seems the scripture purposly lists the sets of 14 to represent the 3 steps of deliverence and I understand numbers in scripture are often listed in multiples of seven, but the fact that some generations are ignored and left out in order to come up with the sets of 14 needed would make scripture appear purposly contrived to come up with the needed outcome. At least I feel that is what a non believer would think if I were to try to explain this. I know that sometimes when prophecy is fulfilled there are gap periods of time that are not counted in the total because nothing significant happens during the silence period, such as the gap of time between the 69th and 70th week in the prophecy of Daniel. Could it be that those ancestors left out in Jesus' ancestory were not important because either nothing important to fulfillment of prophecy ocurred during their lifetimes or they were not believers? Any comments? Chusarcik |
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4 | another question on this topic | Matthew | Emmaus | 87399 | ||
Chusarcik, To a certain extent the geneology is "contrived" in that it follows a literary convention among the Hebrews, who felt comfortable skipping generations, when they were trying to make only particular points. For example how many times is Abraham referred to as father by his very distant offspring. Artistic conventions are also used in painting to make or emphasis certain points. As for your specific question about Daniel, I don't feel qualified to take any particular position. It is not an area in which I have much background study. Emmaus |
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5 | another question on this topic | Matthew | Chusarcik | 87448 | ||
Thanks, Chusarcik |
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