Today in our look at Jesus’ genealogy from Luke and exploring the idea of a remnant, we arrive at the name of Abraham, formerly known as Abram (Genesis 12-17) in most pages of Scripture. Interesting to note, however, in 1 Chronicles 1:27 and Nehemiah 9:7 he was still called Abram. Luke 3:34 the son of […]
Terah is among the most famous Scripture-identified infidels. I try to imagine what that would be like. How embarrassing! God Himself records for the entire world’s population in perpetuity that Terah was an idolater (Joshua 24:2). Terah worshiped foreign gods and now anyone and everyone knows his guilt. But then, what kind of grace it […]
Looking at the list of names in Luke 3:35-36, there are two names that point to the Jewish (Hebrew, Semite) identity of the remnant. First, the son of Eber (Eber is the root of the word Hebrew—meaning the Region Beyond, One from Beyond, He Who Passed Over), the son of Shelah (missionary, emissary), the son […]
Continuing our look at Jesus’ ancestry, we’re on verse 36 : “the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,” (Luke 3:36) Out of the 8 people in the ark, the remnant comes through Noah’s son Shem (which means Name, Fame, Conscious Knowledge of […]
As we continue looking at the ancestry of Jesus, here’s another familiar name: Noah. “the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,” (Luke 3:36) Even people who don’t love Jesus or have a Jewish background know the name of Noah. He’s just as […]
There is one notable exception in yesterday’s list: Enoch. His name appears 13 times in Scripture, including the New Testament. “By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as […]
Do you ever feel like a nobody in God’s plan for this earth? Like nothing you do really matters or is seen by God? When Jesus was born to an uncelebrated Jewish virgin and a Jewish carpenter who adopted Jesus as his own, it was a bunch of nobodies in the world’s view. Three people […]
Continuing our look at the remnant visible in Jesus’ lineage, we can see that remnant not only as Adam’s true image in Seth, but Seth’s remnant of faith heralded with the birth of Enosh. Genesis 4:26 Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to call on the […]
If you look at Jesus’ genealogies recorded in Matthew 1:1-17 and Luke 3:21-38, you’ll notice Matthew looks forward through the lens of Judaism beginning with Abraham. Luke’s record looks backward through the family of man, all the way to Creation. Both display a remnant which is the theme for our 2022 Advent Devotionals. Let’s look […]
Can you imagine life if Christians were to look different after they commit their lives to following Christ? We could spot believers a mile away and focus our evangelism on those who still looked fallen…lost…or hopeless. But that’s not how it works. The Spirit is invisible, but His actions are visible. As Jesus says in […]
