Fearlessly Remembering Your Spiritual Heritage

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12 After=
the exile to Babylon: 
   Jeconiah was the father=
of Shealtiel, 
   Shealtiel the father of Zerubba=
bel, 
13 Zerubbabel the father of Abihud,&n=
bsp;
   Abihud the father of Eliakim, 
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  Eliakim the father of Azor, 
14 Azor the father of Zadok, 
   Zadok the father of=
Akim, 
   Akim the father of Elihud, 
15 Elihud the father of Eleazar, 
 &nbs=
p; Eleazar the father of Matthan, 
   Matthan=
the father of Jacob, 
16 and Jacob the fat=
her of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is=
called the Messiah.

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Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen=
from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Mes=
siah.

Matthew 1:12-17

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I love family reunions, because its always good t=
o know “from whence you came”, and to see it illustrated in your kin. =
The genealogy found in Matthew 1 is there to tell us from whence comes our=
King.  Its there to prove that the covenants made by God to Abraham a=
nd David are being fulfilled in the Messiah’s birth.  It is there to s=
how the decision to redeem humanity was made by God long, long ago.  A=
s children of God, we all possess the same heritage source – we come from G=
od. As such we are co-heirs with Christ of the fruit of our lineage, which =
is to participate in God’s glory (Rom. 8:17).  Advent commemorates a r=
eunion between humanity and the Lord…walk with your head held high today =
(despite the weather!)…

 O Lord our spiritual heritage tell us that we are precious in Your s=
ight.  Thank you for caring about us enough to redeem us to abundant a=
nd everlasting life.  Raise our heads today, and allow us to walk in t=
he light of your presence with joy, in Jesus name, AMEN =
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p;  

Rev. Jeffrey Brown

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