The Hopes and Fears of All the Years

The Hopes and Fears of All the Years

Dec 01, 2024

Passage: Matthew 1:1-17

Preacher: Bill Massey

Series: O Come, O Come Emmanuel (Advent 2024)

Category: Sunday Morning

Detail:

Sermon Intro: Matthew’s genealogy moves forward from Abraham to Jesus rather than backwards from Jesus (as in Luke 3.23-38). Why? Matthew’s point is this: from the very beginning, God knew exactly where He was going. Throughout the centuries, He was directing history towards this glorious moment. Despite His people’s failures and trials, despite world-wide upheavals (think of the Babylonian exile), the longest standing and most difficult to keep promise of God had really come to fulfillment!

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