Swindoll's Living Insights Commentary Matthew 1a - Flipbook - Page 30
Announcement and Arrival of the King (Matthew 1:1–4:25)
Hebrew “David”
דוד
Transliteration
DVD
Numerical Value
4 + 6 + 4 = 14
What’s the message behind Matthew’s clever device? Jesus is the “second David”—the long-awaited Messiah who was to restore the power,
glory, and kingdom promised to the first David.
In arranging his genealogy, Matthew wasn’t merely presenting
dry historical facts; he also embedded important theological truths
using rhetorical devices that his fellow Jews would have caught. It’s
as if Matthew was hiding “Easter eggs” in his text for Jews to find . . .
if they would only take the time to look carefully and think deeply.
Throughout this book, we’ll see that Matthew repeatedly invites his
readers to go beyond the surface level of the narrative to think about
who Jesus is by examining Old Testament patterns and prophecies
and ultimately to see the truth that Jesus is the King, Israel’s long-
awaited Messiah.
THE THREE DRAMATIC MOVEMENTS
OF MATTHEW’S GENEALOGY
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FIRST MOVEMENT
SECOND MOVEMENT
THIRD MOVEMENT
Crescendo
Cacophony
Climax
“From Abraham
to David”
“From David to
the Deportation to
Babylon”
“From the
Deportation
to Babylon to
the Messiah”
Abraham to Isaac
David to Solomon
by Bathsheba
Jeconiah to Shealtiel
Isaac to Jacob
Solomon to Rehoboam
Shealtiel to
Zerubbabel
Jacob to Judah and
his brothers
Rehoboam to Abijah
Zerubbabel to Abihud
Judah to Perez and
Zerah by Tamar
Abijah to Asa
Abihud to Eliakim
Perez to Hezron
Asa to Jehoshaphat
Eliakim to Azor
Hezron to Ram
Jehoshaphat to Joram
Azor to Zadok
Ram to Amminadab
Joram to Uzziah
Zadok to Achim