Matthew 1:1-17 ~ Father

Matthew 1:1-17

1 This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham:
2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob,
strike one- Ishmael

Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
strike two the blessings thief to blind father
3 Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron,
strike three Judah did not help Tamar
Hezron the father of Ram,
4 Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon,
5 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,
strike four Rahab

Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,
6 and Jesse the father of King David.
strike five - with the Prophet Samuel. Jesse showed very poor parenting

David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife,
strike six Uriah was killed
7 Solomon the father of Rehoboam,
strike seven failed to live wisely until old age
Rehoboam the father of Abijah,
ok unstrike seven Rehoboam was unwise and lost Israel
Abijah the father of Asa,
8 Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram,
Jehoram the father of Uzziah,
strike seven -failure to honor God

9 Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz,
strike eight - plans to melt down the Temple for a client state existence.
Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,
unstrike eight - Wow Hezekiah!

10 Hezekiah the father of Manasseh,
Strike 9 poor parenting Hezekiah

Manasseh the father of Amon,
Amon the father of Josiah,
Unstrike one for Josiah had to clean out to discover there was a set of Papyrus called the Bible.


11 and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
Strike 10 Josiah was prophetically warned and chose not to listen and died.

12 After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, 
Strike 11 lost Jerusalem for unholy behavior
Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
13 Zerubbabel the father of Abihud, Abihud the father of Eliakim, 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, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob,
16 and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.
17 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 Messiah.

Proverbs 8 is the heart declared in Genesis One. We see Father God declare the goodness of His Creation. And learn Father God delights in His Only Son Jesus, the Light of the world. Jesus delights in the Father. And they delight seeing into mankind.

When we read the struggle of mankind with Father God and see how flawed all of the people are - we could wonder why Father God delights in us. Instead, God rarely declares over and over and, yet, He does.

This is our God and He tells us what He sees in His mankind. We are people. We are the Sheep of His Pasture. The Light shines and we would have more of our Father God.

Abba, Holy Father,

We will be Blessed to wear Your Words in our mind, heart and soul with Love.


Romans 5:8
God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for you

1 John 4:16
So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for you. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in you

1 John 4:8
God is love

Zephaniah 3:17
The Lord your God is in our midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing

Romans 8:37-39
In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth,
nor anything else in all creation,
will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.


Blessed be the Name of Jesus. The will of Your Love Father God, please cover our lives with Your Great Blessings upon me, upon you, upon our Loved ones, upon our prayers, upon our thanksgiving, upon our delights and upon our challenges. Upon the people You have given us. Upon our communities, cities, Churches, jobs, gifts and talents. Upon our Nation and the Nations Trusting in You.

The Name of Jesus and Will of You, our Good Father on our prayer to do far more than we could ask or imagine. Giving thanks for miracles of healing and miracles to be ourselves and delight in You, Father God.

Covered in the Name of Jesus today and always. Amen.