When I was a child, my mind wandered during the sermon. (Shocker.) Looking at the crucifix, I wondered about the “INRI” hanging above Jesus. What I know now but didn’t know then is that it stands for IESVS NAZARENVS REX IVDÆORVM. Jesus, the Nazarene, King of the Jews. Now Pilate also wrote an inscription and…
The LORD has a harsh rebuke for King Jeconiah in Jeremiah 22. “As I live,” declares the LORD, “even though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were a signet ring on My right hand, yet I would pull you off; and I will give you over into the hand of those who are…
Now if you do a Bible-in-a-year reading plan, when you get to 1 Chronicles, you probably do quite a bit of skimming. I know I do. Names, names, names. “I’ll take Jewish genealogy for $1000, Alex.” “Ding – Father of Gera” “Buzz – Who is Bela?” “That’s right!” (I Chron 8:3) No, you’re not going…
Matthew gives the genealogy of David’s royal line, establishing Jesus as the legal heir to David’s throne. Jesus fulfills Isaiah’s prophecy. For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us: And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal…
Through Jeremiah, the Lord said to write Coniah (Jeconiah) down as childless. For no man of his descendants will prosper Sitting on the throne of David Or ruling again in Judah. (See Jeremiah 22:24-30) Yet we know from Isaiah 9, the throne of David is “forevermore.” How can we reconcile this? Ancestry.com, of course. The first chapter of Matthew establishes…