THE GRANDFATHERS OF JESUS: JESSE
As we’ve tracked the generations from Abraham toward Jesus, it’s become clear that each and every person named in the Lord’s genealogy is...
THE GRANDFATHERS OF JESUS: BOAZ
Boaz was likely born to Salmon and Rahab during the years that Joshua led the conquest of Canaan. After Joshua and his contemporaries...
THE GRANDFATHERS OF JESUS: SALMON
In our review of the genealogy of Jesus, we’ve considered Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Judah. Because we have a limited number of possible...
THE GRANDFATHERS OF JESUS: JUDAH
The thirty-eighth chapter of Genesis tells a most peculiar story involving Judah, the fourth of the twelve sons of Jacob. Here’s the...
THE GRANDFATHERS OF JESUS: JACOB
"Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, Jacob fathered Judah and his brothers...”(Matthew 1:2, CSB). This is the beginning of the...
THE GRANDFATHERS OF JESUS: ISAAC
Abraham was Jesus’ great, great, great... grandfather. Isaac was Abraham’s son, and therefore listed next in the Lord’s family tree....