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I am starting this thread to highlight a couple of things that have disturbed me looking over some of the posts and attitudes on this forum.
It appears there are some men who have this preconceived idea of what sort of woman they will only date or marry. Apparently single parents, divorced women and sometimes even foreigners are not welcome on that list.
Well here is a little surprise and insight for you all. I gain great strength and dignity when I read this passage in the Bible. I am honored that there are things in this passage that are pointed out just especially for the reader. This is a list of the genealogy of Jesus, remember Gods son. Now you would think God would want His only Son to come from a dignified blood line? Well apparently this is not the case.
You will see in the genealogy where it is pointed out qute frequently whose mother bore the child and if we look back in the Bible, these mothers were not your typical beautifully presented allround vessels of purity.
One example.
Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab...hello? whats that a prostitute was in the blood line? wow. Now remember whose child Boaz spawned? Obed. Guess who his mother is? Ruth. Whats that?? a foreigner? Now Obeds line went down to David!! and there the list follows with more verses of whose mother was whom.
Well it appears to me God has no problem using broken unpure vessels in his bloodline to get Jesus.
My question is to all you men. Who are you to say and demand to God who did all this what sort of so called pure woman you will only touch? Personally I feel you are living in a box, and missing out on something that God just might trying to be telling you.
Here is the genealogy.
1A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham:
2Abraham was the father of Isaac,
Isaac the father of Jacob,
Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
3Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar,
Perez the father of Hezron,
Hezron the father of Ram,
4Ram the father of Amminadab,
Amminadab the father of Nahshon,
Nahshon the father of Salmon,
5Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,
Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth,
Obed the father of Jesse,
6and Jesse the father of King David.
David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah's wife,
7Solomon the father of Rehoboam,
Rehoboam the father of Abijah,
Abijah the father of Asa,
8Asa the father of Jehoshaphat,
Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram,
Jehoram the father of Uzziah,
9Uzziah the father of Jotham,
Jotham the father of Ahaz,
Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,
10Hezekiah the father of Manasseh,
Manasseh the father of Amon,
Amon the father of Josiah,
11and Josiah the father of Jeconiah[a] and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
12After the exile to Babylon:
Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel,
Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
13Zerubbabel the father of Abiud,
Abiud the father of Eliakim,
Eliakim the father of Azor,
14Azor the father of Zadok,
Zadok the father of Akim,
Akim the father of Eliud,
15Eliud the father of Eleazar,
Eleazar the father of Matthan,
Matthan the father of Jacob,
16and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
It appears there are some men who have this preconceived idea of what sort of woman they will only date or marry. Apparently single parents, divorced women and sometimes even foreigners are not welcome on that list.
Well here is a little surprise and insight for you all. I gain great strength and dignity when I read this passage in the Bible. I am honored that there are things in this passage that are pointed out just especially for the reader. This is a list of the genealogy of Jesus, remember Gods son. Now you would think God would want His only Son to come from a dignified blood line? Well apparently this is not the case.
You will see in the genealogy where it is pointed out qute frequently whose mother bore the child and if we look back in the Bible, these mothers were not your typical beautifully presented allround vessels of purity.
One example.
Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab...hello? whats that a prostitute was in the blood line? wow. Now remember whose child Boaz spawned? Obed. Guess who his mother is? Ruth. Whats that?? a foreigner? Now Obeds line went down to David!! and there the list follows with more verses of whose mother was whom.
Well it appears to me God has no problem using broken unpure vessels in his bloodline to get Jesus.
My question is to all you men. Who are you to say and demand to God who did all this what sort of so called pure woman you will only touch? Personally I feel you are living in a box, and missing out on something that God just might trying to be telling you.
Here is the genealogy.
1A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham:
2Abraham was the father of Isaac,
Isaac the father of Jacob,
Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
3Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar,
Perez the father of Hezron,
Hezron the father of Ram,
4Ram the father of Amminadab,
Amminadab the father of Nahshon,
Nahshon the father of Salmon,
5Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,
Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth,
Obed the father of Jesse,
6and Jesse the father of King David.
David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah's wife,
7Solomon the father of Rehoboam,
Rehoboam the father of Abijah,
Abijah the father of Asa,
8Asa the father of Jehoshaphat,
Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram,
Jehoram the father of Uzziah,
9Uzziah the father of Jotham,
Jotham the father of Ahaz,
Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,
10Hezekiah the father of Manasseh,
Manasseh the father of Amon,
Amon the father of Josiah,
11and Josiah the father of Jeconiah[a] and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
12After the exile to Babylon:
Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel,
Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
13Zerubbabel the father of Abiud,
Abiud the father of Eliakim,
Eliakim the father of Azor,
14Azor the father of Zadok,
Zadok the father of Akim,
Akim the father of Eliud,
15Eliud the father of Eleazar,
Eleazar the father of Matthan,
Matthan the father of Jacob,
16and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.