Genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David

TUESDAY 17 DECEMBER (Mt 1,1-17)

The evangelist Matthew does not want those who read his Gospel to have doubts about the truth of Christ Jesus. In him the promise made by God to Abraham and that always made by the Lord to David is fulfilled. Let us examine everything according to the purest light of the Holy Spirit and we will have a very clear vision of the person and mission of Jesus. Thus the Lord God to Abraham: “Go forth from the land of your kinsfolk and from your father’s house to a land that I will show you. “I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the communities of the earth shall find blessing in you” (Gen 12,1-3). Again the Lord’s messenger called to Abraham from heaven and said: “I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that because you acted as you did in not withholding from me your beloved son, I will bless you abundantly and make your descendants as countless as the stars of the sky and the sands of the seashore; your descendants shall take possession of the gates of their enemies, and in your descendants all the nations of the earth shall find blessing – all this because you obeyed my command” ” (Gen 22,15-18). Whoever wants to be blessed must be blessed in Jesus the true descendants of Abraham. He is God’s blessing for all peoples. Jesus is not born for a people, but for the whole of humanity. This is his truth.

Our God has only one kingdom, not many kingdoms. Of this kingdom King is only Christ Jesus. We enter his kingdom, we are blessed and we are saved. We remain outside the kingdom, we remain in sin: “The Lord of hosts has this to say: when your time comes and you rest with your ancestors, I will raise up your heir after you, sprung from your loins, and I will make his kingdom firm. It is he who shall build a house for my name. And I will make his royal throne firm forever. I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me. And if he does wrong, I will correct him with the rod of men and with human chastisements; but I will not withdraw my favor from him as I withdrew it from your predecessor Saul, whom I removed from my presence. Your house and your kingdom shall endure forever before me; your throne shall stand firm forever'” ” (2Sam 7,8-16). Our God, who is the only living and true God, no longer has a kingdom, either on earth or in heaven. His kingdom is one. His king is one. One enters under the government of his only King, Christ Jesus, he is of his kingdom, he will enter tomorrow into his eternal kingdom, on condition that he remain today in the kingdom of Christ. From the kingdom of the earth to the eternal kingdom. In the kingdom of Christ and in the kingdom of God.

The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham became the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram, Ram the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse, Jesse the father of David the king. David became the father of Solomon, whose mother had been the wife of Uriah. Solomon became the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asaph. Asaph became the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father of Uzziah. Uzziah became the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah. Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amos, Amos the father of Josiah. Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the Babylonian exile. After the Babylonian exile, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, Zerubbabel the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, Azor the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Achim, Achim the father of Eliud, Eliud the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Of her was born Jesus who is called the Messiah. Thus the total number of generations from Abraham to David is fourteen generations; from David to the Babylonian exile, fourteen generations; from the Babylonian exile to the Messiah, fourteen generations.

This double truth – is the blessing of humanity in Jesus. It is Jesus the only king constituted by God for time and eternity – is dying in the heart of many disciples of Jesus. It is urgent that it be relocated in the heart of the Church to be given as truth of true salvation to every other man. From the heart of the Christian to the heart of all.

Mother of God, Angels and Saints arrange that the double truth of Christ never die in us.