THE GRANDFATHERS OF JESUS: HEZEKIAH
In the four-hundred years between David’s reign and the fall of Jerusalem in 586 B.C., there were at least twenty kings in Judah. Only...
THE GRANDFATHERS OF JESUS: UZZIAH
Many of us remember Uzziah for what happened in the year that he died: Isaiah “saw the the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted...
THE GRANDFATHERS OF JESUS: JEHOSHAPHAT
“David... Solomon ... Rehoboam... Abijah... Asa... Jehoshaphat...” (Matthew 1:6-8, CSB). These were some of the great, great, great......
THE GRANDFATHERS OF JESUS: ASA
Pop quiz: Who were Nadab, Baaha, Elah, Zimri, Tibni, Omri and Ahab? Nope... not the real names of the seven dwarfs. Their names were Doc,...
THE GRANDFATHERS OF JESUS: REHOBOAM
God is the ultimate promise-keeper! God made a promise to David. “I will raise up after you your descendant, who will come from your...
THE GRANDFATHERS OF JESUS: SOLOMON
What do we know about Solomon? We know that Solomon was born to David and Bathsheba after the death of their first son (2 Sam. 12:24)....
THE GRANDFATHERS OF JESUS: DAVID
Years ago I walked up the sidewalk into a strange new world. I was entering a Texas Department of Criminal Justice maximum-security...
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...
