Hey ladies!
Matthew tells us here, that in order for us to get with it, God needed to get with us... literally. So we should scratch the whole idea that god is far away out of our heads. He's already come as our Immanuel.
Tamar- a widow who tricked her father in law into sleeping with her. Rahab- a foreign prostitute who helped the Israelites. Ruth- a penniless immigrant widow who cared for her mother-in-law. Uriah's wife Bathsheba- King David's partner in adultery. Why are these sketchy women named in Jesus' genealogy? Maybe in part to show that Jesus came to save sinners, and also because these were ordinary women whose lives made an extraordinary difference. They never knew that, in spite of their shortcomings, they were in the Messianic line. You may never see all the difference your life makes; it's probably more than you'll ever know.
What do you think about the passage?
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