Four Famous Women in the Genealogy of Jesus Christ.

5. Four Famous Women in the Genealogy of Jesus Christ.

REMEMBER

1. The Immeasurable and Almighty Power of God Unleashed through the Good News of Jesus Christ to save the Vilest of sinners.
2. God’s sovereign Choice is by Grace through Faith and can never be by Merit otherwise Judah would not have been chosen nor you and I either. You simply cannot earn your way to heaven no matter how hard you try.REMEMBER No one is good enough
3. God hates Mixture.

Read Mat 1:3  Judah was the father (by Tamar) of Perez and Zerah;  

Mat 1:5  Salmon (by Rahab) of Boaz; Boaz (by Ruth) of Obed; Obed of Jesse;

Mat 1:6  Jesse of David--the King. David (by Uriah's widow) was the father of Solomon;

1. What Four Women were included in the genealogy of Jesus?

1. Tamar- incestuous Canaanite  
2. Rahab- the Canaanite Prostitute from Jericho
3. Ruth- the Moabitess from a cursed Incestuous race.   
4. (the wife of Uriah the Hittite) [Bathsheba] an adulteress

2. Three of them were Gentiles or Non-Jews :Tamar,a Canaanitess, Rahab a Canaanitess, and Ruth, a Moabitess.
3. Three had a Blot or stain on their Character. Tamar, Rahab and Bathsheba.

 

Lessons from Tamar. Gen 38 :6-24 Tell the Story.

Why is chapter 38  of Genesis in the Bible? One of the ghastliest chapters in the whole Bible. It is a question of Mixture of God’s Chosen people with the Cursed Canaanites.

Tell of Judah's Marriage and Children : His Incest with Tamar - Genesis 38

1. Genesis 38 gives an outline of the Life of Judah a son of Jacob.
2. But Judah went down from his  brothers and went in to Hirah the Adullamite. There he met the Daughter of Shua and married her.
3. They knew that they should not marry the daughters of the land. Mixture is bad

Eliezer got Rebekah, a wife for Isaac from Haran in Syria. Esau troubled his parents by marrying Canaanite wives and eventually an Ishmaelite. Jacob went to Rebekkah’s Brother Laban at Paddan Aram to get his wives Rachael and Leah.

see Nehemiah 13:25  So I reprimanded those Jews, cursed them, beat some of them, and pulled out their hair. I made them swear by God: "We won't allow our daughters to marry their sons, and we won't allow their daughters to marry us or our sons." Nehemiah 13:23-27

Don’t Marry a Canaanite woman. Mixture.

Judah Took a Canaanite woman , Bath-Shua.

Her first son, ER and second Son, Onan, were struck dead by God for wickedness.

Tamar  [ Jewess or Canaanite? The Bible doesnt say

1. First husband Er and Second Husband Onan killed by God
2. She is looking for Justice promised to Shelah but overlooked
3. She is ready to take a terrible risk…..incest with her father in Law, Judah. What Manipulation?
4. God gives her not one son but two.
5. God is looking for Godly offspring (Unequal Yoke)

Comment WHY is Gen 38  in the Record? Right in the Middle of the History of Joseph sold as a slave into Egypt.

Interestingly, K&D Commentary says that this Narrative is “to show in what danger the sons of Jacob would have been in, by forgetting the sacred vocation of their race, through marriages with Canaanitish women, and of perishing in the sin of Canaan,

if the mercy of God had not interposed,[come in and interrupted] and by leading Joseph into Egypt prepared the way for the removal of the whole house of Jacob into that land, and thus protected the family of Israel , just as it was expanding into a nation, away from the corrupting influence of the manners and customs of Canaan.

This being the intention of the narrative, it is no petty episode or interpolation,something just written in there with no consequence] but an integral part of the early history of Israel, which is woven here into the history of Jacob, because the events occurred subsequently to the sale of Joseph into Egypt by his brothers. GOD HATES MIXTURE.

Back to story of Tamar

Gen_38:24  And it happened, about three months afterward, that it was told Judah, saying, Your daughter-in-law Tamar has played the harlot, and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burned.

She produced his seal and cord and staff and said I am pregnant by the man who owns these. Judah said she is more righteous than I am.

Applications

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I. GOD’S WILl JUDGE THE SINS OF Immorality AND LUST.  Judah’s sons, Er and Onan were struck dead by the Lord for Wickedness - Evil and Immorality. They were so wicked that God removed them before they were able to give progeny. God will reward wickedness with justice.

1Co 6:9  Don't you know that wicked people won't inherit the kingdom of God? Stop deceiving yourselves! People who continue to commit sexual sins, who worship false gods, those who commit adultery, homosexuals,

1Co 6:10  or thieves, those who are greedy or get drunk, use abusive language, or who rob people will not inherit the kingdom of God

II. THIS HISTORY HAS AN IMPORTANT BEARING UPON GOD’S PURPOSE OF SALVATION. Considered in regard to God’s redeeming purpose, this history shows—

1. That God’s Chose us by grace (His favour); which cannot be merited. Otherwise Judah would not have been chosen as the ancestor of Christ. Jesus is even called the Lion of the tribe of Judah.

Perez and Zerah Twins born to Tamar

Eph 2:8-9 For by Grace are you saved through faith, and that not of yourselves it is a gift of God, not of works lest any man should boast.

It shows—

2. He derives all His glory from Himself, and not from His ancestry. It does not matter if you have had a bad ancestry. God rewards the heart of  Faith.

It shows—

3. The amazing Humiliation of Christ.  Condescension {voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in relations with an inferior }Webster’s Dictionary

The greatest and most shameful sinners are found in His birth-register. (T. H. Leale.)

Jesus came and identified with Sinful Humanity.

Rom_8:3  For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh;

Jesus was sinless even though His ancestry was sinful. Who was His true Father.

He had a Human Body like our but without sin. He gave his sinless body as a sacrifice to condemn sin and set us free.

Application .

• 2Co_6:14  Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers; for what fellowship does righteousness have with lawlessness? And what partnership does light have with darkness?

2Co 6:17  Therefore come out from among them and be separated, says the Lord, and do not touch the unclean thing. And I will receive you

2Co 6:18  and I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.

The law said, you shall not plough with an ox together with an ass. Believers should be warned that mixed marriages are fraught with temptations, trouble and distresses because Marriage is a covenant before Almighty God.

God is against Mixture. God is looking for a Godly line Godly Offspring.

• God is Against Adultery and fornication. But He will forgive and cleanse.

Illustration :I know An ex-barmaid  who had been expelled from the Australian navy for promiscuity, married a  seriousdrunk and after many fights and six separations she got saved and then he did. They have been Pastors for many years in the AOG. The Grace of God is amazing. Come to Jesus in Repentance and faith and He will forgive AND RESTORE. Wash you whiter than the snow and use you. AMEN

Rahab the harlot of Jericho

  B. Rahab the Harlot of Jericho.

Mat 1:5  And Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz fathered Obed of Ruth, and Obed fathered Jesse,  -> David

Heb_11:31  By faith the harlot or [prostitute] Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace.

Tell this story quickly………...

GW Joshua 2 Heb 11:31  Through faith the notorious sinner Rahab did not perish along with the disobedient, for she had welcomed the spies and had sheltered them.

Tell this story.Jos 2:9  And she said to the men, I know that Jehovah has given you the land, and that your terror has fallen on us, and that all those who live in the land faint because of you.

Jos 2:10  For we have heard how Jehovah dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed.

Jos 2:11  And we had heard, and our hearts melted, nor did any more spirit remain in any man, because of you. For Jehovah your God, He is God in Heaven above and in earth beneath.

Jos 2:12  Now therefore, I pray you, swear to me by Jehovah, since I have dealt with you in kindness, that you will also deal with kindness to my father's house. And give me a true token, Scarlet cord in the window

Applications.

1. Like Rahab believe what you hear from the Word of God. The Lord our God is the LORD of Heaven and earth. He is going to judge this world. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved from the Terrible Wrath coming upon the earth, You and your whole family..
2. She hung the Scarlet cord from her window as a sign of Faith and Salvation.
3. The notorious sinner: a prostitute, a Liar, was saved and lifted up to sit with princes and Kings. She became the Great Great Grandma of King David.

Rahab must remain an example under the Law similar to that Luk_7:37 under the Gospel, of “a woman that was a sinner,” yet, because of her faith, not only pardoned, but exalted to the highest honor. Rahab was admitted among the people of God; she intermarried into a chief family of a chief tribe, and found a place among the best remembered ancestors of King David and of Christ; thus receiving the temporal blessings of the covenant in largest measure.

Every person in this building is a sinner we all deserve destruction. The only difference is that some have repented [turned from their sin] and believed and so they are saved.

Saved from the Holy anger of God to be poured out. If you are unsaved this morning then turn and believe as Rahab did. Then you will see the Transformation God can do in your life

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c. Ruth the Moabitess. The Test of Devotion OR RESOLUTION. 

Compare Orpah and Ruth  The Book of Ruth in the OT READ it this week. FOUR Chapters

Elimelech and Naomi and two sons went down to Moab in a Time of famine

Rth 1:3  And Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died. And she was left, and her two sons.

Rth 1:4  And they took wives for themselves from the women of Moab. The name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth. And they lived there about ten years.

Rth 1:5  And Mahlon and Chilion also died, both of them. And the woman was left without her two sons and her husband

Moab speaks of a cursed place of death. If you leave the place of God’s provision and His choice you will step outside His will.

Return to Bethlehem [the House of Bread - and life and blessing] RETURN - REST

Rth 1:14  And they lifted up their voice and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law. But Ruth clung to her.

Rth 1:15  And she said, Behold, Your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods. Return after your sister-in-law Orpah

Rth 1:16  And Ruth said, Do not beg me to leave you, to return from following after you. For where you go, I will go. Where you stay, I will stay. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.

Rth 1:17  Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.

Rth 1:18  When she saw that she was determined to go with her, then she quit speaking to her.

Rth 1:19  And both of them went until they came to Bethlehem. And it happened when they had come to Bethlehem, all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?

Applications :

1. Orpah went back to her family and her idol worship but Ruth was different. She would not be separated from Naomi and her people and her God. The God of Israel. There is a Rising tide of Anti Semitism in the world. On the internet it is shocking what is being said mainly by Muslims but also by neo-Nazis and Atheists. You will be tested on what you believe about the God of Israel. What commitment Ruth showed!!!!!!!!
2. They returned to the House of Bread and life and blessing from God. In Moab all the men related to her died. Naomi said don’t call me Naomi but Marrah =bitterness.  Turn from your past and your bitterness and come to the Place of Bread health and Blessing in Christ. God is calling for the wanderer to RETURN HOME.
3. Ruth married kinsman Redeemer. [goel] The kinsman-redeemer is a male relative who, according to various laws of the Pentateuch, had the privilege or responsibility to act on behalf of a relative who was in trouble, danger, or need. The Hebrew term (go el) for kinsman-redeemer designates one who delivers or rescues (Genesis 48:16; Exodus 6:6) or redeems property or person (Leviticus 27:9–25, 25:47–55). The kinsman who redeems or vindicates a relative is illustrated most clearly in the book of Ruth, where the kinsman-redeemer is Boaz.

4. She was from a Cursed people the children of Incest Lot and his daughters after the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, but God used her for His Glory because she believed. The Law refused her entrance into Israel but The Unmerited Kindness of God Brought her in.

Maybe you should be excluded too because of your past and family history but God is full of mercy and compassion

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D. The Wife of Uriah, Bathsheba 2 Samuel 11

Mat 1:6  and Jesse fathered David the king. And David the king fathered Solomon of her who had been wife of Uriah.

Another ugly matter. David sends Joab against the Ammonites, who besieges the city of Rabbah, 2Sa_11:1. He sees Bath-sheba, the wife of Uriah, bathing; is enamoured of her; sends for and takes her to his bed, 2Sa_11:2-4. She conceives, and informs David, 2Sa_11:5. David sends to Joab, and orders him to send to him Uriah, 2Sa_11:6. He arrives; and David having inquired the state of the army, dismisses him, desiring him to go to his own house, 2Sa_11:7, 2Sa_11:8. Uriah sleeps at the door of the king’s house, 2Sa_11:9.

The next day the king urges him to go to his house; but he refuses to go, and gives the most pious and loyal reasons for his refusal, 2Sa_11:10-11. David after two days sends him back to the army, with a letter to Joab, desiring him to place Uriah in the front of the battle, that he may be slain, 2Sa_11:12-15.

He does so; and Uriah falls, 2Sa_11:16, 2Sa_11:17. Joab communicates this news in an artful message to David, 2Sa_11:18-25. David sends for Bath-sheba and takes her to wife, and she bears him a son, 2Sa_11:26, 2Sa_11:27.The son dies

Bathsheba is a woman who longs for love. With her husband away fighting the king’s wars, she battles encroaching loneliness–making it frighteningly easy to succumb to the advances of King David. Don’t say it could not happen to you.

Will one night of unbridled passion destroy everything she holds dear? Can she find forgiveness at the feet of the Almighty? Or has her sin separated her from God—and David—forever?

“When lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin” (Jam_1:15). David sent for the woman, and lay with her. In the expression “he took her, and she came to him,” there is no intimation whatever that David brought Bathsheba into his palace through craft or violence, but rather that she came at his request without any hesitation, and offered no resistance to his desires. Consequently Bathsheba is not to be regarded as free from blame.

Applications.

The consequences of David’s sin was a blot on what was an amazingly Godly character. David was a man after God’s own heart except in the affair of Uriah’s wife. It is not how you begin your life but how you end it. I know a famous preacher who when he was 70 had an affair and was put out of the ministry.

His own sons turned upon one another and killed each other.

There was constant turmoil and ruckuses in his family. What is the basis of every family feud? SIN

Come to the Saviour today and receive forgiveness and favour. It is by His unmerited favour and not because of any good deeds that you have done.

I. MAN’S WILFUL sinfulness IS NOT ALLOWED TO HINDER GOD’S PURPOSES. Marriage of Jews beyond the limits of the nation was strictly forbidden; and such marriages were a fruitful source of evil, as, is illustrated in the times of Balaam and of Nehemiah. We can clearly see man’s wilfulness throughout the Bible and worse than wilfulness in David’s marrying Bathsheba.

Such wilfulness we might expect would thwart the Divine purpose for the race; but instead, it was overruled. God’s thought cannot be frustrated                                                                                                                If man resists, he will simply be borne along on the current of God’s outworking purpose. The Pulpit Commentary

II. GOD LETS CHARACTER TRIUMPH OVER MERE RACE-DISABILITIES.. And so our Lord taught that the humbled, penitent, believing "publicans and harlots’ entered his kingdom rather than Abraham-born Jews, who had nothing to boast of but a pedigree.The Pulpit Commentary