ALL THROUGH THE NEW COVENANT WRITINGS THERE ARE WONDERFUL TRUTHS LIKE BREADCRUMBS, ALL POINTING TO WHO YAHUSHA TRULY IS - WHERE HE CAME FROM AND WHAT HIS MISSION STILL IS TODAY !

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1. This is the genealogy/ancestry (family history) of YAHUSHA the Messiah. He came from the bloodline of David, who was from the bloodline of Abraham...

GENEALOGY - A NEW CREATION

WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY SAYS THAT GENEALOGY IS "A LINE OF DESCENT TRACED CONTINUOUSLY FROM AN ANCESTOR". THEREFORE WHEN WE READ THE WORD "GENEALOGY" ... TO US IT MEANS A LIST OF NAMES OF DISTANT FAMILY FROM THE PAST THAT TRACES THE BEGINNING ANCESTORS FORWARD TO YAHUSHA MESSIAH.


HOWEVER IN GREEK THE WORD IS "GENESIS"... YES, THE SAME WORD USED AS THE TITLE FOR THE FIRST BOOK OF THE SCRIPTURE.

SO AS WE PUT ON OUR 1ST CENTURY HEBREW MINDSET, A THEME THAT FLOWS THROUGHOUT THE GOSPEL ACCOUNTS (AND ALL OF THE NEW COVENANT ORDER) IS THAT THE ARRIVAL OF YAHUSHA IS TO BE VIEWED (FIRST AND FOREMOST) AS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW-CREATION-ORDER: A SECOND GENESIS. PAUL ALSO ADVANCES THIS THEME IN SEVERAL OF HIS LETTERS :


2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 "THEREFORE, IF ANYONE IS UNITED WITH YAHUSHA MESSIAH, HE IS A NEW CREATION - THE OLD HAS PASSED AWAY AND LOOK, WHAT HAS COME IS FRESH AND NEW!"


JOHN'S GOSPEL FOLLOWS ALONG THIS THOUGHT ALSO, MAKING A DIRECT CONNECTION OF YAHUSHA'S ARRIVAL WITH THE 1ST AND ORIGINAL GENESIS. THAT IS (FOR JOHN) WHILE YAHUSHA IS THE CREATOR OF A 2ND GENESIS THROUGH A NEW BLOOD-COVENANT, HE WAS ALSO THERE TO CREATE THE 1ST GENESIS, THE ORIGINAL CREATION.


JOHN 1:1 "IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE WORD WAS WITH ALAHIM, AND THE WORD WAS/IS ALAHIM. HE WAS WITH ALAHIM IN THE BEGINNING. ALL THINGS CAME TO BE THROUGH HIM, AND WITHOUT HIM NOTHING MADE HAD BEING".

PAUL IN ROMANS CHAPTER 5 EXPANDS THAT CONNECTION AS HE MAKES YAHUSHA TO BE THE ULTIMATE 2ND ADAM. SO THE BEST POSSIBLE INTERPRETATION OF THE OPENING FEW WORDS OF MATTHEW SHOULD BE: "THIS IS THE BOOK OF THE NEW CREATION (GEN) ESTABLISHED BY YAHUSHA MESSIAH, SON OF DAVID, SON OF ABRAHAM."

THIS CONCEPT OF YAHUSHA CREATING AN ACTUAL (NOT A METAPHORICAL) 2ND GENESIS, A FULL-ON RE-CREATION IS BROUGHT HOME TO US ALL THE MORE, IN FINAL BOOK OF THE NEW COVENANT ORDER : 


REVELATION 21:1

"THEN I SAW A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH, FOR THE OLD HEAVEN AND THE OLD EARTH HAD PASSED AWAY, AND THE SEA WAS NO LONGER THERE. ALSO I SAW THE SET-APART CITY, NEW JERUSALEM, COMING DOWN OUT OF HEAVEN FROM ALAHIM . . . AND THERE WILL BE NO MORE MOURNING, CRYING OR PAIN; BECAUSE THE OLD ORDER HAS PASSED AWAY.' THEN THE ONE SITTING ON THE THRONE SAID, 'LOOK! I AM MAKING EVERYTHING NEW! . . . WRITE, 'THESE WORDS ARE TRUE AND TRUSTWORTHY!'"

BECAUSE MATTHEW WAS A JEWISH BELIEVER, THEN HIS OPENING POINT IS ALSO TO SHOW THAT YAHUSHA MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE OLDER SCRIPTURES, TO BE THE MESSIAH OF ALAHIM THAT THE HEBREW PEOPLE HAVE LONGED FOR, SINCE (ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES) THE TRUE MESSIAH MUST BE A DESCENDANT OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB, JUDAH, JESSIE, AND KING DAVID.

NOTICE ALSO HOW THE OPENING VERSE INTRODUCES THE GENEALOGY. THAT IS, YAHUSHA'S IDENTITY IS SUMMED UP AS SIMPLY THE SON OF DAVID - SON OF ABRAHAM !

BY SAYING THAT YAHUSHA IS THE SON OF DAVID, THE INTENT IS TO PROVE THAT HE IS ROYALTY FROM THE TRIBE OF JUDAH THROUGH DAVID, WHICH MAKES HIM OF THE PROPER FAMILY LINE TO RULE.

BY SAYING ALSO THAT HE IS THE SON OF ABRAHAM, IT MAKES A FIRM CONNECTION THAT HE IS A FULL-FLEDGED HEBREW AND THEREFORE ELIGIBLE TO BRING ABOUT AND FULFIL THE PROMISES YAHUAH ALAHIM MADE TO ABRAHAM IN GEN.12 THAT THROUGH ABRAHAM, ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH CAN BE BLESSED.

YAHUSHA IS SOMETHING ALTOGETHER NEW - HE AIN'T JUST HEBREW, OR ROYAL, BUT A WHOLE NEW SPECIE:

AN ALAHIM/MAN FUSION:

A NEW FIRST-FRUIT CREATION & THE

SPIRITUAL DOOR OF A NEW REIGN WHICH HIS BRIDE MUST ENTER TO

EXPERIENCE DELIVERANCE & LIFE! 

1. This is the genealogy/ancestry (family history) of YAHUSHA the Messiah. He came from the bloodline of David, who was from the bloodline of Abraham...

2. Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac was the father of Jacob. Jacob was the father of Judah and his eleven brothers. 3. Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah (whose mother was Tamar.) Perez was the father of Hezron, father of Ram. 4. Ram was the father of Amminadab, father of Nahshon, father of Salmon. 5. Salmon was the father of Boaz (whose mother was Rahab the Jericho Inn-Keeper.) Boaz was the father of Obed (whose mother was Ruth) and Obed was the father of Jesse. 6. Jesse was the father of King David, the father of King Solomon (whose mother had been Uriah’s wife, Bathsheba.) 7. Solomon was the father of Rehoboam, father of Abijah, father of Asa, 8. father of Jehoshaphat, father of Jehoram, father of Uzziah, 9. father of Jotham, father of Ahaz, father of Hezekiah, 10. father of Manasseh, father of Amon, father of Josiah. 11. Josiah was the grandfather of Jehoiachin and his brothers, who lived during the time that the people were taken away, exiled to Babylon.

THE NAMING OF 4 GENTILE WOMEN IN MATTHEW'S HEBREW GENEALOGY (OF YAHUSHA) IS VERY RARE, SO THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR THAT ALTHOUGH YAHUSHA IS THOROUGHLY HEBREW (JEWISH) OF THE ROYAL LINEAGE OF DAVID, AND BORN OF A JEWISH WOMAN IN THE SET-APART (HOLY) LAND ... DEEP DOWN IN HIS BEING AND ESSENCE THERE ARE TRACES OF GENTILE CONNECTIONS THAT CANNOT BE IGNORED. AND EVEN MORE INTERESTING IS THAT (EXCEPT FOR RUTH), THE BACKGROUND OF THE OTHER 3 WOMEN IS LESS THAN MORAL AND UPSTANDING!


A SHADOW OF THE NATIONS ENTERING THE REIGN THROUGH A SPIRITUAL, NEW COVENANT ORDER !

12. After the House of Judah (Jews) were taken to Babylon, Jehoiachin was the father of Shealtiel, grandfather of Zerubbabel, 13. father of Abiud, father of Eliakim, father of Azor, 14. father of Zadok, father of Achim, father of Eliud, 15. father of Eleazar, father of Matthan, father of Jacob.

THIS WAS AN EVENT THAT WOULD FOREVER CHANGE THE JEWS, SO FOR THEM, THE TERM "DELIVERANCE" HAD ALWAYS MEANT 'BEING SET FREE FROM THE OPPRESSION OF A GENTILE CONQUEROR', HOWEVER UPON THE ARRIVAL OF YAHUSHA IT TOOK ON NEW MEANING AS BEING SET FREE FROM SIN AND ETERNAL DEATH.

16. And Jacob was the father of Joseph, who married Mary, the mother of YAHUSHA, who is called the Messiah.


SO MATTHEW IS CAREFUL TO MAKE JOSEPH MARY'S HUSBAND, BUT NOT THE BIOLOGICAL FATHER OF HER CHILD. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HE MAKES MARY YAHUSHA’S BIOLOGICAL MOTHER.

17. So there were fourteen generations from Abraham to David, then another fourteen generations from David until the people were captured and exiled to Babylon. Then there were another fourteen more generations from the time of the exile to Babylon until the Messiah was born.

DANIEL'S END-TIME PROPHECY

WE SHOULD ALSO NOT OVERLOOK THE USE OF THE NUMBER 42 IN THE SCRIPTURE. MATTHEW SAYS THERE'S 42 GENERATIONS (3 X 14 = 42) FROM ABRAHAM TO YAHUSHA. THE PROPHET DANIEL (UPON WHOM SO MUCH OF REVELATION IS BASED) SPEAKS OF THE END TIMES AND THE RULE OF THE ANTI-MESSIAH USING THE KEY NUMBERS 1260 DAYS, 3.5 YEARS, AND 42 MONTHS (ALL THE SAME TIME). IS MATTHEW SAYING THERE IS A CONNECTION BETWEEN YAHUSHA'S GENEALOGY, DAVID'S NAME, DANIEL'S END TIME PROPHECIES, AND THEREFORE THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE FOR HIS COMING?

DELIVERANCE IS THE ONLY GOAL OF YAHUSHA'S ARRIVAL !!

YAHUSHA THE ULTIMATE KING AND SON OF DAVID (LION FROM THE TRIBE OF JUDAH WHO OPENED THE SCROLLS) WILL ERADICATE ALL LAST-DAY ANTI-MESSIAH ACTIVITY THROUGH A COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF SIN AND THEN A FINAL CONSUMMATION OF HIS NEW ETERNAL COVENANT ORDER!

THE CONCLUSION SO FAR IN THIS 1st CHAPTER'S GENEALOGY (BEFORE YAHUSHA EVEN STEPS ONTO THE SCENE) IS THAT BOTH JEW AND GENTILE WILL BE WELCOME IN YAHUSHA'S NEW COVENANT ORDER - A 2ND GENESIS WHERE THE VEIL WILL BE RENT AGAIN AND ACCESS MADE AVAILABLE FOR ALL WHO REPENT & FOLLOW HIM IN THRU THE VEIN OF DELIVERANCE & TRANSFORMATION.

18. This is how the birth of YAHUSHA the Messiah happened. His mother Mary was engaged to marry Joseph. But before they married, he learned that she was pregnant (by the power of Alahim’s Spirit.) YAHUAH HAD ALREADY GIVEN HIS FIRST WIFE ISRAEL A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE, AND SO AFTER 500 YEARS OF SILENCE, THIS IS WHERE HE LEFT HIS THRONE, DUMPED HIS OLD SELF & NAME AND METAMORPHED INTO A BRAND NEW CREATION OF FLESH & BLOOD TO BE THE DELIVERER FOR HIS NEW BRIDE.

19. So Joseph (being good, righteous and obedient) didn’t want to cause Mary any public disgrace, shame or embarrassment, so he planned to divorce her secretly.

JOSEPH'S LOVE

SO JOSEPH DECIDED NOT TO ACCUSE HIS BETROTHED OF MARITAL INFIDELITY, THE REMEDY BEING TO `OUT' HER PUBLICLY AND TO SHAME HER PUBLICLY IN ORDER TO AVOID HIMSELF BEING SHAMED. RATHER HE WOULD QUIETLY GIVE A LETTER OF DIVORCE TO MARY’S FATHER (SHE WAS STILL LIVING AT HOME) AND END THE BETROTHAL, HANDLING THE MATTER DISCREETLY AND PRIVATELY. WHILE ONE OF THE SEVERAL PURPOSES OF YAHUSHA'S SPEECHES WAS TO TEACH THE JEWISH PEOPLE THAT WHILE THE TORAH  WAS  RIGHT AND GOOD BEHAVIOUR,

DOING OBEDIENCE MECHANICALLY OR WOODENLY, WITHOUT LOVE AND WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE SPIRIT OF THE ENTIRE TORAH LAWS, ACTUALLY PERVERTED IT! 

JOSEPH UNDERSTOOD THE ROYAL SPIRIT WITHIN THE LAW OF MOSES, AND KNEW THAT EVEN IN THIS GUT-WRENCHING CIRCUMSTANCE HE WAS TO ACT IN LOVE AND NOT VENGEANCE… EVEN THOUGH HE WAS TO OBEY THE TORAH. SO HE RISKED HIS OWN REPUTATION AND HAVING SHAME BEING BROUGHT UPON HIMSELF ON ACCOUNT OF HIS BETROTHED WIFE BEING PREGNANT WITHOUT ANY BELIEVABLE EXPLANATION. HE BEHAVED EXACTLY HOW YAHUSHA WANTS US TO BEHAVE TODAY. NOT BY IGNORING YAHUSHA’S WORD OR COMMANDS, AND NOT BY APPLYING OUR OWN SENSE OF MERCY OR JUSTICE TO ANY GIVEN SITUATION. BUT RATHER BY DOING THE TWO ROYAL COMMANDMENTS OF LOVE.

20. But no sooner had Joseph thought about this, that an Angel of Yahuah came to him in a dream, saying “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the child inside her has been conceived by the set-apart Spirit. 21. She will give birth to a Son, and you will Name Him YAHUSHA (meaning ‘I Am your Deliverer’). So make sure you give Him that Name because He will deliver His people from their sins.”

SO THE REASON FOR YAHUSHA'S NAME IS BECAUSE HE IS GOING TO DELIVER PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS ie FROM THE CORRUPT SPIRIT THAT CONTROLS THEM AND CAUSES THEM TO SIN. 

22. All this happened to fulfil what Alahim had said through the Prophet: 23. “The virgin will be pregnant and will give birth to a Son, and they will name Him Emmanual (meaning “Alahim is with us.”)

OLD COVENANT

CONNECTION

LET'S BRING ALL THAT MARY AND JOSEPH ARE GOING THROUGH INTO A HEAVENLY ORIENTATION AS OPPOSED TO AN EARTHLY PERSPECTIVE.

THAT IS, DESPITE THE TERRIBLY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THE COUPLE ARE FACING, THERE IS A REASON FOR IT THAT GOES WELL BEYOND THEIR WANTS AND NEEDS. IT IS BECAUSE ALAHIM, THROUGH HIS PROPHETS, PROPHESIED THAT THE MESSIAH WOULD COME INTO THE WORLD IN JUST THIS WAY. AND THE PRECISE PROPHECY FROM 700 YEARS EARLIER IS QUOTED OUT OF THE BOOK OF ISAIAH.


ISAIAH 7:14

"THEREFORE YAHUAH HIMSELF WILL GIVE YOU PEOPLE A SIGN: THE YOUNG WOMAN WILL BECOME PREGNANT, BEAR A SON AND NAME HIM 'EMMANUAL’ [ALAHIM IS WITH US].


THIS DIRECTLY CONNECTS THE OLD COVENANT HISTORIC DOCUMENT TO MARY'S PREGNANCY. INFACT YAHUSHA'S BIRTH, LIFE, DEATH AND RESURRECTION ARE ALL FORETOLD IN THE OLD SCRIPTURES, SO IN THE NEW COVENANT ORDER WE HAVE THE RECORD OF THE OLD PROPHECIES ALL COMING TO FRUITION. 

24. So when Joseph woke up, he did what the Angel of Alahim told him, and straight-away married Mary. 25. But Joseph did not ‘know her’ (have sex with her) until she gave birth to their firstborn son. And he named Him YAHUSHA.

 THIS IS WHAT REAL LOVE LOOKS LIKE IN ACTION WITHIN OUR MARRIAGE, FAMILY-LIFE,

BUSINESS & LOCAL COMMUNITY!


WE CAN KNOW ALL THE SCRIPTURE IN OUR MIND, BUT IF THE ROYAL LAWS OF YAHUSHA'S LOVE DO NOT DRIVE US TO BEHAVE IN THE DIVINE FRUITS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, THEN WHAT DO WE REALLY KNOW & EXPERIENCE?

YAHUSHA CAME TO DELIVER HIS CHOSEN BRIDE FROM THE ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION - THE CORRUPT SPIRIT THAT CONTROLS HER FLESH SINCE BIRTH, IN ORDER FOR HER TO FOLLOW HIM THROUGH A BAPTISM OF SPIRIT & FIRE IN PREPARATION FOR HIS RETURN.