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Jesus, our Messiah
Jesus, our Messiah – Day 3
Neville Turley

Jesus, our Messiah – Day 3

Jacob’s prophecy

Um(Imi)bhalo weBhayibheli

UGenesise 49

10Intonga yobukhosi ayiyikusuka kuJuda,

nozime lokubusa phakathi kwezinyawo zakhe,

aze afike yena olufanele lona;

nezizwe ziyakumlalela.

UGenesise 49:10ZUL59NOVula kumfundi weBhayibheli

NgokukaMathewu 1

Izizukulwane zikaJesu

1Incwadi yokuzalwa kukaJesu Kristu, indodana kaDavide, indodana ka-Abrahama.

2U-Abrahama wazala u-Isaka, u-Isaka wazala uJakobe, uJakobe wazala uJuda nabafowabo; 3uJuda wazala oFaresi noZara kuTamari, uFaresi wazala u-Esiromu, u-Esiromu wazala u-Aramu; 4u-Aramu wazala u-Aminadaba, u-Aminadaba wazala uNasoni, uNasoni wazala uSalimoni; 5uSalimoni wazala uBowasi kuRahabi, uBowasi wazala u-Obede kuRuthe, u-Obede wazala uJesayi; 6uJesayi wazala uDavide, inkosi. UDavide wazala uSolomoni kumka-Uriya; 7uSolomoni wazala uRobowamu, uRobowamu wazala u-Abiya, u-Abiya wazala u-Asafa; 8u-Asafa wazala uJosafati, uJosafati wazala uJoramu, uJoramu wazala u-Oziya; 9u-Oziya wazala uJothamu, uJothamu wazala u-Akazi, u-Akazi wazala uHezekiya; 10uHezekiya wazala uManase, uManase wazala u-Amoni, u-Amoni wazala uJosiya; 11uJosiya wazala uJekoniya nabafowabo ngesikhathi sokuthunjelwa eBabiloni.

12Kwathi emva kokuthunjelwa eBabiloni uJekoniya wazala uSalatiyeli, uSalatiyeli wazala uZorobabeli; 13uZorobabeli wazala u-Abiyudi, u-Abiyudi wazala u-Eliyakimi, u-Eliyakimi wazala u-Azori; 14u-Azori wazala uSadoki, uSadoki wazala u-Akimi, u-Akimi wazala u-Eliyudi; 15u-Eliyudi wazala u-Eleyazare, u-Eleyazare wazala uMathani, uMathani wazala uJakobe; 16uJakobe wazala uJosefa, indoda kaMariya, azalwa nguye uJesu othiwa uKristu.

17Zinjalo-ke izizukulwane zonke ezisukela ku-Abrahama ziye kuDavide, ziyizizukulwane eziyishumi nane; nezisukela kuDavide ziye ekuthunjelweni eBabiloni ziyizizukulwane eziyishumi nane; nezisukela ekuthunjelweni eBabiloni ziye kuKristu ziyizizukulwane eziyishumi nane.

NgokukaMathewu 1:1-17ZUL59NOVula kumfundi weBhayibheli

“The right to rule will not leave Judah. The ruler’s rod will not be taken from between his feet. It will be his until the king it belongs to comes. It will be his until the nations obey him.” Genesis 49:10 (NIV)

Jacob was the son of Isaac and the grandson of Abraham. He was a wily character and the biblical account of his life does not gloss over his faults in outwitting his brother, his father and his uncle for his own gain.

Jacob was a major role player in the development of the Hebrew nation. The twelve Israelite tribes traced their descent back to the sons of Jacob.

On the eve of his death, Jacob told his sons what the future held for them and separately blessed each one (Genesis 49:28).

Jacob foretold his fourth son, Judah, that his line would rule all the Israelite tribes until the coming of the Messiah, to whom all tribute belongs.

This indeed proved to be. For it was through the line of Judah that the royal house of David came into being.

The apostle, Matthew, diligently compiled the genealogy of Jesus. Matthew was a tax collector when he responded to Jesus’ invitation to follow him. Luke recalls that Matthew (Levi) got up from where he was sitting, at the receipt of customs, and left all, to follow Jesus (Luke 5:27-28).

Matthew left all, but he did take with him his training and experience as a tax collector. It enabled him to meticulously research and record the genealogy of Jesus. Thanks to Matthew, we can trace our Lord’s family tree back to Abraham (Matthew 1:1-17).

Genealogies are passages we often skip to our detriment. Matthew proves conclusively that the prophecies concerning the Messiah led to Christ the Lord. In rounding off his research, Matthew reveals God’s perfect planning: “Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah.” (Matthew 1:17)

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