THE GENEALOGY OF JESUS
Topic: The Genealogy of Jesus. The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. God doesn't and cannot make mistake. Looking at the genealogy of Jesus Christ, you will think some names were mentioned in error. Or you would conclude some names don't deserve to be there. Our all-knowing God allows some characters to be included in the genealogy of Christ so we could learn about His benevolence. In this series, we shall be looking at some of these characters. Of particular interest are the women that were mentioned in our Lord's genealogy, and we shall be looking into this one after the other. *TAMAR:* Tamar is the wife of Er, the first son of Judah. The LORD considered Er, Judah’s oldest son, to be wicked—so he put him to death. Thereafter, Judah instructed Onan (the second son), “You are to have sexual relations with your dead brother’s wife, performing the duty of a brother-in-law with her, and have offspring for your brother.” (Genesis 38: