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Matthew 1–2

The Two Testaments

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The Genealogy Sketches the Shape of the Story of Israel From Abraham to the Messiah

The genealogy sketches the shape of the story of Israel from Abraham to the Messiah. From Abraham to David, you have a kind of ascending motion that becomes formative for the people of Israel eventually. And then there's a kind of obscure period of waiting from and the final phrase is from the deportation of Babylon to the Messiah - which Matthew sees as leading up to Jesus' fulfillment.

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