And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon—four by Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel. v.5
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Ready to dig apart another genealogy?!?! Chapter three follows the genealogy of David. Nine sons and one sister are named with a note in there that his sons by his concubines were not counted in this genealogy. Crazy how many kids people had back then and that even David, a man after God's heart, had concubines. Well that's not what I want to dig in to this time in this chapter, what I do want to is focus on two of his sons: Nathan and Solomon. Now we all know or have heard of Solomon. Through Solomon was the kingly line of David as we see in the following verses in this chapter and also in Matthew 1 of the genealogy from Abraham to Jesus Christ following the kingship lineage. But what's the story with Solomon's brother Nathan? Well if you look at the genealogy of Jesus Christ in Luke chapter three you'll find out. In Luke 3:31 we see that it is not Solomon in the genealogy but Nathan and his descendants after him that lead to Jesus. How can that be? Is that a contradiction in scripture? Well if one compares the genealogies in Luke and Matthew you'll find out that they don't contradict but actually complement each other. The genealogy in Luke is Christ's physical lineage through his mother, Mary. Whereas the genealogy in Matthew is Christ's kingly lineage through his "adopted" father Joseph. Bam! What amazing perfection of the scripture that lead us to Christ. The split of the genealogies started at two sons of David, one son may have been more popular and mighty but the other not forgotten by God and received a blessing to get to be a part of the line of the Christ.
Jesus is not going to come through the genealogy of you or your brothers or sisters, but perhaps like Solomon and Nathan there is a vast difference in the ways your lives look, yet take heart the Lord will guide and bless you both as you seek the One and Only God.
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