Messiah’s Genealogy: Matthew 1 Part 1

It’s finally beginning! The first class in Context for Kids Gospel Studies – I am so excited! This is the first of five classes on Yeshua’s (Jesus’s) family tree or genealogy. Not only are we going to learn about Joseph’s and Mary’s families, but we are also going to learn about ancient adoption, record-keeping, some problems that popped up in Babylon, and how extra-biblical Jewish writings support the claims in both Matthew and Luke. We will also discuss the “missing links” – the three missing kings from the line of David – and how we see the same gaps in Old Testament genealogies. We’re going to learn why it was a very Jewish thing to do. I am also going to put a strong focus on preparing our kids to spot antimissionary tricks and lies so they won’t be fooled by ex-believers who want them to deny Yeshua as Messiah.

The next addition to our studies is actual practical discipleship, giving the kids ideas of things that they can personally do, or you can do as a family, to make God look good and to become conformed to the image of Messiah.

So, first we have this week’s episode:

And that episode talked about this past episode on David and Solomon:

and if you have not viewed the video explaining the rating system, here it is: