When people start reading the gospel of Mathew they find themselves with something which could seem to be a long and boring list of names.
However, we need to understand what genealogy means for the Jewish people at the time when this gospel was written. For them their origin it's important to understand who they are, and where they r going.
Some important points that the Jesus' genealogy tells us are:

- He is the descendant of Abraham (father of all nations) and the descendant of David (the greatest king of Israel).
- He is the Christ (Messiah - the annointed one).
- His name is Jesus (the one who is going to save us from our Sin)
- He is also Emmanuel which means God with us.
- The evangelist gives 3 sets of 14 generations. Fourteen holds a special meaning for the Jewish people. It's multiple of 7 which is the perfect number. David it's a jew name which letters sum up 14 (D=4 W=6).

Other than telling us Christ's nature as a prophet, priest, and king. This also should makes us think about what our family history means to us. How our family defines us as individuals.

Just a thought.

TLW