Day 503 - Matthew 1-2 & Psalm 129

 Julie

We have entered the NT. It begins with the genealogy of Jesus. Then it gives a brief explanation of the birth of Christ, the visit by the wise men, and the way in which Herod had all those children killed. I believe that this story is repeated with some added detail. Verse 1:23 can be referred back to Isaiah 7:14 where they began prophesying about the coming of Jesus. I don't remember if we read it that way, but will go back and look to see if we noticed that as we read. 

So...I did go back and look and I had focused on something different in that reading, but you had picked out those verses to discuss and had seen the prophecy. That was a few hundred years before this time that they were talking about his coming.

They have been treated badly since they were young, but the Lord has blessed them for their faithfulness.

Michelle

Ok, so I am catching up again, and not to make excuses, but it just feels like there is alot going on and I am not keeping up with it all.  Not just this study, but other stuff too.  I don't feel like I have the mental capacity to deal with it all right now and I really need to.  So, let's see where this New Testament takes us.  

The preface says it's been a silent interval of 400 years from the Old to the New Testament and says that history tells us what happened, just not in the bible, but is during the Roman empire.  This does go thru the genealogy of Jesus, it also references alot of verses we have read in the Old Testament.  There are references to Rachel and crying for her children also.  The devotional speaks of Joseph and how he handled the situation.  When he could have left Mary pregnant and alone, he was given a dream and made the choice to follow God's command, to stay with her and keep her and the child safe.  In this time that had to have been a very difficult decision.  It says this which I find inspiring, "You may have a world of responsibilities sitting on your shoulders, and you're just not sure you can handle it.  Do what Joseph did when facing the impossible.  Bring Jesus into your home and invite him into your heart.  He doesn't know the word impossible because with him all things are possible".  

I have read the psalm 3 times now and still don't get anything.  I might be distracted.