• (Rth 4:18 ESV) Now these are the generations of ____________: Perez fathered Hezron,
    • Perez is the son of ____________
      • Judah has three sons – the first time around
        • Genesis 38
          • Er is so evil, ____________ kills him.
          • Onan is disobedient so God kills him.
          • ____________ is hidden
        • Tamar is left destitute and fools Judah into fathering children with her – Thus Perez is born the son of Judah and Tamar.
      • It is said that the descendants of Perez were valiant leaders, but little else is known of his life.
    • Hezron’s name means dart of ____________
      • He is quite the ____________ in a Jerry Springer sort of way – 1 Chronicles 2
      • Almost all we know of him is his legacy of children.
  • (Rth 4:19 ESV) Hezron fathered ____________, Ram fathered ____________,
    • Ram (Arni, Aram)
      • His name means: ____________
      • Born around BC 1780
        • Near the same time period that the descendents of Jacob moved to Egypt.
      • Ram fathers a son named Amminadab
        • But Lukes’s genealogy inserts another name between them…
    • Admin
      • Not found at all in the OT
      • Only mentioned once in the NT
        • We literally know nothing about his person
        • It is likely that he was another son of Hezron that was killed and his wife taken by Ram to father a son – a kinsman-redeemer situation.
    • Amminadab
      • Is possibly the legal son of Admin
      • And the genetic son of Ram
        • But we don’t know for sure.
      • Born around BC 1658
        • This is the great-grandfather of Boaz.
        • His daughter marries ____________, the right hand man of Moses in the Exodus story.
          • Exodus 6:23
      • His legacy is his son, Nahshon
  • (Rth 4:20 ESV) Amminadab fathered ____________, Nahshon fathered ____________,
    • Nahshon
      • A leader of the tribe of ____________
        • Numbers 1:7; 10:14
      • Chief of his camp of 74,600 people
        • Numbers 2:3-4 
      • Made offerings for his people according to the law of ____________
        • Numbers 7:12-17
    • Salmon
      • Married ____________ after the fall of Jericho
        • Joshua 2, Joshua 6:22-25
      • His name means peaceable
      • We know almost nothing about his life
        • He raised a good kid, however: Boaz
      • ____________ has a lot more info and is one of the pillars of faith
        • Hebrews 11:31; James 2:25
        • Of underdogs in this world, Rahab was one.
  • (Rth 4:21 ESV) Salmon fathered ____________, Boaz fathered ____________,
    • Boaz
      • Boaz is a substantial character
        • Both in his position in ____________
        • But also in his righteous character
      • He shines as an example of doing what is right
        • Not what is ____________
      • He marries ____________, the Moabite widow
        • And they have a son named Obed
          • Given as the redeemer of Naomi and her family in the Israelite custom.
    • Obed
      • Born around BC 1360
      • Name means ____________
      • As far as we know he had no siblings.
  • (Rth 4:22 ESV) Obed fathered ____________, and Jesse fathered ____________.
    • Jesse is fairly obscure. His son, David, however is massive.
    • David
      • Born around BC 1085
      • 1 Sam 16:1-13 David is anointed by ____________
        • V 7 the Lord looks at the ____________.
      • Began to rule around age 30 as king of Israel
      • David rules for about ____________ years and dies in BC 1015
      • David lived a pretty incredible life
        • 1 Sam 16:14-23 – David is recruited into ____________ company
        • 1 Sam 17  – David kills ____________
        • 1 Sam 24
          • V 8-13 David refuses to harm ____________ because he is the one anointed king for that time.
        • 1 Sam 26
          • David and ____________ sneak into Saul’s camp taking his ____________ and water jug, but, again, sparing his life.
          • V 9-11 God has forbidden him to harm Saul.  He trusts that ____________ will solve this problem in His time.
        • Fighting the Lord’s battles
          • 1 Sam 25  – Nabal deals unfairly with David so he sets out to kill him
            • But Nabal’s wife ____________ stops him.  
            • Nabal has a heart attack and dies within 10 days and David ____________ his widow, Abigail
        • For all the high points of David’s life there are plenty of lows as well.
          • He was a rapist and a ____________
          • And more than once he failed to live up to the ____________ standard of God
        • David was the ____________
          • God chose him and raised him up
        • Inside, David was still a ____________
          • He had good days and bad days
          • Successes and massive failures
      • David is called the man after____________ own heart
        • Called by ____________ as part of this massive plan of human history unfolding according to God’s perfect ____________.
      • And of course this is the line to ____________ the Messiah
        • Both Mary and Joseph descend from David
          • ____________ under Nathan
          • Joseph under ____________ – the king’s line
        • Thus Jesus’ blood was Davids
          • It was Obeds’
          • It was Boaz’s
          • It was Ruth’s
        • A legacy Obed could not fathom
          • A line Boaz would not imagine
          • A family tree Ruth never dreamed was even a thing.
        • A plan laid out by ____________ from the beginning
          • Executed every step of the way
            • By the sovereign hand of God
            • Moving exactly the way He wanted