- (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.
- His legacy is his son, Nahshon
- (Rth 4:20 ESV) Amminadab fathered ____________, Nahshon fathered ____________,
- Nahshon
- A leader of the tribe of ____________
- Chief of his camp of 74,600 people
- Made offerings for his people according to the law of ____________
- Salmon
- Married ____________ after the fall of Jericho
- 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
- 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
