Tag: Advent
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Advent 2020 – Day 3
Matthew 1: 2-16 (an extra dimension?) Perez whose mother was Tamar … Boaz whose mother was Rahab … Obed whose mother was Ruth … Solomon whose mother had been Uriah’s wife. I imagine Matthew pondering his list of 42 names, not only discerning the big picture, the pattern of God’s unfolding plan, but dwelling on…
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Advent 2020 – Day 2
Matthew 1: 2-16 (summarised) Abraham – Isaac – Jacob – Judah – Perez – Hezron – Ram – Amminadab – Nahshon – Salmon – Boaz – Obed – Jesse – King David – Solomon – Rehoboam – Abijah – Asa – Jehoshaphat – Jehoram – Uzziah – Jotham – Ahaz – Hezekiah – Manesseh –…
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Advent 2020 – Day 1
Matthew 1: 1 This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham: Matthew 1:16-18 … and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah. Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David,…
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Advent 2020 – introduction
The season of Advent begins tomorrow, a season of preparation for Christmas when we will celebrate the birth of Jesus. As I have done for the last two years, I will be writing a series of daily “thoughts” for the season, which I will publish via this blog. For anyone who followed this series last…
Thoughts for the Day 