Tues.’s Devo - Jesus’ Lineage

Read Luke 3:23-38 I love lineages, especially in the Bible because I know they mean so much more than we comprehend on the surface. On the surface this is really Mary’s line which goes all the way back to Adam who was God’s son just as Jesus is God’s son. (Hint!) If God only had one begotten son, you can’t get more “begotten” than Adam. Romans 5:14 says that Adam was a figure of him to come. 1 Co. 15:45 says, “The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.” It goes on to say, “46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. 47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.” They were both God’s son made in his image, but one was made from the dust of the earth and the other was made from the spirit of heaven. I can’t explain it because it is beyond our comprehension but I do know that the Bible says they are both God’s son, and through Adam, sin entered and Jesus took it away. Sin didn’t enter when Eve ate the apple even though she ate it first because she was deceived into eating it. Sin entered when Adam ate it because he chose to eat it. He HAD to eat it or he would have been eternally separated from his bride, Eve. He chose to die with her just as Jesus chose to die for us. The lineage of Matthew is the kingly line. The lineage of Luke is the lineage of priests and prophets. This proves that Jesus was a king, a priest and a prophet. Until then, you couldn’t be all three. This is a promise to us. Don’t limit yourself by saying you are just a psalmist, or just a prophet. Jesus was the embodiment of the 7 spirits of God spoken of in Rev. 4:5, and we can have all of them if we continue to press in and know God. Is. 11:2 gives us the 7 spirits of God: “2 And the spirit of the Lord (1) shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom (2) and understanding (3), the spirit of counsel (4) and might (5), the spirit of knowledge (6) and of the fear of the Lord (7).” Notice that 2 and 3, and 4 and 5 are coupled together because they come as a pair. Wisdom gives you understanding and the counsel of God gives you might. The spirit of Christ dwells in us and can quicken our mortal beings. Wow, today has been a smorgasbord of information! Lord, somehow link all this together and speak to us out of your storehouse of wisdom and grace. You are a wonderful God and we give you honor and praise!