Tues.’s Devo - Man’s Geneology

Read: 1 Chronicles 1:1-2:17; Acts 23:11-35; Psalm 3:1-8; Proverbs 18:14-15 We are given the chronological list of the Jewish nation traced from the first man that God created, Adam through the sons of Israel. Some of the things I noticed was that Cain was not mentioned as Adam’s son because Cain was’t his son. Cain was the seed of Lucifer and Eve’s. Also, because Cain killed Abel, Abel wasn’t mentioned. Seth means “substituted”. He was substituted in Abel’s place. Every name tells the story of his generation. Noah’s name means “rest” because during his day the earth had rest from the evil deeds of man. The Ark “rested” on Mt. Ararat and man began again. Noah had three sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth who spread across the world with their descendants. Ham’s line was where the Canaanites came from. Shem’s line brought us Abraham. Japheth’s line went north and ended up in Arabia and central Asia. We follow Abraham’s line to his sons Isaac and Ishmael. Each of them had 12 sons who became leaders or princes. Abraham also had eight sons through his concubine Keturah. When it mentions the kings who ruled in the land of Edom, Jobab is named. He is thought to be Job. Today’s line takes us to David who was the seventh son of Jesse. Reading all these names, it is hard to think of them as real people with real lives and they are all part or our heritage as the human race. When we die, we will be a name in a genealogy but we know the details of our lives that no one else will ever know. It is thought provoking. we pass to the next generation a blessing or a curse. That is our choice. In Acts, we read Paul’s account of the Lord’s encouragement to him in the middle of the night. There were people who hated him so much the vowed to kill him, but God had plans for him. He would preach in Rome. None of their plans against Paul would succeed. The murderous plot to kill Paul was exposed and Paul was rescued and safely taken to Rome with 200 spearmen and 70 mounted troops surrounding him. Claudius sent a letter with Paul to Felix the Governor. In the letter he wrote that he found no reason for charges for punishment for Paul. He was safely sent to Herod’s prison where Felix promised to hear his case the next day. Lord, may you bring justice to our land and all who are tried and are innocent. Free your people from bondage.