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Re: Gleanings from the "Gospels" [message #11864 is a reply to message #11863]

Fri, 20 November 2015 13:15

Gary
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james wrote on Thu, 19 November 2015 10:05

Gary, you mentioned about generations and the way they're calculated and I was reading in Luke chapter three the genealogies of Jesus and came up with 75 generations from Jesus back to Adam. I then read Matthew's record from Abraham to Jesus (14 from Abraham to David- 14 from David to the captivity- 14 from captivity to Jesus...that totals 42) and noticed that one, Matthew, follows the blood line through Solomon whereas Luke follows through Nathan. You ever noticed this difference?

James,

That sounds like the mathematician coming out in you. I do some math at work with reading blueprints but its minor in scope.

To be honest I was aware of the numbering of the genealogy's in the scripture but never paid much attention to the details. I know this is how they start with Adam and compare everything in the Bible and come up with a date showing how long man has been on the earth. I think its roughly 8000 to 10000 years, but I know some people will split hairs on the length of time.

I think if nothing else by having the genealogy's in the NT is a witness to Jewish people who come to know their Messiah, Jesus, they can trace His lineage.

But like I said; there are some groups that will argue concerning the dates showing how long that mankind has been on the earth. I think people can only get close to the date, and not know exactly. I think its kind of neat that someone can set for months and then come up with this information by comparing the scriptures to get this information. But Paul warns about people disputing over endless genealogy's.

Quote:

1 Timothy 1:3-5

3 As I urged you when I went into Macedonia—remain in Ephesus that you may charge some that they teach no other doctrine, 4 nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edification which is in faith. 5 Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith,

Like any subject in the Bible it can be carried to an extreme.

Just sharing some thoughts here on what little I know about this subject. It is a blessing that some are people able to comprehend all that goes into knowing how to understand the numbers or records and share what information a person may come up with concerning the genealogies.

I did not do very good with algebra and geometry, my teacher had the gift to put people to sleep in class.

Gary Rolling Eyes

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