Note for 20250331 - The Gospel of Jesus Christ - Part 77 - Luke 3 - Our Father
The Gospel of Jesus Christ
According to Luke
Read Through The Bible
“As it Happened” Bible Reading Plan
Day 098
1 Samuel 1 to 4
Part 77 - Luke 3 - Our Father
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Luke 3:19-38 KJV
[19] But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, [20] added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison. [21] Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, [22] and the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. [23] And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli, [24] which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph, [25] which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge, [26] which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda, [27] which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri, [28] which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er, [29] which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, [30] which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim, [31] which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David, [32] which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson, [33] which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda, [34] which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor, [35] which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala, [36] which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech, [37] which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan, [38] which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
https://bible.com/bible/1/luk.3.19-38.KJV
Note for 20250331
It is not in me to bother you with the reading of long genealogies, regarding the line of Jesus Christ, you can read it here from verse 23 to 38, and in Matthew 1:1-17. In Matthew you have the lineage through Joseph, and here in Luke via Mary. Let me briefly show you that.
Matthew 1:16 KJV
[16] and Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
https://bible.com/bible/1/mat.1.16.KJV
In Matthew we have the line trace from Abraham, but here in Luke, the genealogy runs all the way back. Let me show you that by a top and tail approach.
Luke 3:23, 38 KJV
[23] And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,
[38] which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
https://bible.com/bible/1/luk.3.23-38.KJV
So far this morning, we have received a great deal of information, but here in verse 38 of Luke 3, there is the interesting mention of Adam as the son of GOD. So, even by the line of Jesus, the Son of Man, to Adam, the statement is still true that Jesus is the Son of GOD, for GOD formed Adam. But, by Mary was Jesus begotten of GOD. (Now, since we just recently read it, I will quote it here in short form, but know that this is a study in itself)
Luke 1:26-27, 30-31, 35 KJV
[26] And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, [27] to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
[30] And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. [31] And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
[35] And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
https://bible.com/bible/1/luk.1.26-35.KJV
Now, while there is much to find in these Genealogies, like who was the mother of Solomon, and how Boaz was from the line of Rahab (that protected the spies in the time of Joshua) and much more; there is yet an even higher matter to consider here today. Yes, we read in our reading how Herod took credit for jailing John the Baptist, and we read of the Baptism of Jesus by John in a brief form, as we also included in yesterday's note of how GOD testified of Jesus that He was His beloved Son. But, to get to the heading or title of today's note, we need to take what we have read here, and the look at an expansion of the verse of the day as it comes to us through the YouVersion Bible App, in Philippians 2:13
Philippians 2:12-16 KJV
[12] Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. [13] For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. [14] Do all things without murmurings and disputings: [15] that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; [16] holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
https://bible.com/bible/1/php.2.12-16.KJV
Did you see it? In verse 15, did you read it? Now here is a mystery, which should not be a mystery at all. Mankind comes from the seed of Adam and his wife, Eve. Wait, let me give you a quote for that too...
Genesis 3:14-15 KJV
[14] And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: [15] and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
https://bible.com/bible/1/gen.3.14-15.KJV
Now, the study of this is a huge one. You have to read Genesis 6, Jude, 2 Peter 2 and then of course, Ezra 9 (which I have quoted many times before.)
Ezra 9:1-2 KJV
[1] Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. [2] For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.
https://bible.com/bible/1/ezr.9.1-2.KJV
That is why the genealogy is so important, that Jesus was the son of man and the son of GOD and not a product of mingling.
Now, here, I can only give a brief outline, for the sake of time, so here are some extracts from Genesis 6, to have some understanding of who mankind is, and who is the product of abomination.
Genesis 6:2, 4, 6, 9 KJV
[2] that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
[4] There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
[6] And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
[9] These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
https://bible.com/bible/1/gen.6.2-9.KJV
While it is best to make a full study of this, can you see who walked with GOD? A man, perfect in his generations, not mingled as others have been mingled.
Let's look at verse 15 of Philippians 2 again...
Philippians 2:15 KJV
[15] that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
https://bible.com/bible/1/php.2.15.KJV
Who is Paul talking to here? That you may be blameless and harmless, "the sons of God." Did Noah walk with GOD, and was Adam called the Son of GOD... And then, who is Jesus Christ? The son of man and the Son of GOD, even the only Begotten Son of GOD.
It is an enormous study, and it holds a tremendous truth. In Jesus saying, I am the son of man, He is inadvertently saying, I am of mankind. Remember how the animals were brought into the ark by kind? Well, mankind is also “a kind.” Noah was of mankind, pure in his generations (unmingled.) Now, if there is mankind, what other kind is there then that mankind must be defined and held separate? Why does the Priest Ezra rent his garments and pluck out his hair and beard?
Look at the extract from Ezra 9:2, "so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands:" Who then were the people of those lands? And this is where it starts to sound like science-fiction in the Bible. Let's look at the original report by the spies of who they found in the promised land...
Numbers 13:32-33 KJV
[32] And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. [33] And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
https://bible.com/bible/1/num.13.32-33.KJV
Now who was in the land according to the report of the inhabitants of the promised land? For that we need to go back to Moses, who were these nations listed then of those that GOD would deliver into the hand of Israel?
Deuteronomy 7:1-4 KJV
[1] When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; [2] and when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them: [3] neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. [4] For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
https://bible.com/bible/1/deu.7.1-4.KJV
With the Deuteronomy and Numbers quotes, do you now understand why Ezra is so distraught at the report? When Jesus says He is the son of man, He is silently saying to us, but somewhat loudly to the Pharisees and scribes that He is pure in His generations, and that is why we have a very specific genealogy of Jesus here in the account of Luke.
This must be understood, these things can not easily be grasped by reading verses alone, it requires reading of the Word of GOD... All of it. And please note, I haven't made any reference outside the Word of GOD. This is what is there for us, in the Word of GOD. We can look at the sons of Anak, even how Anak was the son of Arba, and then look at who is Arba. But, the report of who these were is in the Bible, so the question comes down to what do you believe? Belief doesn't make something true, it is either true or false before a belief is formed. Now, of what I have given you from the Bible, what must we ignore to stand in disbelief?
But, what does Jesus have to say about this, keeping Ezra 9 in mind too.
John 8:44 KJV
[44] Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
https://bible.com/bible/1/jhn.8.44.KJV
Let's also go to the Revelation of Jesus Christ to John on the isle of Patmos...
Revelation 2:9 KJV
[9] I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
https://bible.com/bible/1/rev.2.9.KJV
Revelation 3:9 KJV
[9] Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
https://bible.com/bible/1/rev.3.9.KJV
So, while it may be cumbersome at times to read these long genealogies in the Bible, please know that they serve a purpose, other genealogies are mentioned too, like where the likes of these other nations came from.
Now, the next bit is by observation. It appears that by the time the Messiah Yeshua comes, the people in Israel are a mixed breed of people. That, even despite the law of Moses that they should not intermarry, but much worse for those who were not under the law, for they breeded unrestrained.
In the sermon of the mount, in Matthew 7:15-20, Jesus gives a way to identify those that do not have the truth in them, their character and actions would expose who they are. Almost as a way to see beyond the similarities and to peer into the truth of people, who they are and who they are from.
Matthew 7:15-20 KJV
[15] Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. [16] Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? [17] Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. [18] A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. [19] Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. [20] Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
https://bible.com/bible/1/mat.7.15-20.KJV
With all that we have learned here now. Let us revisit the words of Paul to the Philippians.
Philippians 2:15 KJV
[15] that ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
https://bible.com/bible/1/php.2.15.KJV
Now, Peter in 2 Peter 2 and Jude in the book of Jude is far more outspoken about "these strange men that have come in unawares." Jesus refers to them like this...
Matthew 12:34 KJV
[34] O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
https://bible.com/bible/1/mat.12.34.KJV
Matthew 23:33 KJV
[33] Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
https://bible.com/bible/1/mat.23.33.KJV
I wanted you to have a rich list of references today, but now I am somewhat forced by time to bring this note to an end.
In conclusion, based on the fruit of us (for man is like a tree in this,) our words and deeds expose who we are. If we are unwilling or unable to repent, if we cannot forgive others, then the fruit of us still testify against us. Paul writes to the church, when he speaks of becoming the sons of GOD, it is specifically for those that can accept Jesus as the Son of GOD and as our Saviour. The serpent's seeds do not acknowledge anything but that which comes from their father, the devil. When you say the Name of Jesus Christ, it is as if they "hiss."
I hope this is of benefit to you, and know this, you will have to try the spirits if they be of GOD. (1 John 4:1)
May the LORD Bless and Keep you, brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ. For we are living among the enemies of GOD.
Selah, Shalom
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