Oh goody. Genealogies. This is a listing of all the people that we have read about for the past several months. (Get coffee--this could take a while.)
So, why are all these names in the Bible? There are reasons--tracing family history, dating important events, keeping track of who was where at what time.
Why does a list of names go on for SIX CHAPTERS????
I don’t know. (Sorry.) But there are many verses in the Bible about how God calls us by name. He knows the names of the stars, He knows the names of every one of David’s 300 mighty men, He knows the names of all the children of Israel, those who died in battle and those carried off to captivity. He knows the name of all those wounded, crippled, blind, mute, and lame who came to Jesus for healing and whose names weren’t recorded. He knows the name of the woman who broke the perfume bottle over Jesus’ feet.
He knows my name.
So instead of getting bored when I think about these names--oh, this is hard--I try to remember: He knows all these names, and He also knows mine.
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