Matthew 1:12
12 And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
Matthew divides his genealogy into 3 parts: Abraham to David, David to the Deportation, and the Deportation to Jesus. That breakdown points the reader to the whole of Israel and what we see isn’t pretty. Israel didn’t just have crazy Judah or fallen David, Israel was a fallen people. So why would God choose to use Israel as the people Jesus would come from?
When I was a boy, our pastor took a huge bin of legos and threw them up in the air. I still remember the cloud of primary colors as the thousands of legos crashed down everywhere. He then stooped down and picked up a single yellow brick. God chose Abraham out of all the people because of His sovereign will. If Abraham, the Kings, and all the people fall, God can redeem and has redeemed them. What sin disqualifies you from God’s love? He knows not any.
Prayer prompt: Lord, I repent of my sin and call on Jesus to redeem me like You redeemed Israel.