Obed

David was the son of Jesse.

Jesse was the son of Obed.

Obed was the son of Boaz.

Boaz was the son of Salmon.

Salmon was the son of Nahashon.

Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rab.

Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth.

Obed became the father of Jesse.

Jesse became the father of David the king.

David became the father of Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah.

She had a lot of friends.

The father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, read Numbers 25, and this is where God goes, what? And Phinehas runs the spear down through Zimri, and I can't remember the other one.

But anyways, don't be with the Moabite women.

And then later on, it's the reason why Balaam dies.

The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram, and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nashon, and Nashon the father of Salmon, and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of David the king.

And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph, and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos, and Amos the father of Josiah, and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

And after the deportation to Babylon, Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, and Zerubbabel the father of Abaiud, and Abaiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matan, and Matan the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

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Boaz had Obed, Obed, Obed had Jesse, a- Jesse had David.

So even in the flesh, he was not a full-blooded Jew.

That's why they were trying to catch him in a lie when they asked him, "Are you the king of the Jew?" He's not.

The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram, and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of David the king.

And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa, and Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos, and Amos the father of Josiah, and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

And after the deportation to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.

This woman had nothing.

This woman was powerless to buy back the land, but somehow by God's sovereignty, he checked off every box to restore her life i'm trying to tell somebody that thinks god does not care about the details of your life oh that job detail he knows about it the family detail he knows about it and he turned it all around do you know one of my favorite parts of this is that they had a son listen And his name was Obed.

And Obed was the father of Jesse.

And Jesse, the father of King David.

You're telling me nothing can come from a broken past? You're telling me nothing can come from a before Christ story? You're telling God can't use the broken pieces of my life? Oh, this woman wasn't just a great grandmother of David.

Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab.

Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth.

And Obed the father of Jesse.

Jesse was the father of David the king.

And David was the father of Solomon by Bathsheba who had been the wife of Uriah.