When we come across genealogies in scripture most of us tend to tune out.
We see a bunch of names that we may have never heard off, let alone know how to pronounce. In our continuing exposition in Exodus we come to a genealogy this Sunday, one which is seemingly placed here out of nowhere. The genealogy is actually placed in a larger section that we looked at last time which begins in Exodus 6:9 and ends in chapter 7:7, where Moses is pouring out his heart to the Lord about his inadequacies for the mission ahead. In chapter 7:1-7 the Lord declares to Moses that He will judge Pharaoh with mighty acts of judgment. Moses will go on to confront Pharaoh and God will deliver His people later in the book of Exodus.
But this Sunday we will consider this short genealogy which we passed over last time. We will ask a few questions of the text. “Why is this genealogy here?” “Why is this genealogy so selective?” “Why are only certain names included and others left out?” “What’s the overall purpose of genealogies in the Bible?” These questions, Lord willing, will be answered, and it is my hope that you will come to understand, as we open up Exodus 6:14-27, the significance of a seemingly monotonous text like a genealogy.
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(known affectionately to many of us as Jimmy) was saved in 1991. He was a gifted guitarist and used his talents to lead worship at Bread of Life Fellowship since 2004. He also taught the Word and preached through the books of Genesis and most of Exodus before going to meet his...
