My name is Aron Gahagan. I’m from Maine, but I’m currently living and working in New Jersey. I am a Christian, a husband, a father, a churchman, and a patriot. I like to read, I like the outdoors, and I have a great family. Who I really am, though, is spread all through these posts. That’s a much better place to meet me.
I hope you find something here worth reading. If so, feel free to drop a note. Either way, thanks for stopping by…
Christ is All,
AG
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I googled “Aucan Indians” and your site came up. Tomorrow, 12/14, our church is showing a new film about the Elliotts. Thanks for glorifying Christ thru your blog.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
In Christ,
Aida aka Edie
after I find out the title of the film, I will e-mail you.
Aida/Edie
question that intrigues: why are there 2 different genealogies of Jesus in the gospels?
Jesus had two parents… ; )
[Update: Both of Jesus's human parents were in the Davidic line: the line through Solomon goes to Joseph, the "legal" father of Jesus (Matthew 1 [show] The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
), the line through Solomon's brother, Nathan, apparently goes to Mary, Joseph's wife (Luke 3 [show] In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, [2]during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness. [3]And he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. [4]As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet,
). That's the best answer I've heard; but beyond that, I don't know...]
[2]Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, [3]and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram, [4]and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, [5]and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, [6]and Jesse the father of David the king.
And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, [7]and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph, [8]and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, [9]and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, [10]and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos, and Amos the father of Josiah, [11]and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
[12]And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, [13]and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, [14]and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, [15]and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, [16]and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
[17]So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
[18]Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. [19]And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. [20]But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. [21]She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins." [22]All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
[23]"Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall call his name Immanuel"
(which means, God with us). [24]When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, [25]but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus. (ESV)
"The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
'Prepare the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight.
[5]Every valley shall be filled,
and every mountain and hill shall be made low,
and the crooked shall become straight,
and the rough places shall become level ways,
[6]and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'"
[7]He said therefore to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? [8]Bear fruits in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham. [9]Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."
[10]And the crowds asked him, "What then shall we do?" [11]And he answered them, "Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise." [12]Tax collectors also came to be baptized and said to him, "Teacher, what shall we do?" [13]And he said to them, "Collect no more than you are authorized to do." [14]Soldiers also asked him, "And we, what shall we do?" And he said to them, "Do not extort money from anyone by threats or by false accusation, and be content with your wages."
[15]As the people were in expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning John, whether he might be the Christ, [16]John answered them all, saying, "I baptize you with water, but he who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. [17]His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire."
[18]So with many other exhortations he preached good news to the people. [19]But Herod the tetrarch, who had been reproved by him for Herodias, his brother's wife, and for all the evil things that Herod had done, [20]added this to them all, that he locked up John in prison.
[21]Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heavens were opened, [22]and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."
[23]Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli, [24]the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, [25]the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, [26]the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, [27]the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, [28]the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, [29]the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, [30]the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, [31]the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, [32]the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon, [33]the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, [34]the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, [35]the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, [36]the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, [37]the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, [38]the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God. (ESV)
I must be oblivious…how did I not know that you had a blog. Anyway I only found out today on Luke’s site and so I tried from my computer at work to check it out. I was completely shocked, for whatever reason my acces to your page was denied by the Caribou School Dept. web filtering system. Man alive!!! Great site though.
GAHAGAN!!!! oh my dear i can’t believe i found you! How are you?? I know i’m supposed to write something about your notes but i am just to excited that I found you!!! you should email me or something! a lot has happened in my life and i want to hear about what is going on in yours! miss you!
Hey Aron!! How are you? Hope you remember me.. aly urns! i hope everything is going well for you!!!
BLESS GOD!!
Why Jesus does have two genealogies?
Yes, these genealogies follow the lineage of Joseph and Mary, his earthly parents. And, it is worthwhile to do a study of every person listed. I have another option to offer, please excuse the lengthy answer.
Another reason could be because the four gospels present four views of Jesus. Two of the four require a genealogy and the other to do not. These views are analogous to Ezekiel’s vision of the four living creatures.
“As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.” ~Ezek. 1:10
So, here we see represented a man, a lion, an ox and an eagle. And these four faces are seen in the four gospels.
The book Mathew certainly presents Jesus as royalty, a ruling King whose Kingdom is at hand, a Lion. As we know, royalty requires a royal pedigree and this is what Mathew gives us.
On the other hand, Mark presents Jesus as a suffering servant or even a slave. In this He is clearly the ox. Slaves have no pedigree, often they are not allowed a family name and therefore they have no genealogy.
Luke was a medical doctor. His writing reflects this since he presents Jesus as the man who is like us and understands our situation. All men have a genealogy Luke also gives this to us for Jesus.
John, presents Jesus as the eternal one, the one with no beginning and no end; the eagle soaring in the heavens. Certainly there is no genealogy for one who is eternal.
-doug
@doug: Thanks for chipping in on this one, Doug!