These are some observations about the text in Matthew Chapter 1. In this lineage of Jesus through Joseph, I found some things I had not noticed before.
Mat 1:5-6
(5) and Salmon fathered Boaz out of Rahab, and Boaz fathered Obed out of Ruth, and Obed fathered Jesse,
(6) and Jesse fathered David the king. And David the king fathered Solomon out of her who had been the wife of Uriah,
Boaz fathered Obed out of Rahab, and David fathered Solomon out of Bathsheba. However, Bathsheba was not named. Admitting my ignorance, I would assume this has something to do with the sin that was committed.
From here, my thoughts went directly to what God Fathered... His church. The seed was Jesus (Matthew 13:37), and the mother, it could be said, would be the Holy Spirit (Acts 2). Interestingly enough, the Holy Spirit (Ruach ha Kodesh) is 'feminine' in the Hebrew, while God the Father is a masculine, and obviously Jesus the Son was a male. Why, then, might Jesus have to go away before Pentecost? (John 16:7) Because the seed is never visible at conception.
This analogy is offensive to some... but I do not think anyone would argue that the church was birthed on Pentecost. To the offended parties, I would ask, from whom was the church birthed?
Remember this, too. God IS a god of patterns. He created male and female and instructed them to be fruitful and multiply. Dwell on this.
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