Day 116 - 1 Chronicles 1-5

ONE-YEAR JOURNEY OF THE BIBLE
Day 116 - 1 Chronicles 1-5 (Adam's Geneology and Pinocchio's Geneology)
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"Adam, Seth, Enosh, Cainan, Mahalalel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth...Nahor, Terah, and Abram, who is Abraham.  The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael...the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher...Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse; Jesse begot Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third, Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh...."(2 Chronicles chapters 1-5)

Quite frankly, I admit that I skipped most of the names in the geneology from Adam to David and his descdendants up to king Zedekiah because I told myself that there was no way I could ever remember them anyway and that I think it is just recorded for the same purpose of all geneologies: they are proof of one's lineage going back to his earliest ancestor.

Our Scripture reading for today in 2 Chronicles in the Old Testament records the geneology of Adam to Abraham to David and his descendants to the last king of Judah, thirty-three generations in all spanning three thousand years.  The gospel of Matthew in the New Testament records the geneology from Abraham to Jesus.  If we begin counting the years from David to Jesus, there is 1000 years span; therefore, from Adam to Jesus spans four thousand years.

The accurate record of the geneology from Adam to Jesus alone is enough evidence to prove that we did not evolve from apes but that we were created in the image of God just as the Bible says!  God knew that man's sinful nature will reject the fact of creation which was why He took great care in recording the geneologies in His Word the Bible. 

Paul wrote about this very thing in his letter to the Romans explaining that these people who professed to be wise became fools and "exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen." (Romans 1:25)

So, the next time you come across geneologies in the Bible, go ahead and skip thru the names but remember the reason why God put it there in the first place. It is exactly the same reason why anyone would take great pains in recording a particular geneolgy, that is, to establish proof of the ancestral line of real people, not imaginary or fictional characters.  If you still believe that Adam and Jesus are not a real persons who lived on this earth, go knock yourself out finding the geneology of Pinocchio.