The Gospels [of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John] are the first four books in the New Testament, which all prove the One Who Was To Come was Jesus of Nazareth.

Why are there four Gospels? Could not one Gospel have made that simple point? Let us see.

There are four passages in the Old Testament where the word behold refers to the One Who Was To Come, as presented in the following table:

What a pattern!

Throughout the Old Testament the One Who Was To Come was to be—

• A Man,
• A King,
• God Himself, and then, inexplicably,
• A Servant.

The Gospels picture four roles of the One Who Was To Come that correspond to the four beholds, as follows:

The Book	The Picture	Corresponding Role
The Gospel of Luke	Jesus as the Perfect Man	Behold, the Man!
The Gospel of Matthew	Jesus as the King	Behold, your King!
The Gospel of John	Jesus as God	Behold, your God!
The Gospel of Mark	Jesus as a Servant	Behold, My Servant!

Looking back, we know there was only one Person who could have possibly fit these four roles. However, at the time the New Testament began, it was very important that everybody know for certain who this Person was. There could be no mistake.

Throughout the Old Testament, it was significant that God progressively revealed the genealogy of the One Who Was To Come. His intent was to specifically define who this Person was to be so that there would be no question about His identity.

As presented in our Matthew Bible Study Does the Old Testament Reveal the One Who Was to Come? Messiah would come first through Adam. Then the genealogy narrowed to Adam's son, Seth, through Noah's son, Shem, and then through Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah, and David. Importantly, Messiah was to come from David, through his son, Solomon, and then through all of the kings that followed Solomon—

You cannot be the king if you do not have the genealogy. This is still true today.

If I were to show up in London, England and say I am supposed to be your king, the English would say You do not sound like you are supposed to be the king. What is your genealogy? I would say I am from West Texas, born in Snyder.

I could not be the king, because I could not produce the necessary genealogy.

Three of the four Gospels give a genealogy of Jesus of Nazareth, as presented in the following table:

We will be looking at the genealogy of Jesus of Nazareth presented by Matthew [and also, by Luke]. Additionally, we will see how Matthew proves that Jesus of Nazareth is the King of the Jews.

Heavenly Father, thank You for the book of Matthew.

We thank You for this genealogy of the One Who Was To Come that proves to us, without a doubt, who Jesus is: the King of the Jews, Messiah.

We look forward to seeing a great spiritual application You have for us in the genealogy of Jesus of Nazareth: How You crashed into the Messianic line, into that genealogy. Thank You, Father, that we will also see how You crashed into ours as well.

Father, guide us and direct us as we study Your Scriptures to us.

We pray in the name of our King, Messiah Jesus. Amen.

To: Matthew Overview, Part 2, DO THE JEWISH SCRIPTURES REVEAL THIS PERSON?

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We express our deepest appreciation to Mitchell and Dawn Kolodin for their excellent work in transcribing and editing this entire Matthew study.

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