Hello everyone! My name is Elise Brooklyn and this is Scattering Flowers, a podcast where we scatter flowers of faith.
I’m so happy to be with you reading the daily Gospels together.
Let’s get started! Today is Tuesday, December 17th, and we’ll be reading Matthew 1, 1 through 17.
Follow along in your Bible if you have one! Now let’s read Matthew 1, 1 through 17.
And Hezron the father of Ram.
And Ram the father of An-in-adab.
And An-in-adab the father of Nashon.
And Nashon the father of Salmon.
And Salmon the father of Boaz, by Rahab.
And Boaz the father of Obed, by Ruth.
And Obed the father of Jesse.
And Jesse the father of David the king.
And David was the father of Solomon, by the wife of Arizah.
And Solomon the father of Rehoboam.
And Rehoboam the father of Abijah.
And Abijah the father of Yahzah.
And Yahzah the father of Jehoshaphat.
And Jehoshaphat the father of Jerome.
And Jerome the father of Uzziah.
And Uzziah the father of Jotham.
And Jotham the father of Ahaz.
And Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.
And Hezekiah the father of Manasseh.
And Manasseh the father of Amos.
And Amos the father of Josiah.
And Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers.
At the time of the deportation to Babylon.
And after the deportation to Babylon, Jeconiah was the father of She-at-lit-tenel.
And She-le-nitel the father of Zerubbabel.
And Zerubbabel the father of Abod.
And Abod the father of Elikim.
And Elikim the father of Azor.
And Azor the father of Zadok.
And Zadok the father of Achim.
And Achim the father of Eliud.
And Eliud the father of Eleazar.
And Eleazar the father of Manton.
And Manton the father of Jacob.
And Jacob the father of Joseph.
The husband of Mary of whom Jesus was born.
Who is called Christ.
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.
I’m sure most of you know the Christmas song that goes, It’s the most wonderful time of the year.
Well, why do you think Christmas is so wonderful?
Is it the presents, the family you spend time with, the food?
Part of the most wonderful part of this time of year is the birth of Jesus.
Today’s reading makes us realize how special Jesus being born fulfills the promises all the people we read about in the Old Testament were waiting for.
That’s why Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year.
Because Jesus came to save us and to complete God’s promise.
Let’s pray.
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Let’s pray.
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Dear God, thank you for giving us Jesus to keep your promise to your people.
He makes Christmas so wonderful.
Amen.
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Thank you so much for listening.
I’ll be back tomorrow scattering more flowers.
See ya!