The Surprising Women in Jesus’ Family Tree
A five-day Advent walk through Matthew 1.
“The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.”MATTHEW 1:1
Most family trees in the ancient world listed only men. Matthew’s list of Jesus’ ancestors (Matthew 1) does something surprising: it names five women. A woman who was wronged. A Canaanite with a past. A foreigner from a forbidden nation. A woman taken by a king. And a poor young girl from a town nobody respected. Their stories tell us what kind of family Jesus came to save.
One woman each day, five days in all. Read her story, sit with one question, pray, and light her candle. Start any day this Advent (Advent begins Sunday, November 29). Your progress saves on this device.
👥 Small group or family guideFive sessions, one woman each
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