When I was a young girl, there was an enormous social stigma attached to having a baby when you weren’t married. You got sent away to extended family, had the baby in secret, started another life, or gave the baby up for adoption, very privately. Children raised out of wedlock didn’t have the same legal rights as children born to or adopted by a married couple.
Royal Heritage
But, if Matthew had ransacked the whole Old Testament, he’d have been hard pressed to find four more unlikely candidates for the Messiah’s genealogy than the following women.
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Christmas Series
Beginning Monday, Grace and Peace will present seven posts on Jesus' heritage and birth, bringing the nativity narrative through Matthew's gospel.
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The Midwife
My church, New Hope Chapel, Arnold MD, is finishing up a four-part Advent series called "We Were There." Each member of the teaching team took a character from Jesus' birth narrative and told the tale from that perspective. I got "The Midwife"
