1 Chronicles 1:1-54

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+title = "1 Chronicles 1:1–54"
+date = "2023-08-27"
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+### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/1Chronicles1.1-54)
+
+When I decided to study through 1 and 2 Chronicles, I didn't realize there was
+an enormous genealogy in the first several chapters. But the die has been cast,
+and now I give you a crash course in redemptive history. The first four verses
+cover about 1,500 years of history from the beginning of Creation to the Great
+Flood. The names given are from the line of promise, from which the
+long-awaited Messiah would one day arise to defeat sin and death forever.
+
+Now might be a good time to talk about why this book exists. First and Second
+Chronicles cover a lot of the same material as 1 & 2 Samuel and 1 & 2 Kings.
+While it strives to be historically accurate in its account, the author is
+choosy about what events are related to the reader. It was written around the
+time the Jewish exiles in Babylon were allowed to return to their homeland
+after 70 years, and the author, probably Ezra the scribe, wanted to remind the
+people of how good God was to their forefathers in the land. He whitewashes
+Israel's history a bit and leaves out or glosses over the disastrous reigns of
+the wicked kings.
+
+From the three sons of Noah we get all of the different people groups we have
+today. Japeth and his sons are listed, then Ham and his sons, and finally the
+line of promise again in Shem. This is the usual pattern in this genealogy;
+siblings are listed with their children, but they are only there to show how
+God's elect fit into history at that time. Verse 24 lists the path from Shem to
+Abram (Abraham).
+
+Pop quiz: how many sons did Father Abraham have? "Two" is a good guess, but
+that's actually the number of times Abraham was married. After Sarah, the
+mother of Isaac, died, he married again to a woman named Keturah who bore him
+six sons. So the total number of sons is eight.
+
+The rest of the chapter traces the family tree of Esau, Israel's brother. His
+descendants are called Edomites, and they had a rocky history with the
+Israelites. That belligerent closeness is probably why these verses were left
+in. Most of the exiles would have known how much the Edomites, so all the
+details were probably for their benefite more than ours.
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+* * *
+
+Your promises will always be fulfilled, in Your perfect timing.

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-title = "Galatians $1:$2–$3"
+title = "1 Chronicles $1:$2–$3"
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-### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Galatians$1.$2-$3)
+### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/1Chronicles$1.$2-$3)

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 Hellenization encroaching on their way of life. They rebelled and agitated
 enough that Rome eventually sent an army that sacked Jerusalem and completely
 destroyed the temple in <span style="font-variant-caps:
-small-caps">a.d.</style> 70. Before then, these nationalists would be opposed
+small-caps">a.d.</span> 70. Before then, these nationalists would be opposed
 to the church welcoming Gentiles into its number, so Paul says the Judaizer
 party is trying to make the Gentile believers into Jews in order to appease the
 nationalists.