Judah: the royal line

1 Chronicles 2:1-55
These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan and Shelah. These three were born to him by a Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the Lord’s sight; so the Lord put him to death.  Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar bore Perez and Zerah to Judah. He had five sons in all.
The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
The sons born to Hezron were: Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb.
Jesse was the father of David.
The descendants of Judah, David's ancestors.
Here the Chronicler's special interests begin to show through, with far more space given to Judah, the royal line, than to the rest.
Why?
Chronicles described the descendant of the Judah and the royal line from Judah.
Focus on the line of David is from Judah.
David is the promised king and the ancestor of Jesus on the earth. His kingdom is really built forever.
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猶大家譜呈交錯平行對稱的模式，中心是蘭生.....
第二章到第四章主要在談大衛的家譜。
表達出神的計劃和揀選。透過許多不為知的人名中，來完成的。是無形中神所使用的人。
我們今天會信主，都是許多人，事，不為人知的人、的事來完成的。神透過許多人無意、有意的行為，以致成就今天我們能夠信主。
重點一：...之祖（父）可以在家譜中找到其祖先。基督徒的根源在於耶穌基督。未與基督連結的基督徒生命是枯萎的，只來聚會的基督徒，。
自己沒有兒子，從妾的生，神叫卑賤的昇高。忠心跟隨主的，必蒙神眷顧。無論我們的出生是什麼。願我們都脫離卑賤，成為神合用的器皿。
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How?
Remember the history of the Lord has done for me.