Winding Genealogical Road

Synopsis      1Chron 1:21-44     11/1/2019 

The genealogical record extending from Adam to the Israelite kings meandered through the kingdoms of Canaan. So, it served as a record of the kingdoms that preceded Israel’s entering into the Promised Land.  

Winding Genealogical Road 

The chronicler skillfully used selective details of the genealogical record. In this way, he conveyed the sense that God was systematically working toward the placement of the children of Israel in the Promised Land.  

Predestination Not Determinism 

It is mysterious. God can work all things together for good without violating my free will.  

So, my free will really matters in the universe of moral decision making.

And yet, God is somehow responsive enough to interweave my moral conquests, along with my moral failures, and those of all the human inhabitants who have every graced this world, and make something good.  

 
“For those he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.” Rom 8:29