I was curious about the genealogy of Jesus during the last few weeks. Looking through some scripture, I realised that the birth of Jesus had some "close calls" if you look at it naturally. Of particular interest was Judah because Jesus is called the "Lion of Judah".
I was wondering which son of Judah did Jesus come from because if Jesus is the Lion "of Judah", it may be interesting to discover which son "of Judah" He came from.
To my surprise, it wasn't Judah's immediate sons, because the first was a bad guy and was killed, the second son refused to raise an heir for his older brother and was killed, the third son of Judah was too young and was never given to his eldest brother's wife Tamar.
Tamar, conceived her twin boys from Judah himself! Read more about it from Gen 38:6 onwards.
The son "of Judah" whom Jesus descended from was Perez. Nothing interesting there until you look at the meanings of the names.
Judah means Praise
Perez means Breakthrough
The son of Praise is Breakthrough! From Praise Comes Breakthrough! Go ahead, Praise the Lord!
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