Look Inside – Surprises in Jesus’ Family Tree

Do you know your family tree? How far back can you go? The number of people who have traced their family ancestry indicates there’s something compelling about knowing one’s family tree. Genealogy reveals something about the lives of past otherwise unknown family members simply by knowing the country or region in which they lived. Sometimes this search for a family tree is referred to as seeking “roots,” and this is bound up in the quest for identity. Genealogies were vitally important and so it’s no wonder that we find them in our Bible. The very first book is dedicated to recording humanity’s...