The Unquenchable Lamp of the Covenant. Abraham Park

      

      “Remember the days of old,

      Consider the years of all generations.

      Ask your father, and he will inform you,

      Your elders, and they will tell you.”

      —Deuteronomy 32:7

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      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Park, Abraham.

      The unquenchable lamp of the Covenant : the first fourteen generations in the genealogy of Jesus Christ / Abraham Park. -- 1st ed.

      p. cm.

      Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

      ISBN 978-1-4629-0208-8

      1. Jesus Christ--Genealogy. 2. Economy of God. 3. Covenants--Biblical teaching. I. Title.

      BT314.P37 2011

      231.7’6--dc22

      2010021941

      ISBN 978-1-4629-0208-8

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      Contents

       List of Abbreviations • 11

       Foreword by Stephen T. Hague • 12

       Introduction • 14

       Part One

      God Who Is Greater Than All • 19

      Chapter 1 God Who Is Greater than All • 21

      1. The Most High Ruler, the Maker of All • 22

      2. The Vast Universe • 22

      3. God Who Upholds All • 26

      4. The Agape Love of the God of All • 28

      Chapter 2 The History of Redemption and the Covenant • 34

      1. The First Revelation of the Covenant (Proto-gospel) • 36

      2. The Noahic Covenant (Covenant of the Bow) • 37

      3. The Abrahamic Covenant • 38

      4. The Sinaitic Covenant • 39

      5. The Davidic Covenant • 39

      6. The New Covenant of Jeremiah • 41

      Chapter 3 Jesus Christ, the Fulfiller of the Eternal Covenant • 43

      1. The Noahic Covenant and Jesus Christ • 43

      2. The Abrahamic Covenant and Jesus Christ • 44

      3. The Sinaitic Covenant and Jesus Christ • 45

      4. The Davidic Covenant and Jesus Christ • 46

      5. The New Covenant of Jeremiah and Jesus Christ • 47

       Part Two

      God’s Administration in the History of Redemption and the Genealogy of Jesus Christ • 51

      Chapter 4 The Book of the Genealogy of Jesus Christ • 54

      1. The Son of David, the Son of Abraham • 56

      2. The Seed of the Woman • 57

      Chapter 5 The Structure of Jesus Christ’s Genealogy • 59

      1. Comparison of the Genealogies in Matthew 1 and Luke 3 • 59

      2. Structure of the Genealogy in Matthew 1 (Matt 1:1–17) • 61

      3. Structure of the Genealogy in Luke 3 (Luke 3:23–38) • 63

      4. Chart: The Meanings of the 77 Names • 64

      Chapter 6 Three Periods That Appear in the Genealogy of Jesus Christ • 70

      1. First Period—14 Generations from Abraham to David • 70

      2. Second Period—14 Generations of Kings from David to the Deportation to Babylon • 73

      3. Third Period—14 Generations from after the Deportation to Babylon to Jesus Christ • 75

      Chapter 7 The Number of Generations Omitted and the Names of the People Recorded • 77

      1. The Number of Generations Omitted from the 430 Years of Slavery in Egypt • 77

      2. The Number of Generations Omitted from the Period after Settling in Canaan until King David • 78

      3. The Number of Generations Omitted from the Period of the Kings in Judah • 78

      4. The Names of the People Recorded in the Genealogy • 79

      Excursus 1: The 42 Generations in the Genealogy of Jesus Christ at a Glance • 81

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