Five Women

The grace of God permeates the genealogy of Jesus. The first woman to appear in Jesus' genealogy was a woman who refused to be denied by pretending to be a prostitute. In so during, having a child by Judah, TAMAR became an ancestorial grandmother of Jesus Christ The Son of God. The second woman to appear in his genealogy was a harlot named RAHAB, also an ancestorial grandmother. The third woman appeared from Moab, a country forbidden to worship in God's Temple. Her name was RUTH, King David's great-grandmother. The fourth woman to appear was BATHSHEBA, an adulteress linked to a murder. These all demonstrate to what extent the God who is Holy will descend to bring us into his loving arms of care and forgiveness. The last woman to appear in the genealogy of Jesus is a virgin named MARY, chosen to be his mother.