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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Jesus Christ: God's Trashcan

I am currently transferring some old reel to reel tapes of Dr. J. Vernon McGee for the folks at Church of The Open Door in California right now, and one of the tapes is a sermon called "The Prodigal Family," originally preached on December 4, 1966.  Of the five sides of tape I have transferred so far, this is the most interesting sermon so far.....Here's why.....

Dr. McGee first gives some definitions of some of the names in the book of Ruth, where the majority of this sermon takes place.

Bethlehem: House Of Bread
Judah: Praise
Moab: God's "washbasin" (see Psalm 108:9)
Elimelech: God is my King
Naomi: pleasant; "Mary Sunshine" as Dr. McGee said because of her chipper and positive attitude
Mahlon: unhealthy
Chilion: puny

Alright.  Since Elimelech left Bethlehem (House of Bread) because of a famine, he went to Moab (God's washbasin, or God's trashcan).

This family tree is from Wikipedia.

Now, since Ruth was a Moabite, she was a God's Trashcanian.  Since Obed was Moabite, he was God's Trashcanian.  Since Jesse had Moabite blood in him, God's Trashcanian blood ran in him.   Since David had Moabite blood in him, God's Trashcanian blood ran in him.

Go to Matthew and read the genealogy of Jesus.  Jesus is a descendent of David.  

Thus, Jesus was a God's Trashcanian.......






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