I am looking at the first few chapters of Matthew's Gospel this morning. I appreciate the skill and subtleties that he used both as a writer and theologian.
For example, he constructed almost every paragraph between Jesus' genealogy and The Sermon on the Mount around scripture. Without drawing attention he inextricable he forces the readers to inextricably connect Jesus' life and ministry to the sacred writings of the past. It is fitting; Jesus is both the fulfillment of the scriptures and the only possible lens through which they can be understood.
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