DP #3: Jesus's Mission Through Matthew 1:1-18

Matthew's account of Jesus's genealogy proclaims that Jesus came from a group of women who got what they wanted by demanding it. Specifically naming Tamar, Rahab, Ruth and Bathsheba, the genealogy shows that it's not the specific blood relation that matters but the association with incredibly strong and sophisticated actions which makes these women important references in anticipating Jesus's teaching. Like Jesus, all women were outsiders who utilized their smarts to change their social status; they manipulated their situations with original actions and used self-directed activity to demand justice as opposed to expecting it from God. Considering the given traits and strategy to stating a specific genealogy, Martin Luther King, Jr. could be known as Jesus's daddy; John Lennon might be his daddy's daddy and we could call Mother Theresa his daddy's daddy's momma: his mission could be expected similarly.