1 Chronicles Ch 1-5

5:17 All these were entered in the genealogical records during the reigns of Jotham king of Judah and Jeroboam king of Israel

I'm not sure why God gave us the list of history.  I bet the bible scholars and researchers have poured through this over the years to connect the dots of history and lineage.  I'm glad we are reading it now versus earlier in our journey because as I read through the list of names there are a lot of names that we have read a little about their lives and it is cool to read the name and have even a spark of a memory of a chapter come through my head--this would not have happened had we not gone chapter by chapter through the bible.

I'm so glad we have been on this journey together.  These chapters are dry but still its cool to see the list of names and how things hook together.  Seeing names of people who are the origin of cities named after them.  He has it all put together perfectly.

knut

ps -- had to add this part, I went to Tom's site to see he could possibly write about Chronicles.  Note the timing of his post 6 years ago in 2010--too funny.

Tom's post

Adam, Seth, Enosh…. 1 Chronicles 1:1 (MSG)

Reading through the trunk of our family tree today, I could not help thinking about Father's Day this past week. We are all a product, genetically, of our forefathers. We are all influenced, systemically, by our famillies. For me, a huge part of understanding my own journey has been spent answering the questions:

"Who am I?"
"Who is Jesus?"
"Who am I in Jesus?"

Certainly part of the answers have come from learning about my family. In the past I find clues to who I am in the present. And yet, the future is largely determined by me. I choose the next step I take.

What shall I do today?