Matthew begins his Gospel with one of the most profound statements in the Bible: “The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.” He is the True Adam, God’s King come to inaugurate a new Creation; he is the True Son of David, come to build God’s House and usher in an Everlasting Kingdom; he is the True Son of Abraham, come to bring blessings to all the families of the earth. With the miraculous birth of Jesus Christ, Matthew presents him as Saviour, and in the coming of the wise men with their gifts, he shows him to be the New Israel, the Light of the World, and the True Tabernacle of God.
