Adam, Sheth, Enosh. 1 Chronicles 1:1
The three names in our text are just the start of nine long chapters, almost a third of the book of 1 Chronicles, taken up entirely of genealogies. Neither you or I have ever sat in an Assembly Bible reading that went through the contents of these nine chapters. Most people consider these genealogies to be the ultimate in boring, and they are seldom read in their entirety. So why are they even in our Bible?
The first nine chapters of 1 Chronicles are included in the canon of Scripture, regarded by Bible scholars of both ancient time and today as divinely inspired. Their contents perfectly fit with the rest of the Bible, providing context and confirmation of the Bible’s historical accounts. We cannot dismiss or ignore these chapters because God says they are His Word. They have value even if they are a struggle to read.
Think about the record of your life and consider what people will know of you a few hundred years from now. Everybody who knew you will be gone and every reference to you will be mere statistics. And yet someone encountering your name in official records somewhere will know that you lived a life. That’s what the hundreds of names in these nine chapters are, the proof that someone had a life, had a family and home where they loved and were loved, had a career in which they left a mark of some kind, had a reputation in their community, and had, or did not have, a relationship with God.
The first nine chapters of 1 Chronicles are proof that every one of our lives matter to God. He cares and records. So it should matter to us how much of God is included in our lives. – Jim MacIntosh
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