Introduction
Mathew is a gospel that shades more light on the birth of salvation not only for Israel but also for the whole world. This is basically a book of new beginnings where Mathew takes us back through the history of Israel. There is more about the texts in the book of Mathew that reveal to us the sole purpose of God and his work of salvation to human kind. Just before we are told about the physical birth of Jesus, we are taken through the genealogy of Jesus where a relationship is made from Abraham to Jesus Luke 1(New International Version). ...