Breaking the Word

GOSPEL READING: MATTHEW 1:1-17

Genealogy is important for the identity of a person. For a man from modern society this is strange. Modern man finds his identity in his qualifications and in his ability and in his successes. But a biblical man finds his identity in his relationship with the past and the predecessors and vocation from God.

Abraham has his identity in his vocation. God called him and his history began (and the history of the biblical people) with that. David has identity in his relationship with the past and in his vocation from God. Abraham was called to be the first man in God’s history and David was the king recognized by God and called by God. Jesus, following this tradition, becomes the first man of the new history and the first person to be called to be the leader.

விவிலிய மக்களுக்கு மூதாதையர் பட்டியல் அவசியம். ஒரு மனிதனின் அடையாளம் அவருடைய மூதாதையர் வரலாற்றில் இருக்கிறது. ஆபிரகாமின் வரலாறு அவருடைய அழைப்பில் இருந்தது. தாவீதின் வரலாறு அவருடைய அழைப்பிலும் அவருடைய மூதாதையர் பட்டியலிலும் இருக்கிறது. அதேபோல் இயேசுவும் இறைவன் படைக்கும் புதிய வரலாற்றின் முதல் மனிதனாக அழைக்கப்படுகிறார்.

GOSPEL READING: Mt 21:28-32

The prime duty of John was to bear witness. He bore witness to Jesus saying that Jesus was with God and Jesus was greater than him and John was not worthy even to bend down to untie his shoes. In bearing witness to Jesus, John realizes his own self and his relationship with him. He accepts in reality and in humility that he is only the voice in the wilderness.

Those who believed in the preaching of John and repented form their sinful ways and turned towards God are in the kingdom. It is not the status of the person or the position of the person which is important rather it the repentant heart and the following of God is that which gives entry into the kingdom.

திருமுழுக்கு யோவான் இயேசுவுக்கு சாட்சியாக இருக்கிறார். பிறருக்கு சாட்சியாக இருப்பதென்றால் அது தன்னிலை உணர்தளை வெளிப்படுத்தும் மேலும் யாருக்கு சாட்சியாக இருக்கிறோமோ அவரோடு கொண்டுள்ள உறவையும் வெளிப்படுத்தும்.