It is important to discuss the outsiders in the bible for a few reasons. First of all, many of us have felt like an outsider at some point in our lives. Perhaps knowing there were outsiders in the biblical stories will help us feel better about times when we felt like an outsider. Many of the outsiders in the bible do amazing things and their stories are not a part of our regular lectionary cycles.
On January 19th 2025 we began our adult forum series the Outsiders in the Bible with a discussion on Tamar, an ancestor of Jesus. We will continue the discussion through March 2nd. During the next several weeks we will discuss Jesus healings of named and unnamed people; Potiphar’s wife, Rahab, Mary Magdalene, and Bathsheba. We will hear their stories and discover the importance of their presence in the biblical story.
Last Sunday we discussed the story of Tamar. We looked at her genealogy. Tamar is an ancestor of Jesus. Matthew 1:1-3 says, “An account of the
genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac
the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah
the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar…”
The majority of Tamar’s story is in Genesis 38. She is not treated well by Judah and she had
to take matters into her own hands to protect her future.
The genealogy of Tamar and Jesus.
I encourage you to attend the adult forums to learn about
the Outsiders in the Bible and their importance to the biblical story.
Yours in Christ,
Pastor Katrina Steingraeber
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