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05/01/2026

Education?!

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JOKE-OGRAPHY: This cartoon references a lot of verses, so here's an explanation for them all:

Matthew 1:18-24 is about the Annunciation (Gabriel announcing to Mary that she will bear the Son of God). This takes place "when Mary and Joseph were betrothed but before they came together." In this context, the word "betrothed" is being used for the stage of ancient Jewish marriage where the bride and groom had entered into the marriage contract but did not yet live together. So Mary and Joseph are legally a couple, but Joseph doesn't take her into his home until the end of this section after the angel reassures him in a dream. The taking of the bride into the groom's newly built home was the final stage of the marriage.

Matthew 22:1-2 is the beginning of one of Jesus's parables where He likens the Kingdom of Heaven to a king preparing a wedding feast for his son. The Bible is just lousy with wedding imagery when it comes to God's relationship with mankind; or rather, marriage is lousy with imagery pointing to the ultimate destiny of humanity to unite entirely with God in life-giving, self-giving love.

Matthew 26:26-28 is where Jesus lifts the bread and wine at the last supper and declares them His Body and Blood of the covenant. Jesus's cup is the cup that all other cups and covenants reflect all throughout the Bible. THIS is the big one, where God pledges Himself once again to mankind, IN THE FLESH!

John 13:33 and 14:1-3 are where Jesus talks about leaving the disciples for a time, then assures them that He's going to prepare a dwelling for them in His Father's house. He adds that, once He's done, He'll come back for them, to take them to Himself. In light of the other verses compressed into this fun little amateur Bible study, we can see Jesus is once again using very wedding-coded imagery to speak about heaven and the anticipated union with the Divine.

Thanks for reading! As a reward -- and because I can't post something without a joke (per MY covenant with my patron, St. Lawrence) -- here's a classic: "What do you get when you eat all the potatoes?"

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

The Genealogy of Jesus (Ruth 4:18-22; Luke 3:23-38)

1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham:

2 Abraham begat Isaac, and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob begat Judah and his brothers.

3 And Judah begat Perez and Zerah out of Tamar, and Perez begat Hezron, and Hezron begat Ram.

4 And Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon.

5 And Salmon begat Boaz out of Rahab, and Boaz begat Obed out of Ruth, and Obed begat Jesse,

6 and Jesse begat David the king.

Next:

David begat Solomon, out of the wife of Uriah,

7 and Solomon begat Rehoboam, and Rehoboam begat Abijah, and Abijah begat Asa.

8 And Asa begat Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat begat Joram, and Joram begat Uzziah.

9 And Uzziah begat Jotham, and Jotham begat Ahaz, and Ahaz begat Hezekiah.

10 And Hezekiah begat Manasseh, and Manasseh begat Amos, and Amos begat Josiah,

11 and Josiah begat Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the carrying away to Babylon.

12 And after the carrying away to Babylon: Jechoniah begat Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begat Zerubbabel,

13 and Zerubbabel begat Abiud, and Abiud begat Eliakim, and Eliakim begat Azor.

14 And Azor begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Achim, and Achim begat Eliud.

15 And Eliud begat Eleazar, and Eleazar begat Matthan, and Matthan begat Jacob,

16 And Jacob begat Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, the One being called Christ.

17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David until the carrying away to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.

The Birth of Jesus (Isaiah 7:10-16; Micah 5:1-6; Luke 2:1-7)

18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ came about in this way: His mother Mary, having been pledged to Joseph, before their coming together, was found holding in womb through the Holy Spirit. 19 Then Joseph her husband, being righteous and not willing to shame her publicly, resolved to divorce her quietly.

20 But on his having pondered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, you should not be afraid to receive Mary as your wife, for that having been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 And she will bring forth a son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”

22 And all this has come to pass, so that it may be fulfilled that having been spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,

23 “Behold, the virgin will hold in womb, and will bring forth a son, and they will call His name Immanuel” which is, being translated, “God with us.”

24 And Joseph, having been awoken from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and received his wife. 25 But he did not know her until she had brought forth a Son, and he called His name Jesus. — Matthew 1 | Berean Literal Bible (BLB) Berean Literal Bible © 2016 by Bible Hub and Berean Bible. All rights Reserved. Cross References: Genesis 22:18; Genesis 25:19; Deuteronomy 22:23; Deuteronomy 24:1; Ruth 4:18; Ruth 4:20; 1 Samuel 1:20; 2 Samuel 7:12; 2 Samuel 11:27; 1 Kings 3:5; 1 Kings 11:43; 1 Kings 15:24; 2 Kings 24:14; 1 Chronicles 2:12; 1 Chronicles 3:14; Isaiah 7:14; Jeremiah 22:30; Jeremiah 27:20; Haggai 1:1; Matthew 16:16; Matthew 16:20; Matthew 27:17; Luke 1:31; Luke 2:7; Acts 5:19; Romans 1:2

Matthew 1 Study Bible

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i drank last night and didn’t ruin my entire life AND still made it to the gym today

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She

In the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew 1, there are very few words used for the relationships of the women listed. Tamar is named in verse 3, and Rahab and Ruth in verse 5, but there are no words used in this section for “wife” or “mother”, which is interesting.

When we get to Solomon’s mom in verse 6, some English translations will add “wife” so the sentence makes sense, but the Greek does not use such a word. Instead, it reads “Δαυὶδ δὲ ἐγέννησεν τὸν Σολομῶνα ἐκ τῆς τοῦ Οὐρίου”, or “David then fathered Solomon by she of Uriah”. The only label for the woman we are talking about is tes, a feminine article like “las”. 

I’m not a fan of how Matthew leaves out Bathsheba’s name, or how it is phrased as if she belongs to Uriah, but there you have it. Honestly it is fitting for her story, how Bathsheba was taken from one husband to another like property, how the prophet Nathan uses the analogy of a man owning and eating sheep for how the men treat her. Matthew’s phrasing also seems like a jab at King David, a reminder that Bathsheba was not his to claim, that she did not belong to David, she already had a home and a husband.

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Pg. 1 of Doki Doki Bible!

Matthew 1:1

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

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12/26/2025

Merry Christmas, everyone!

JOKE-OGRAPHY:

In this Bible story (Matthew 1:18-25), the virgin Mary miraculously conceives a Child. Her husband, Joseph, wonders if he should divorce her for this inexplicable pregnancy, but an angel visits him in a dream and tells him, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take your wife, Mary, into your home, for she has conceived this Child through the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a Son, and you will name Him Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins."

In this cartoon, Joseph spends a restless night wondering what he should do about Mary. When the angel visits him, it appears distorted and veiled in shadow. The angel's creepy face is based on a trope usually found in "analog horror" series on YouTube, where photos are distorted and edited to create nightmarish parodies of human features to aid in spooky storytelling.

The angel appears as a creepy figure at the foot of Joseph's bed. Joseph asks if he's his sleep paralysis demon. Sleep paralysis is a phenomenon where a person suffers a lapse in muscle control shortly after falling asleep or waking up. Some possible effects include hallucinating a malicious presence in the room or feeling a suffocating pressure on the chest. A popular wave of internet testimonies from those who claim to suffer from sleep paralysis involve seeing a demon or some other creature near one's bed or sitting on one's chest, and the internet lovingly refers to these night-terrors as "sleep paralysis demons." When Joseph assumes the angel is one of these "sleep paralysis demons," the angel corrects him by flicking on his halo like a lamp and declaring that he's a "sleep paralysis ANGEL!" He says it like "demon" is the worst part of the "sleep paralysis" thing, which... well, yeah, I guess it is. Cool. I, um... I don't have anything else to add to that.

You may be wondering, "Tom, is a horrifying depiction of an angel really in the spirit of Christmas?" To that I say, "I suppose seeing an angel declaring the coming of the Lord WOULD be terrifying... to a SINNER... which we all are." Pretty deep, right? Have a wonderful Christmas season. I'll lighten up for the next cartoon.

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12/19/2025

#JustCoupleThings

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JOKE-OGRAPHY:

In this Bible story (Matthew 1), the ancestors of Joseph the carpenter are listed, connecting him to the lineage of King David. Then we're told about how his virgin wife, Mary, was found miraculously pregnant with the Son of God. Joseph, being a kind but just man, prepares to divorce her. Is this because he thinks she's lying about being pregnant with the Son of God, or because he knows she's telling the truth and feels unworthy to be with her? Either way, an angel appears to Joseph in a dream and reassures him, telling him not to be afraid to take Mary into his home.

In this cartoon, we zoom into Mary musing aloud about her miraculous pregnancy. As she muses, she realizes she agreed to the pregnancy without thinking about how she'd explain it to her beloved husband, Joseph. In the last panel, she turns to realize that Joseph has heard all of her musings. AWK-waaaard~