Advent Reading - December 19

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

Abraham begat Isaac;
and Isaac begat Jacob;
and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
and Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar;
and Phares begat Esrom;
and Esrom begat Aram;

And Aram begat Aminadab;
and Aminadab begat Naasson;
and Naasson begat Salmon;
and Salmon begat Booz of Rachab;
and Booz begat Obed of Ruth;
and Obed begat Jesse;

And Jesse begat David the king;
and David the king begat Solomon
of her that had been the wife of Urias;
and Solomon begat Roboam;
and Roboam begat Abia;
and Abia begat Asa;

And Asa begat Josaphat;
and Josaphat begat Joram;
and Joram begat Ozias;
and Ozias begat Joatham;
and Joatham begat Achaz;
and Achaz begat Ezekias;

And Ezekias begat Manasses;
and Manasses begat Amon;
and Amon begat Josias;
and Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren,
about the time they were carried away to Babylon:

And after they were brought to Babylon,
Jechonias begat Salathiel;
and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
and Zorobabel begat Abiud;
and Abiud begat Eliakim;
and Eliakim begat Azor;

And Azor begat Sadoc;
and Sadoc begat Achim;
and Achim begat Eliud;
and Eliud begat Eleazar;
and Eleazar begat Matthan;
and Matthan begat Jacob;

And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary,
of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
So all the generations from Abraham to David
are fourteen generations;
and from David until the carrying away into Babylon
are fourteen generations;
and from the carrying away into Babylon
unto Christ are fourteen generations.
(Matthew 1:16)

AC 2009 [9]
In heaven it is solely by the quality
that anyone is known from another;
and in the sense of the letter
this is expressed by the name,
as everyone can see from the consideration
that on earth whoever is named
is presented in the listener’s idea
in accordance with his quality,
and it is by this idea
that he is known and distinguished from others.
In the other life the ideas remain,
but the names perish;
and this is still more the case among the angels.
So it is that in the internal sense
the “name” is the quality, or to know the quality.