DP #3: Foreshadowing in Jesus' Geneology

OF the four women mentioned in Jesus' geneology, all four are outcasts in the Jewish society of the day or, at the very least, should have been for the crimes commited, and this is a clear foreshadowing of the compassion Jesus will have for those outcast by the Jewish law of his era and even those shunned for reasons that have nothing to do with Mosaic laws. The noting of Tamar and Bathsheeba (and, arguably, Ruth as well) is an allussion to the compassion Jesus will have for the adulterer in the future. The noting of Ruth and Rahab (both gentiles) foreshadows Jesus' welcoming of other gentiles, even those hostily regarded by Jewish society. Jesus is not just a product of his lineage, but he accepts the significance of the individuals that are a part of it, even those of which another person might be less proud, and it is his ability to accept all parts of his heritage both in hindsight and in the events presented to him, that makes him remarkable.