“Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and made love to her. She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon.”
2 Samuel 12:24 (NIV)
Matthew’s genealogy doesn’t name Bathsheba, but calls her “Uriah’s wife” which separates her from the other 3 ladies in this account. It has to be intentional which raise the question “why?”. It might be because Bathsheba is the only one of the 4 women in the genealogy, who did not undertake a specific courageous action. Tamar acted courageously in entrapping her father-in-law, Rahab acted courageously in hiding the spies, Ruth acted courageously in her actions towards Naomi and Boaz. However we must notice that calling her Uriah’s wife immediately fixes our minds on the sin that occurred, (not Bathsheba’s sin, for she is powerless in the Samuel account, but David’s sin) and therefore we come face to face with GRACE. Other names on this list are names of evil wicked unbelieving men, but none of the names connect to God’s GRACE like Uriah’s wife! In that sense this notation is the clearest indicator of what this list represents. This list resounds with the sound of GRACE, every name, every person, every story, over each specific situation is God’s GRACE. God’s unmerited favour. May we learn from David’s example as he wept for his infant son. “Perhaps God will be gracious” is what David told his servants. Perhaps indeed! When we see GRACE in action, we should cry out for more! This list is GRACE in action. May we weep for more!
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