Behind the Scenes with David and Bathsheba

By exploring the ancestry of Jesus, in the series Ancestry.Jesus, we will expand our knowledge of our Christian-Jewish roots through exploration of the ancient characters of the Hebrew Bible that make up Jesus' family tree. In this installment of the Ancestry.Jesus series, we will go 'behind the scenes' with David and Bathsheba and look at their lives from a Jewish perspective, putting everything into the context of the day. Furthermore, we will view their lives as was seen through their eyes as well as their descendant, Mary, the mother of the Messiah, Jesus Christ. By viewing David's epic story in the context of the ancient Jewish culture, we will more fully understand how Mary, the mother of Jesus, would have viewed her famous ancestors and how David and Bathsheba's life story impacted her own. Interestingly, we will also see how many parallels can be drawn from David's and Bathsheba's life experiences to our own lives as well, even though we live nearly three-thousands years later. Through looking at David and Bathsheba in the context of the day, we will see how their lives served God's glorious purpose, fitting into His Divine Master, plan which points forward to our eternal Savior, Jesus Christ.It is the intent of this book to help us comprehend David's story as would have been understood by Mary, a devout Jewish young woman who had been schooled in the Torah, the Tanakh, and Mosaic culture and law. Descending from the line of Judah and on through David, the renowned King of Israel, Mary would have been keenly aware of her ancestors, due to the keeping of accurate records which had existed for centuries. She also would have put their stories into context and understood them in a different light than the reader of today. Through a greater comprehension of David's story from a Jewish perspective. We, in turn, will discover more about our own Jewish-Christian roots, and gain greater insight about what God is trying to tell us through His Word. Knowing our ancestry has always been a subject of interest to us as humans, and somewhat of an enigma. In the world in which we live in today, it is difficult to find connections to our past, which in some cases has been seemingly lost forever. To help us connect to our past in today's complex world, many people invest in DNA analysis kits to determine their ancestral roots, searching for long-lost relatives that make up the family tree.