A Different Genealogy of Jesus
Because of God there is the Great Beginning, the emerging universe with its unimaginable energy bursting into time and space.
Because of the Great Beginning and emerging universe there is the formation of fiery stars with their immense power and potency.
Because of the great stars there came to be thousands upon thousands of galaxies, and our unique galaxy called the Milky Way.
Because of the Milky Way Galaxy and its complex evolution, the sun is born and with it the planets that orbit it including Earth with all its creative power and vitality.
Because of Earth there is the evolution of life through nature from the earliest microbes through the dinosaurs to our world of plants and animals.
Because of nature there are humans, women and men, from all corners of the earth, from countless tribes of people.
And because of the one tribe of Judah there is born to Mary of Nazareth the child Jesus called Emmanuel, God with us.