Jesus the Messiah came from and for families like ours. Jesus’s family tree has real stories of real people with real problems. People who are flawed. People who fail. People who disobey God. People who look out for themselves. People who do not deserve an inheritance. But people who receive God’s mercy. People through whom God redeems the world. People for which Jesus was born, crucified, and resurrected. Genealogies tell the story of salvation.