“Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:”
When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife. The simplicity of Joseph's obedience is the simplicity of faith. He received a command that redefined everything he thought he understood about his situation, and he acted on it immediately upon waking. There is no recorded prayer, no negotiation, no request for further signs. Genesis 12:4 records Abraham's equally simple obedience when God called him to leave his homeland: so Abram went. The great figures of faith in Matthew's genealogy are characterized by this responsiveness — they hear the divine word and they move. Joseph's obedience is the final step that brings Jesus legally into the royal line: by taking Mary as his wife and naming the child, Joseph adopts Jesus into the house of David.
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