The Sunday of THE ANCESTORS OF CHRIST Gospel: Matthew 1:1-25
For Orthodox, then, the Old Testament doesn’t function as a history book or as a science text. We believe it is a book that exists to point to Christ, to give understanding about who Christ was and what he achieved through his life-giving death. The New Testament, for its part, wasn’t written as a cold 
recitation of uninterpreted events. Merely recording the “historic fact,” to the extent that it’s possible, wouldn’t have been enough to convey the gospel for all to see. The Apostles saw everything Jesus did and still didn’t understand and internalize the meaning of it all until after he was crucified, when their minds were opened to who he is and how the Scriptures spoke of him. They then recounted the events in the Gospels in such a way that reveals Jesus’ fulfillment of Old Testament Scripture, his significance for us and for our salvation. The Gospels simultaneously recount and interpret the events of Jesus Christ’s life. (Peter Bouteneff, Sweeter than Honey)
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