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## Our travel plans can change Matthew was a tax collector who left his work to become a disciple of Christ. Matthew wrote his gospel to his Jewish brethren hoping to explain and convince them of the fact that Jesus Christ was their long-awaited Messiah. It had been four hundred years since God had given them a prophet, and the nation of Israel struggled under the control and demands of Rome. The gospel of Matthew opens with a lengthy genealogy proving that Jesus was a descendant of David, which was necessary if He were to be the Messiah. Much of the gospel points to the Jewish prophecies that were fulfilled in the life of Christ. But Christ was not the ruler/king that the Jewish people had expected. God’s plan was for the salvation of all people, and that thought was contrary to what most Jews believed. God’s Messiah would usher in the New Covenant between the Creator and his creation. Only those willing to accept the changes would be able to accept their Messiah.