Certainly No Coincidence

Genesis 38:25, 26
When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff. And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.

Matthew 1:3
And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;

Interestingly, this Torah reading coincides with the religious celebration of Messiah's birth. In Torah we find that tradition gave way to truth and in the account of the Gospel, we discover that although Messiah had a virgin mother, his great great great grandmas . . . were far from pure. Coincidence in the timing . . . I don't think so!