Matthew's account of the ancestry of Jesus was to establish his moral and legal status under Mosaic law. The Lucan account established the maternal ancestry of Jesus through Mary in order to undergird the virgin birth of Jesus. Citizenship today in Israel is granted only to those who can prove a Jewish mother. Brother Resner knows these things as well as 1, or better. The ultimate purpose of Matthew's genealogy is to depict Jesus as the messianic king, the son of David, whose personal history fulfills the revelations in the Old Testament.
Facts are facts.
Tamar is depicted in Wineskins as a sordid streetwalker dressed in red with fishnet stockings, and stalking her victim on high, spiked heels. The truth is that Scripture portrays Tamar as the faithful wife of two sons of Judah. Rahab is portrayed as a prostitute in the land of promise. Jewish history proves that repentance can work salvation no matter how great the sin. Ruth is portrayed in every mention of her name in Scripture as a noble and pious woman.