[DouglasKC]

The Royal line of David was not destroyed. In fact Jeremiah , himself.....saw to it....that it was secured! [Jeremiah 43:4-7] "So Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers and all the people disobeyed the LORD's command to stay in the land of Judah.

Indeed and in addition, Christ's stepfather, Joseph, is descended from David. I'm not quite sure what the author was driving at here. Perhaps he had something else in mind??

[kerryusama04]

What really sucks is that these people preach to thousands who preach to thousands. An error like this can spread like a plague because most Christians (>99%) attend services where the sheep never dare question their shepherd.

Jam 3:1 Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a stricter judgment.

Luk 2:4 Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,

[Uncle Chip]

The Davidic lineage was passed down through the male not the female. So I don't know what the surviving daughters of the king would have to do with it.

Jesus' lineage went back to David through both the royal line of Solomon and the replacement line of Nathan. Note that the lineages listed in Matthew and in Luke both cross over at Zerubabbel, thus Jesus was of the House of David through both Nathan and Solomon, and through both Mary and Joseph, so that there would be no dispute for those who wanted to split hairs, or is that heirs, well either way.