Posted on 05/30/2019 5:25:11 AM PDT by Gamecock
At first glance, the beginning of Matthew is a less-than-exciting literary starting point of the New Testament. It is a list of “begats” tracing Jesus’ lineage back to Abraham.
What this beginning lacks in literary punch it makes up for in theological significance. Among other things, the genealogical tables of the New Testament place the gospel squarely on the plane of history. Jesus was born “in the fullness of time”—His ministry is defined and interpreted against the background of Old Testament history.
The New Testament provides two genealogical tables for Jesus, one by Matthew and one by Luke. These tables differ at significant points. Matthew was writing for a Jewish audience and Luke for a Gentile audience. Matthew was concerned to show that Jesus legally descended from David and was therefore a descendant of Judah to whom the messianic kingship was promised. Matthew treats the legal descent of Jesus and limits the lists to three groupings of fourteen generations, allowing himself to make omissions.
Luke follows the natural descent with greater detail. He takes the list back to Adam, as it was a central theme in his Gospel to set forth the universality of the gospel. Jesus is indeed the Son of Abraham and the Son of David, but He is also the new Adam who comes to redeem not only Israel but men and women from every tribe and nation.
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Passages for Further Study
Matthew 1:16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
Galatians 4:4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,
Ephesians 1:10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
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Jesus was the son of God. Genealogy doesn’t apply.
It matters a great deal to the Jews. The Messiah was to be of the house and line of Judah but simultaneously was to be from the line of Aaron. Unless they cross-married, which was violation of Hebrew custom, this was an impossibility. However, the Gospel of Luke shows that Elizabeth, Mary's cousin, was of the line of Aaron and Mary was of the line of Judah. This proves the legitimacy of Jesus' claim to be the Messiah.
The Throne and bloodline of David were transferred at the Virgin Birth which also made Him Son of God.
Mary provided the Earthly bloodline and God provide the Heavenly bloodline.
Jesus truly is the Son of God.
Joseph of Arimethea was a cousin or uncle of Mary and a senior family member, which authorized to him to receive the corpse of Jesus for burial.
Joseph of Arimethea was a cousin or uncle of Mary and a senior family member, which authorized to him to receive the corpse of Jesus for burial.
The Throne and bloodline of David were transferred at the Virgin Birth which also made Him Son of God.
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There was no need of any transfer of bloodline. It was there from the beginning and planned from the beginning of time. Jesus was already the legitimate heir to the throne of David by virtue of His linage through Mary and Joseph. In Jewish law when you are adopted you inherit the linage of the adoptive parent. On top of that we don’t know if Jesus was known while growing up as an adopted child or as a blood child of Joseph.
Joseph and Mary were both descendants of King David, they were both of Royal blood. To the Jews Jesus was only a Son of God in the same way they all were but I’m sure they all knew of the royal lineage of Joseph and that Jesus was a Son of David. There was an absolute necessity to show the blood line to prove authority. Were it not for Rome Joseph could have been one of several legitimate heirs to the throne of David as a direct descendant. Because Joseph and Mary were both of David’s royal line that made Jesus likely the person with the most right to the throne. This is not a fact to be taken lightly, it is pretty amazing.
Because Mary also had the blood of Aaron in her linage Jesus had a legitimate claim to The Priesthood. Only a Priesthood holder could offer sacrifice. Certainly the Roman Soldiers were not Priesthood holders, Jesus offered Himself as a sacrifice and had the right to do so in Jewish law.
Jesus is the son of God; but He is also the Son of Man. Both are vitally important.
The Royal lineage of Joseph was cut off by the curse of Jeconiah (Jeremiah 22:24 & 30) - people of the day knew of this curse and knew there was no way Jesus would inherit the Royal line thru Joseph, which the Virgin Birth solved.
Joseph and Mary were both of the line of David, but thru different routes.
Mary carried the Legal line of royalty thru Solomon’s older brother Nathan.
Jesus was the son of God. Genealogy doesn’t apply.
Two gospels make a big deal about it.
Joseph of Arimethea was a cousin or uncle of Mary and a senior family member, which authorized to him to receive the corpse of Jesus for burial.
Do you have a source for this?
Just google it. There is much online about it. Here is one site. https://www.ucg.org/bible-study-tools/ebooklet/the-throne-of-britain/appendix-11-joseph-of-arimathea-and-the-line-of
How about from a non-cultic source?
Heb 7:11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
"In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron." - Luke 1:5
"Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month." -Luke 1:36
The Greek for 'relative' is syggenis and speaks of kinsman/woman and is a close relative as in 1st or 2nd cousin, not just a distant 4th cousin.
As to the Aaronic line, the following site gives the particulars:
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