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"These were THE SONS OF DAVID......." The Sons of David = the Line of Christ. It is all about Jesus! The Bible is the inspired account of the work of God in history bringing to fruition His prophetic declarations concerning Jesus. The Bible points to Jesus, "You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is these that bear witness of Me," (John 5:39). The Bible is the historical narrative of how God worked through history, through Israel, and finally through Christians to bring about the Revelation of Scripture. The Bible contains the revelation of Jesus who is God in flesh. The message of the Bible can best be summed up by saying that it's about Jesus, how he lived, what he did on the cross, and how he will return to claim his church. The chief reason for such detailed genealogies is that they affirm the line of Christ from Adam (Luke 3:38) through Abraham and David (Matt. 1:1), thus emphasizing the kingdom purposes of God in Christ. Zerubbabel here is designated as a son of Pedaiah, but elsewhere (Ezra 3:2, 8, 5:2; Neh. 12:1; Hag. 1:12, 14; 2:2, 23) as a son of Pedaiah's brother Shealtiel (1 Chronicles 3:17-19). It seems likely that Shealtiel had died while Zerubbabel was young and that the youth was reared by his uncle Pedaiah, being recognized as Pedaiah's son. This relationship may explain Luke's statement that Zerubbabel was "the son of Shealtiel" (Luke 3:27), who was in turn a descendant of David through his son Nathan. We see in the Gospels, the line of Jesus was traced back to David through David's two sons, Solomon and Nathan. Remember that in 1 Chronicles 1:1 the line of Adam's family was through Seth (rather than through Cain et al.) These two lines met in the marriage of Jeconiah's daughter to Shealtiel. Luke traced Jesus' line through Zerubbabel and an otherwise unknown son Rhesa (Luke 3:27). Matthew, whose interest is particularly in Joseph, traced Jesus' ancestry back to Zerubbabel through still another son of Zerubbabel, Abiud (Matt. 1:13). Luke's genealogy is unlike Matthew's, although both go back to David and Abraham. Luke traces Jesus' line all the way back to Adam, showing Jesus' significance for all people. Matthew provides the legal lineage from David through Joseph to Jesus, while Luke provides the physical lineage from David through Mary to Jesus.Thus Luke reconstructed Mary's genealogy, Matthew did the same with Joseph's, and Chronicles traced yet a third line of David. Yet all of these genealogies passed through Zerubbabel and originated in David. Recall Jacob's last words to his sons, "The scepter shall not depart from Judah,
Nor a lawgiver from between his feet,
Until Shiloh comes;
And to Him shall be the obedience of the people." (Genesis 49:10) Jacob's prophecy tells us that a royal line would rise from Judah's descendants (the Davidic line). Shiloh is an obscure word, probably meaning the one "To Whom It Belongs." That is, until the One to whom all royal authority belongs comes, the tribe of Judah will always have a lawgiver in its ranks (Is. 9:1-6). Shiloh, like Seed (3:15), is a name for the coming Messiah. Remember God's Covenant with David: "And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever." (2 Samuel 7:16) Jeconiah, (a.k.a. Coniah, a.k.a. Jehoiachin; see 1 Chronicles 3:16, NIV; Jeremiah 22:24), is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 3:16. Remember God's curse resulting in no royal descendants from the line of Jeconiah as given by Jeremiah" "Thus says the Lord:
'Write this man down as childless,
A man who shall not prosper in his days;
For none of his descendants shall prosper,
Sitting on the throne of David,
And ruling anymore in Judah.'" (Jeremiah 22:30). Jeconiah was a descendant in the line of Solomon, so the genealogy in Matthew is tainted with a blood curse from Jeconiah all the way to Joseph. No descendant of Jeconiah could ever qualify as King of Israel. But remember, Joseph was only the legal father of Jesus, not his biological father. This curse on the line of Jeconiah was enforced by God. Jeconiah is listed in the genealogy of Jesus, in Joseph's family line (Matthew 1:12). The curse of Jeconiah seems to invalidate Jesus' right to the throne of David. The Davidic Covenant promised that the Messiah, the "Son of David," would reign forever on Jerusalem's throne (1 Chronicles 17:11-14). If Jesus is a descendant of Jeconiah, then how can He be the Messiah, since the curse bars any of Jeconiah's descendants from assuming David's throne? Even though Jeconiah was in the line of Christ, the Messiah was not a physical child of that line, thereby affirming the curse, yet sustaining the legality of His kingship through Joseph, who was in David's line. His blood birthright came through Mary, who traced her line to David through his son Nathan, not Solomon (Luke 3:31). Jesus only had one human parent, Mary. Mary, the mother of Jesus, was of David's line, but not through Jeconiah (Luke 3:31). Joseph was Jesus' legal father, but not His physical one. Thus, Jesus was of royal blood through Mary, but the curse of Jeconiah stopped with Joseph and was not passed on to Jesus. Therefore Jesus was not of the seed of Jeconiah and is fully qualified to be King of Judah. The Angel Gabriel prophesied to Mary about her unborn Son: "He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him THE THRONE OF HIS FATHER DAVID. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end." (Luke 1:32-33) More prophesies about THE KING "on the throne of David" are in Zechariah 14:9 and Isaiah 9.7! Jesus admitted to Pilate that He was indeed a King - the King of the Jews:
"Then Pilate asked Him, saying, "Are You the King of the Jews?" He answered him and said, "It is as you say." (Luke 23:3) Jesus was crowned with thorns, but nevertheless He said He was a King - a King of the Jews in the lineage of David and the tribe of Judah (aka Jews). The genealogy in Matthew 1:1 confirms that Jesus is a Jew: "Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham". So there we have it: Jesus' descent is from the tribe of Judah, so He is Jewish. Jesus' lineage traces back to the line of David and so He has the right to sit on David's throne. The world will soon be ruled by a Jewish King from Jerusalem. Remember: Jesus the coming King! God's truth is self-authenticating. Here we can see Our God and Father's sovereign timetable. God's plan and timetable would not permit any deviance from what God had decreed. Life is not random, but operates according to God's sovereign and perfect timing and direction. Knowing God's perfect timing, we realize that no one can do us any harm without the Father's consent: "My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand." (John 10:29)

"These were THE SONS OF DAVID......." The Sons of David = the Line of Christ. It is all about Jesus! The Bible is the inspired account of the work of God in history bringing to fruition His prophetic declarations concerning Jesus. The Bible points to Jesus, "You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is these that bear witness of Me," (John 5:39). The Bible is the historical narrative of how God worked through history, through Israel, and finally through Christians to bring about the Revelation of Scripture. The Bible contains the revelation of Jesus who is God in flesh. The message of the Bible can best be summed up by saying that it's about Jesus, how he lived, what he did on the cross, and how he will return to claim his church. The chief reason for such detailed genealogies is that they affirm the line of Christ from Adam (Luke 3:38) through Abraham and David (Matt. 1:1), thus emphasizing the kingdom purposes of God in Christ. Zerubbabel here is designated as a son of Pedaiah, but elsewhere (Ezra 3:2, 8, 5:2; Neh. 12:1; Hag. 1:12, 14; 2:2, 23) as a son of Pedaiah's brother Shealtiel (1 Chronicles 3:17-19). It seems likely that Shealtiel had died while Zerubbabel was young and that the youth was reared by his uncle Pedaiah, being recognized as Pedaiah's son. This relationship may explain Luke's statement that Zerubbabel was "the son of Shealtiel" (Luke 3:27), who was in turn a descendant of David through his son Nathan. We see in the Gospels, the line of Jesus was traced back to David through David's two sons, Solomon and Nathan. Remember that in 1 Chronicles 1:1 the line of Adam's family was through Seth (rather than through Cain et al.) These two lines met in the marriage of Jeconiah's daughter to Shealtiel. Luke traced Jesus' line through Zerubbabel and an otherwise unknown son Rhesa (Luke 3:27). Matthew, whose interest is particularly in Joseph, traced Jesus' ancestry back to Zerubbabel through still another son of Zerubbabel, Abiud (Matt. 1:13). Luke's genealogy is unlike Matthew's, although both go back to David and Abraham. Luke traces Jesus' line all the way back to Adam, showing Jesus' significance for all people. Matthew provides the legal lineage from David through Joseph to Jesus, while Luke provides the physical lineage from David through Mary to Jesus.Thus Luke reconstructed Mary's genealogy, Matthew did the same with Joseph's, and Chronicles traced yet a third line of David. Yet all of these genealogies passed through Zerubbabel and originated in David. Recall Jacob's last words to his sons, "The scepter shall not depart from Judah,
Nor a lawgiver from between his feet,
Until Shiloh comes;
And to Him shall be the obedience of the people." (Genesis 49:10) Jacob's prophecy tells us that a royal line would rise from Judah's descendants (the Davidic line). Shiloh is an obscure word, probably meaning the one "To Whom It Belongs." That is, until the One to whom all royal authority belongs comes, the tribe of Judah will always have a lawgiver in its ranks (Is. 9:1-6). Shiloh, like Seed (3:15), is a name for the coming Messiah. Remember God's Covenant with David: "And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever." (2 Samuel 7:16) Jeconiah, (a.k.a. Coniah, a.k.a. Jehoiachin; see 1 Chronicles 3:16, NIV; Jeremiah 22:24), is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 3:16. Remember God's curse resulting in no royal descendants from the line of Jeconiah as given by Jeremiah" "Thus says the Lord:
'Write this man down as childless,
A man who shall not prosper in his days;
For none of his descendants shall prosper,
Sitting on the throne of David,
And ruling anymore in Judah.'" (Jeremiah 22:30). Jeconiah was a descendant in the line of Solomon, so the genealogy in Matthew is tainted with a blood curse from Jeconiah all the way to Joseph. No descendant of Jeconiah could ever qualify as King of Israel. But remember, Joseph was only the legal father of Jesus, not his biological father. This curse on the line of Jeconiah was enforced by God. Jeconiah is listed in the genealogy of Jesus, in Joseph's family line (Matthew 1:12). The curse of Jeconiah seems to invalidate Jesus' right to the throne of David. The Davidic Covenant promised that the Messiah, the "Son of David," would reign forever on Jerusalem's throne (1 Chronicles 17:11-14). If Jesus is a descendant of Jeconiah, then how can He be the Messiah, since the curse bars any of Jeconiah's descendants from assuming David's throne? Even though Jeconiah was in the line of Christ, the Messiah was not a physical child of that line, thereby affirming the curse, yet sustaining the legality of His kingship through Joseph, who was in David's line. His blood birthright came through Mary, who traced her line to David through his son Nathan, not Solomon (Luke 3:31). Jesus only had one human parent, Mary. Mary, the mother of Jesus, was of David's line, but not through Jeconiah (Luke 3:31). Joseph was Jesus' legal father, but not His physical one. Thus, Jesus was of royal blood through Mary, but the curse of Jeconiah stopped with Joseph and was not passed on to Jesus. Therefore Jesus was not of the seed of Jeconiah and is fully qualified to be King of Judah. The Angel Gabriel prophesied to Mary about her unborn Son: "He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him THE THRONE OF HIS FATHER DAVID. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end." (Luke 1:32-33) More prophesies about THE KING "on the throne of David" are in Zechariah 14:9 and Isaiah 9.7! Jesus admitted to Pilate that He was indeed a King - the King of the Jews:
"Then Pilate asked Him, saying, "Are You the King of the Jews?" He answered him and said, "It is as you say." (Luke 23:3) Jesus was crowned with thorns, but nevertheless He said He was a King - a King of the Jews in the lineage of David and the tribe of Judah (aka Jews). The genealogy in Matthew 1:1 confirms that Jesus is a Jew: "Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham". So there we have it: Jesus' descent is from the tribe of Judah, so He is Jewish. Jesus' lineage traces back to the line of David and so He has the right to sit on David's throne. The world will soon be ruled by a Jewish King from Jerusalem. Remember: Jesus the coming King! God's truth is self-authenticating. Here we can see Our God and Father's sovereign timetable. God's plan and timetable would not permit any deviance from what God had decreed. Life is not random, but operates according to God's sovereign and perfect timing and direction. Knowing God's perfect timing, we realize that no one can do us any harm without the Father's consent: "My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand." (John 10:29)

"These were THE SONS OF DAVID......." The Sons of David = the Line of Christ. It is all about Jesus! The Bible is the inspired account of the work of God in history bringing to fruition His prophetic declarations concerning Jesus. The Bible points to Jesus, "You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is these that bear witness of Me," (John 5:39). The Bible is the historical narrative of how God worked through history, through Israel, and finally through Christians to bring about the Revelation of Scripture. The Bible contains the revelation of Jesus who is God in flesh. The message of the Bible can best be summed up by saying that it's about Jesus, how he lived, what he did on the cross, and how he will return to claim his church. The chief reason for such detailed genealogies is that they affirm the line of Christ from Adam (Luke 3:38) through Abraham and David (Matt. 1:1), thus emphasizing the kingdom purposes of God in Christ. Zerubbabel here is designated as a son of Pedaiah, but elsewhere (Ezra 3:2, 8, 5:2; Neh. 12:1; Hag. 1:12, 14; 2:2, 23) as a son of Pedaiah's brother Shealtiel (1 Chronicles 3:17-19). It seems likely that Shealtiel had died while Zerubbabel was young and that the youth was reared by his uncle Pedaiah, being recognized as Pedaiah's son. This relationship may explain Luke's statement that Zerubbabel was "the son of Shealtiel" (Luke 3:27), who was in turn a descendant of David through his son Nathan. We see in the Gospels, the line of Jesus was traced back to David through David's two sons, Solomon and Nathan. Remember that in 1 Chronicles 1:1 the line of Adam's family was through Seth (rather than through Cain et al.) These two lines met in the marriage of Jeconiah's daughter to Shealtiel. Luke traced Jesus' line through Zerubbabel and an otherwise unknown son Rhesa (Luke 3:27). Matthew, whose interest is particularly in Joseph, traced Jesus' ancestry back to Zerubbabel through still another son of Zerubbabel, Abiud (Matt. 1:13). Luke's genealogy is unlike Matthew's, although both go back to David and Abraham. Luke traces Jesus' line all the way back to Adam, showing Jesus' significance for all people. Matthew provides the legal lineage from David through Joseph to Jesus, while Luke provides the physical lineage from David through Mary to Jesus.Thus Luke reconstructed Mary's genealogy, Matthew did the same with Joseph's, and Chronicles traced yet a third line of David. Yet all of these genealogies passed through Zerubbabel and originated in David. Recall Jacob's last words to his sons, "The scepter shall not depart from Judah,
Nor a lawgiver from between his feet,
Until Shiloh comes;
And to Him shall be the obedience of the people." (Genesis 49:10) Jacob's prophecy tells us that a royal line would rise from Judah's descendants (the Davidic line). Shiloh is an obscure word, probably meaning the one "To Whom It Belongs." That is, until the One to whom all royal authority belongs comes, the tribe of Judah will always have a lawgiver in its ranks (Is. 9:1-6). Shiloh, like Seed (3:15), is a name for the coming Messiah. Remember God's Covenant with David: "And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever." (2 Samuel 7:16) Jeconiah, (a.k.a. Coniah, a.k.a. Jehoiachin; see 1 Chronicles 3:16, NIV; Jeremiah 22:24), is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 3:16. Remember God's curse resulting in no royal descendants from the line of Jeconiah as given by Jeremiah" "Thus says the Lord:
'Write this man down as childless,
A man who shall not prosper in his days;
For none of his descendants shall prosper,
Sitting on the throne of David,
And ruling anymore in Judah.'" (Jeremiah 22:30). Jeconiah was a descendant in the line of Solomon, so the genealogy in Matthew is tainted with a blood curse from Jeconiah all the way to Joseph. No descendant of Jeconiah could ever qualify as King of Israel. But remember, Joseph was only the legal father of Jesus, not his biological father. This curse on the line of Jeconiah was enforced by God. Jeconiah is listed in the genealogy of Jesus, in Joseph's family line (Matthew 1:12). The curse of Jeconiah seems to invalidate Jesus' right to the throne of David. The Davidic Covenant promised that the Messiah, the "Son of David," would reign forever on Jerusalem's throne (1 Chronicles 17:11-14). If Jesus is a descendant of Jeconiah, then how can He be the Messiah, since the curse bars any of Jeconiah's descendants from assuming David's throne? Even though Jeconiah was in the line of Christ, the Messiah was not a physical child of that line, thereby affirming the curse, yet sustaining the legality of His kingship through Joseph, who was in David's line. His blood birthright came through Mary, who traced her line to David through his son Nathan, not Solomon (Luke 3:31). Jesus only had one human parent, Mary. Mary, the mother of Jesus, was of David's line, but not through Jeconiah (Luke 3:31). Joseph was Jesus' legal father, but not His physical one. Thus, Jesus was of royal blood through Mary, but the curse of Jeconiah stopped with Joseph and was not passed on to Jesus. Therefore Jesus was not of the seed of Jeconiah and is fully qualified to be King of Judah. The Angel Gabriel prophesied to Mary about her unborn Son: "He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him THE THRONE OF HIS FATHER DAVID. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end." (Luke 1:32-33) More prophesies about THE KING "on the throne of David" are in Zechariah 14:9 and Isaiah 9.7! Jesus admitted to Pilate that He was indeed a King - the King of the Jews:
"Then Pilate asked Him, saying, "Are You the King of the Jews?" He answered him and said, "It is as you say." (Luke 23:3) Jesus was crowned with thorns, but nevertheless He said He was a King - a King of the Jews in the lineage of David and the tribe of Judah (aka Jews). The genealogy in Matthew 1:1 confirms that Jesus is a Jew: "Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham". So there we have it: Jesus' descent is from the tribe of Judah, so He is Jewish. Jesus' lineage traces back to the line of David and so He has the right to sit on David's throne. The world will soon be ruled by a Jewish King from Jerusalem. Remember: Jesus the coming King! God's truth is self-authenticating. Here we can see Our God and Father's sovereign timetable. God's plan and timetable would not permit any deviance from what God had decreed. Life is not random, but operates according to God's sovereign and perfect timing and direction. Knowing God's perfect timing, we realize that no one can do us any harm without the Father's consent: "My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand." (John 10:29)

"These were THE SONS OF DAVID......." The Sons of David = the Line of Christ. It is all about Jesus! The Bible is the inspired account of the work of God in history bringing to fruition His prophetic declarations concerning Jesus. The Bible points to Jesus, "You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is these that bear witness of Me," (John 5:39). The Bible is the historical narrative of how God worked through history, through Israel, and finally through Christians to bring about the Revelation of Scripture. The Bible contains the revelation of Jesus who is God in flesh. The message of the Bible can best be summed up by saying that it's about Jesus, how he lived, what he did on the cross, and how he will return to claim his church. The chief reason for such detailed genealogies is that they affirm the line of Christ from Adam (Luke 3:38) through Abraham and David (Matt. 1:1), thus emphasizing the kingdom purposes of God in Christ. Zerubbabel here is designated as a son of Pedaiah, but elsewhere (Ezra 3:2, 8, 5:2; Neh. 12:1; Hag. 1:12, 14; 2:2, 23) as a son of Pedaiah's brother Shealtiel (1 Chronicles 3:17-19). It seems likely that Shealtiel had died while Zerubbabel was young and that the youth was reared by his uncle Pedaiah, being recognized as Pedaiah's son. This relationship may explain Luke's statement that Zerubbabel was "the son of Shealtiel" (Luke 3:27), who was in turn a descendant of David through his son Nathan. We see in the Gospels, the line of Jesus was traced back to David through David's two sons, Solomon and Nathan. Remember that in 1 Chronicles 1:1 the line of Adam's family was through Seth (rather than through Cain et al.) These two lines met in the marriage of Jeconiah's daughter to Shealtiel. Luke traced Jesus' line through Zerubbabel and an otherwise unknown son Rhesa (Luke 3:27). Matthew, whose interest is particularly in Joseph, traced Jesus' ancestry back to Zerubbabel through still another son of Zerubbabel, Abiud (Matt. 1:13). Luke's genealogy is unlike Matthew's, although both go back to David and Abraham. Luke traces Jesus' line all the way back to Adam, showing Jesus' significance for all people. Matthew provides the legal lineage from David through Joseph to Jesus, while Luke provides the physical lineage from David through Mary to Jesus.Thus Luke reconstructed Mary's genealogy, Matthew did the same with Joseph's, and Chronicles traced yet a third line of David. Yet all of these genealogies passed through Zerubbabel and originated in David. Recall Jacob's last words to his sons, "The scepter shall not depart from Judah,
Nor a lawgiver from between his feet,
Until Shiloh comes;
And to Him shall be the obedience of the people." (Genesis 49:10) Jacob's prophecy tells us that a royal line would rise from Judah's descendants (the Davidic line). Shiloh is an obscure word, probably meaning the one "To Whom It Belongs." That is, until the One to whom all royal authority belongs comes, the tribe of Judah will always have a lawgiver in its ranks (Is. 9:1-6). Shiloh, like Seed (3:15), is a name for the coming Messiah. Remember God's Covenant with David: "And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever." (2 Samuel 7:16) Jeconiah, (a.k.a. Coniah, a.k.a. Jehoiachin; see 1 Chronicles 3:16, NIV; Jeremiah 22:24), is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 3:16. Remember God's curse resulting in no royal descendants from the line of Jeconiah as given by Jeremiah" "Thus says the Lord:
'Write this man down as childless,
A man who shall not prosper in his days;
For none of his descendants shall prosper,
Sitting on the throne of David,
And ruling anymore in Judah.'" (Jeremiah 22:30). Jeconiah was a descendant in the line of Solomon, so the genealogy in Matthew is tainted with a blood curse from Jeconiah all the way to Joseph. No descendant of Jeconiah could ever qualify as King of Israel. But remember, Joseph was only the legal father of Jesus, not his biological father. This curse on the line of Jeconiah was enforced by God. Jeconiah is listed in the genealogy of Jesus, in Joseph's family line (Matthew 1:12). The curse of Jeconiah seems to invalidate Jesus' right to the throne of David. The Davidic Covenant promised that the Messiah, the "Son of David," would reign forever on Jerusalem's throne (1 Chronicles 17:11-14). If Jesus is a descendant of Jeconiah, then how can He be the Messiah, since the curse bars any of Jeconiah's descendants from assuming David's throne? Even though Jeconiah was in the line of Christ, the Messiah was not a physical child of that line, thereby affirming the curse, yet sustaining the legality of His kingship through Joseph, who was in David's line. His blood birthright came through Mary, who traced her line to David through his son Nathan, not Solomon (Luke 3:31). Jesus only had one human parent, Mary. Mary, the mother of Jesus, was of David's line, but not through Jeconiah (Luke 3:31). Joseph was Jesus' legal father, but not His physical one. Thus, Jesus was of royal blood through Mary, but the curse of Jeconiah stopped with Joseph and was not passed on to Jesus. Therefore Jesus was not of the seed of Jeconiah and is fully qualified to be King of Judah. The Angel Gabriel prophesied to Mary about her unborn Son: "He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him THE THRONE OF HIS FATHER DAVID. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end." (Luke 1:32-33) More prophesies about THE KING "on the throne of David" are in Zechariah 14:9 and Isaiah 9.7! Jesus admitted to Pilate that He was indeed a King - the King of the Jews:
"Then Pilate asked Him, saying, "Are You the King of the Jews?" He answered him and said, "It is as you say." (Luke 23:3) Jesus was crowned with thorns, but nevertheless He said He was a King - a King of the Jews in the lineage of David and the tribe of Judah (aka Jews). The genealogy in Matthew 1:1 confirms that Jesus is a Jew: "Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham". So there we have it: Jesus' descent is from the tribe of Judah, so He is Jewish. Jesus' lineage traces back to the line of David and so He has the right to sit on David's throne. The world will soon be ruled by a Jewish King from Jerusalem. Remember: Jesus the coming King! God's truth is self-authenticating. Here we can see Our God and Father's sovereign timetable. God's plan and timetable would not permit any deviance from what God had decreed. Life is not random, but operates according to God's sovereign and perfect timing and direction. Knowing God's perfect timing, we realize that no one can do us any harm without the Father's consent: "My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand." (John 10:29)

"These were THE SONS OF DAVID......." The Sons of David = the Line of Christ. It is all about Jesus! The Bible is the inspired account of the work of God in history bringing to fruition His prophetic declarations concerning Jesus. The Bible points to Jesus, "You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is these that bear witness of Me," (John 5:39). The Bible is the historical narrative of how God worked through history, through Israel, and finally through Christians to bring about the Revelation of Scripture. The Bible contains the revelation of Jesus who is God in flesh. The message of the Bible can best be summed up by saying that it's about Jesus, how he lived, what he did on the cross, and how he will return to claim his church. The chief reason for such detailed genealogies is that they affirm the line of Christ from Adam (Luke 3:38) through Abraham and David (Matt. 1:1), thus emphasizing the kingdom purposes of God in Christ. Zerubbabel here is designated as a son of Pedaiah, but elsewhere (Ezra 3:2, 8, 5:2; Neh. 12:1; Hag. 1:12, 14; 2:2, 23) as a son of Pedaiah's brother Shealtiel (1 Chronicles 3:17-19). It seems likely that Shealtiel had died while Zerubbabel was young and that the youth was reared by his uncle Pedaiah, being recognized as Pedaiah's son. This relationship may explain Luke's statement that Zerubbabel was "the son of Shealtiel" (Luke 3:27), who was in turn a descendant of David through his son Nathan. We see in the Gospels, the line of Jesus was traced back to David through David's two sons, Solomon and Nathan. Remember that in 1 Chronicles 1:1 the line of Adam's family was through Seth (rather than through Cain et al.) These two lines met in the marriage of Jeconiah's daughter to Shealtiel. Luke traced Jesus' line through Zerubbabel and an otherwise unknown son Rhesa (Luke 3:27). Matthew, whose interest is particularly in Joseph, traced Jesus' ancestry back to Zerubbabel through still another son of Zerubbabel, Abiud (Matt. 1:13). Luke's genealogy is unlike Matthew's, although both go back to David and Abraham. Luke traces Jesus' line all the way back to Adam, showing Jesus' significance for all people. Matthew provides the legal lineage from David through Joseph to Jesus, while Luke provides the physical lineage from David through Mary to Jesus.Thus Luke reconstructed Mary's genealogy, Matthew did the same with Joseph's, and Chronicles traced yet a third line of David. Yet all of these genealogies passed through Zerubbabel and originated in David. Recall Jacob's last words to his sons, "The scepter shall not depart from Judah,
Nor a lawgiver from between his feet,
Until Shiloh comes;
And to Him shall be the obedience of the people." (Genesis 49:10) Jacob's prophecy tells us that a royal line would rise from Judah's descendants (the Davidic line). Shiloh is an obscure word, probably meaning the one "To Whom It Belongs." That is, until the One to whom all royal authority belongs comes, the tribe of Judah will always have a lawgiver in its ranks (Is. 9:1-6). Shiloh, like Seed (3:15), is a name for the coming Messiah. Remember God's Covenant with David: "And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever." (2 Samuel 7:16) Jeconiah, (a.k.a. Coniah, a.k.a. Jehoiachin; see 1 Chronicles 3:16, NIV; Jeremiah 22:24), is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 3:16. Remember God's curse resulting in no royal descendants from the line of Jeconiah as given by Jeremiah" "Thus says the Lord:
'Write this man down as childless,
A man who shall not prosper in his days;
For none of his descendants shall prosper,
Sitting on the throne of David,
And ruling anymore in Judah.'" (Jeremiah 22:30). Jeconiah was a descendant in the line of Solomon, so the genealogy in Matthew is tainted with a blood curse from Jeconiah all the way to Joseph. No descendant of Jeconiah could ever qualify as King of Israel. But remember, Joseph was only the legal father of Jesus, not his biological father. This curse on the line of Jeconiah was enforced by God. Jeconiah is listed in the genealogy of Jesus, in Joseph's family line (Matthew 1:12). The curse of Jeconiah seems to invalidate Jesus' right to the throne of David. The Davidic Covenant promised that the Messiah, the "Son of David," would reign forever on Jerusalem's throne (1 Chronicles 17:11-14). If Jesus is a descendant of Jeconiah, then how can He be the Messiah, since the curse bars any of Jeconiah's descendants from assuming David's throne? Even though Jeconiah was in the line of Christ, the Messiah was not a physical child of that line, thereby affirming the curse, yet sustaining the legality of His kingship through Joseph, who was in David's line. His blood birthright came through Mary, who traced her line to David through his son Nathan, not Solomon (Luke 3:31). Jesus only had one human parent, Mary. Mary, the mother of Jesus, was of David's line, but not through Jeconiah (Luke 3:31). Joseph was Jesus' legal father, but not His physical one. Thus, Jesus was of royal blood through Mary, but the curse of Jeconiah stopped with Joseph and was not passed on to Jesus. Therefore Jesus was not of the seed of Jeconiah and is fully qualified to be King of Judah. The Angel Gabriel prophesied to Mary about her unborn Son: "He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him THE THRONE OF HIS FATHER DAVID. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end." (Luke 1:32-33) More prophesies about THE KING "on the throne of David" are in Zechariah 14:9 and Isaiah 9.7! Jesus admitted to Pilate that He was indeed a King - the King of the Jews:
"Then Pilate asked Him, saying, "Are You the King of the Jews?" He answered him and said, "It is as you say." (Luke 23:3) Jesus was crowned with thorns, but nevertheless He said He was a King - a King of the Jews in the lineage of David and the tribe of Judah (aka Jews). The genealogy in Matthew 1:1 confirms that Jesus is a Jew: "Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham". So there we have it: Jesus' descent is from the tribe of Judah, so He is Jewish. Jesus' lineage traces back to the line of David and so He has the right to sit on David's throne. The world will soon be ruled by a Jewish King from Jerusalem. Remember: Jesus the coming King! God's truth is self-authenticating. Here we can see Our God and Father's sovereign timetable. God's plan and timetable would not permit any deviance from what God had decreed. Life is not random, but operates according to God's sovereign and perfect timing and direction. Knowing God's perfect timing, we realize that no one can do us any harm without the Father's consent: "My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand." (John 10:29)

"These were THE SONS OF DAVID......." The Sons of David = the Line of Christ. t is all about Jesus! The Bible is the inspired account of the work of God in history bringing to fruition His prophetic declarations concerning Jesus. The Bible points to Jesus, "You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is these that bear witness of Me," (John 5:39). The Bible is the historical narrative of how God worked through history, through Israel, and finally through Christians to bring about the Revelation of Scripture. The Bible contains the revelation of Jesus who is God in flesh. The message of the Bible can best be summed up by saying that it's about Jesus, how he lived, what he did on the cross, and how he will return to claim his church. The chief reason for such detailed genealogies is that they affirm the line of Christ from Adam (Luke 3:38) through Abraham and David (Matt. 1:1), thus emphasizing the kingdom purposes of God in Christ. Zerubbabel here is designated as a son of Pedaiah, but elsewhere (Ezra 3:2, 8, 5:2; Neh. 12:1; Hag. 1:12, 14; 2:2, 23) as a son of Pedaiah's brother Shealtiel (1 Chronicles 3:17-19). It seems likely that Shealtiel had died while Zerubbabel was young and that the youth was reared by his uncle Pedaiah, being recognized as Pedaiah's son. This relationship may explain Luke's statement that Zerubbabel was "the son of Shealtiel" (Luke 3:27), who was in turn a descendant of David through his son Nathan. We see in the Gospels, the line of Jesus was traced back to David through David's two sons, Solomon and Nathan. Remember that in 1 Chronicles 1:1 the line of Adam's family was through Seth (rather than through Cain et al.) These two lines met in the marriage of Jeconiah's daughter to Shealtiel. Luke traced Jesus' line through Zerubbabel and an otherwise unknown son Rhesa (Luke 3:27). Matthew, whose interest is particularly in Joseph, traced Jesus' ancestry back to Zerubbabel through still another son of Zerubbabel, Abiud (Matt. 1:13). Luke's genealogy is unlike Matthew's, although both go back to David and Abraham. Luke traces Jesus' line all the way back to Adam, showing Jesus' significance for all people. Matthew provides the legal lineage from David through Joseph to Jesus, while Luke provides the physical lineage from David through Mary to Jesus.Thus Luke reconstructed Mary's genealogy, Matthew did the same with Joseph's, and Chronicles traced yet a third line of David. Yet all of these genealogies passed through Zerubbabel and originated in David. Recall Jacob's last words to his sons, "The scepter shall not depart from Judah,
Nor a lawgiver from between his feet,
Until Shiloh comes;
And to Him shall be the obedience of the people." (Genesis 49:10) Jacob's prophecy tells us that a royal line would rise from Judah's descendants (the Davidic line). Shiloh is an obscure word, probably meaning the one "To Whom It Belongs." That is, until the One to whom all royal authority belongs comes, the tribe of Judah will always have a lawgiver in its ranks (Is. 9:1-6). Shiloh, like Seed (3:15), is a name for the coming Messiah. Remember God's Covenant with David: "And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever." (2 Samuel 7:16) Jeconiah, (a.k.a. Coniah, a.k.a. Jehoiachin; see 1 Chronicles 3:16, NIV; Jeremiah 22:24), is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 3:16. Remember God's curse resulting in no royal descendants from the line of Jeconiah as given by Jeremiah" "Thus says the Lord:
'Write this man down as childless,
A man who shall not prosper in his days;
For none of his descendants shall prosper,
Sitting on the throne of David,
And ruling anymore in Judah.'" (Jeremiah 22:30). Jeconiah was a descendant in the line of Solomon, so the genealogy in Matthew is tainted with a blood curse from Jeconiah all the way to Joseph. No descendant of Jeconiah could ever qualify as King of Israel. But remember, Joseph was only the legal father of Jesus, not his biological father. This curse on the line of Jeconiah was enforced by God. Jeconiah is listed in the genealogy of Jesus, in Joseph's family line (Matthew 1:12). The curse of Jeconiah seems to invalidate Jesus' right to the throne of David. The Davidic Covenant promised that the Messiah, the "Son of David," would reign forever on Jerusalem's throne (1 Chronicles 17:11-14). If Jesus is a descendant of Jeconiah, then how can He be the Messiah, since the curse bars any of Jeconiah's descendants from assuming David's throne?Even though Jeconiah was in the line of Christ, the Messiah was not a physical child of that line, thereby affirming the curse, yet sustaining the legality of His kingship through Joseph, who was in David's line. His blood birthright came through Mary, who traced her line to David through his son Nathan, not Solomon (Luke 3:31). Jesus only had one human parent, Mary. Mary, the mother of Jesus, was of David's line, but not through Jeconiah (Luke 3:31). Joseph was Jesus' legal father, but not His physical one. Thus, Jesus was of royal blood through Mary, but the curse of Jeconiah stopped with Joseph and was not passed on to Jesus. Therefore Jesus was not of the seed of Jeconiah and is fully qualified to be King of Judah. The Angel Gabriel prophesied to Mary about her unborn Son: "He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him THE THRONE OF HIS FATHER DAVID. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end." (Luke 1:32-33) More prophesies about THE KING "on the throne of David" are in Zechariah 14:9 and Isaiah 9.7! Jesus admitted to Pilate that He was indeed a King - the King of the Jews:
"Then Pilate asked Him, saying, "Are You the King of the Jews?" He answered him and said, "It is as you say." (Luke 23:3) Jesus was crowned with thorns, but nevertheless He said He was a King - a King of the Jews in the lineage of David and the tribe of Judah (aka Jews). The genealogy in Matthew 1:1 confirms that Jesus is a Jew: "Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham". So there we have it: Jesus' descent is from the tribe of Judah, so He is Jewish. Jesus' lineage traces back to the line of David and so He has the right to sit on David's throne. The world will soon be ruled by a Jewish King from Jerusalem. Remember: Jesus the coming King! God's truth is self-authenticating. Here we can see Our God and Father's sovereign timetable. God's plan and timetable would not permit any deviance from what God had decreed. Life is not random, but operates according to God's sovereign and perfect timing and direction. Knowing God's perfect timing, we realize that no one can do us any harm without the Father's consent: "My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand." (John 10:29

It's hard to pick any verse here, but I think we can label it The Building Blocks of the Blood Line of David leading up to the birth of Jesus. Being formed in Mary ( a descendent of David by Nathan)

From all the families of Israel none can compare to the Family of David(he had 19 sons) and out of the 19 sons Christ came.

The genealogy of David. From this family, in human form, came Christ.

David had a lot of children to keep up with had to be very difficult. It is interesting that the one major area of sin for David is the one that caused him the most trouble throughout his life.