Over thousands of years, God renewed his promise of the coming redeemer through the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah, Jesse and David. Accordingly this promise was prophesied to each of the descendant from whom the messiah would come.
Prophecy: Seed of Abraham
In your seed all the nations will be blessed because you have obeyed my voice (Genesis 22:18; Genesis 12:2-3)
Fulfillment by Jesus
Matthew 1:1; Galatians 3:16
Prophecy: Son of Isaac
But God said to Abraham, “… in Isaac your seed shall be called.”
(Genesis 21:12)
Fulfillment by Jesus
(Luke 3:23-34; Matthew 1:2)
Prophecy: Son of Jacob / Israel
I see Him… a Star shall come out of Jacob,
A sceptre shall rise out of Israel,
And batter the brow of Moab,
And destroy all the sons of tumult.
– Numbers 24:17.
See also Genesis 35:10-12
Fulfillment by Jesus
(Luke 3:23,24; Matthew 1:2; Luke 1:3)
Prophecy: Tribe of Judah
The sceptre 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. See also Micah 5:2)
Fulfillment by Jesus
(Luke 3:23; Matthew 1:2; Hebrew 7:14)
Prophecy: Family line of Jesse
THere shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse,
And a branch shall grow out of his roots.
(Isaiah 11:1; see also Isaiah 1:10)
Fulfillment by Jesus
(Luke 3:23,32; see also Matthew 1:6)
Prophecy: Royal House of David
“Behold the days are coming,” says the LORD, “that I will raise to DAvid a branch of righteousness; A king shall reign and prosper, and execute judgment and righteousness in the land.”
(Jeremiah 23:5)
Fulfillment by Jesus
(Luke 3:23,31; see also Matthew 1:1; 9:27; 15:22; 20:30-31; 21:9,15; 22:41-46; Mark 9:10; 10:47-48; Luke 18:38-39; Acts 13:22-24; Revelation 22:16)
The Gospels of St. Matthew and St. Luke provide a comprehensive and detailed ancestry of Jesus Christ.
St. Matthew records the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ from the ancestral line of Joseph, beginning with Abraham and through King David’s son – SOLOMON. However, during the reign of Jehoiakim, a descendent of Solomon, the king was told that he would never have any future descendant sit on David’s throne (Jeremiah 36:30).
St. Luke on the other hand records the birth of our Lord from the ancestral line of Mary, beginning with God & Adam, through King David’s son – NATHAN. Being the thorough historian, Luke’s work clearly acknowledged that that Joseph was not the biological father of Jesus. Joseph was simply the husband of Mary and the legal guardian of Jesus. It is, through Nathan’s line, that the curse of Jeremiah 36:30 was bypassed.
Regardless of which parental line one follows, it is clear that Jesus’ ancestry fulfilled all the prophecies concerning his lineage as the promised redeemer-messiah. As a direct descendent of King David, through Nathan, Jesus was the last and rightful heir to the throne of David. The old testament Jews understood that their redeemer would be a king from the Royal house of David.
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