Part I. Genealogy of Jesus Christ - The True Seed.
Below I will explain in details Matthew and Luke's "genealogy."
See Matthew 1:1-17 and verses 18-25 and Luke 3:23-38.
To help you understand Matthew's writings on the subject of the genealogy - it is good if you know who were the kings of Jerusalem and Judah starting with king David all the way down through Jechoniah. You can read the books of 1st and 2nd Chronicles for the information. Please note: The kings of Judah and Jerusalem all fall under "One Dynasty" because all were descendants of king David, and all have the same bloodline; all were of the "Tribe of Judah," that's why we say "kings of Judah and Jerusalem."
Ok, lets cut right to the chase.
"Jeconiah," one of king David's descendants was cursed by the Lord. The Lord cursed him and promised him that none of his sons and/or descendants after him would ever sit on king David's throne. Keep in mind that king David was their ancestor and all the kings of Judah and Jerusalem after David and before Jeconiah were all Jeconiah's ancestors from the same bloodline. Now, when Jeconiah had become king of Judah and Jerusalem, the Lord promised Jeconiah that none of his sons and descendants after him would ever sit on king David's throne because of all of his evil ways. He was sent away as a captive and as a prisoner to Babylon with the rest of Judah and Jerusalem when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon captured and invaded Jerusalem and all of Judah. The Jews were captive for a period of 70 years in Babylon. You can read more about Jeconiah, Judah and Jerusalem's history and it's accounts in the Books of 1st and 2nd Kings, 1st and 2nd Chronicles, Jeremiah and Isaiah in the Holy Bible. When reading the Book of Jeremiah, there you will read about Jeconiah's curse pronounced by the Lord "as one who was to be counted childless," (see Jeremiah 22:24-30). Please note: just because the Lord cursed Jeconiah, his sons and all their descendants after him, it doesn't mean that Jeconiah wasn't going to have any children, but that none of his sons and/or descendants after him would ever sit on king David's throne.
Lets continue with Matthew's "Genealogy."
Matthew's point in his genealogy was to show not the royal line (though he does shoe it), but to show that Jesus couldn't claim kingship if he was from the same bloodline of Joseph and Jechoniah. But since he wasn't Joseph's real son (only legal son), than Matthew was saying that Jesus can rightfully proclaim His kingship on king David's throne as King of Judah thru Mary who was also of David's bloodline through Nathan. Nathan was also king David's son and brother to king Soloman (see 1 Chronicles 3:5).
Joseph was Mary's husband and gave Jesus His name, he was Jesus' legal father. He wasn't Jesus' real dad; and Matthew was showing that Jesus was really the son of Mary and of God and not of Joseph...He was letting us know that the solultion to the probelm of Jeconiah is resolved in Jesus Christ our Lord -
because under Jeconiah's bloodline and Joseph's bloodline (Joseph was of Jeconiah's bloodline), Jesus wouldn't be able to claimed the thone because he too would have been under the same curse as Jeconiah and his descendants after him if He were of the same bloodline. But because He wasn't of the same bloodline He can both claim His Kingship as "The Messiah and the King" of Israel (and all the earth) as the One who sits on the throne of His father David as the promised "Seed" by God.
Let's keep looking at Matthew's genealogy. Notice how Matthew starts the genealogy with saying that Jesus is the Son of David and then the son of Abraham. Now in this genealogy Matthew mentions all the royal descendants, but before doing that he had to first list the names of those men that were of the same bloodline all the way back to David and Abraham to show that Jesus had to come from Abraham's seed (that is the promised "Seed"), all the way down to Jessie who was the father of king David; and to show that He was also to be King as his father David was. He would be the rightful King of all Israel (and all the earth). After Jessie, he then proceeds to list the royal line starting with King David down to Jeconiah; and all the way down to Joseph, then to Jesus (though all those after Jeconiah weren't kings according to the curse). So all those from Abraham to Jessie (vs 1-5) who were mentioned before David and back to Abraham were of the same bloodline - but were not kings of Jerusalem and Judah. They were listed as part of the bloodline to show from where the Seed (Christ) had to come from. All those listed after Jeconiah down to Jospeh weren't kings either - but were of the same bloodline. The kinship starts with king David and ends with Jeconiah. Therefore, all names were listed in the genealogy to show and to trace the Messiah (Christ) back to David and back to Abraham. Remember that the promised "Seed" was made to Abraham (see Galatians 3:16; and 3:29 we too are of Abraham's seed if we belong to Christ). So from verses 6 to 11 he continues to list the royal list of people and these were all the kings of Judah and of Jerusalem - from David to Jeconiah.
Once he gets to verse 11 and 12 - there he clearly states something of most importance: "Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon," and verse 12 says "After the exile to Babylon." He then proceeds to continued the genealogy after Jeconiah and his descendants up to Jacob and Joseph, but when he mentions Joseph, he goes on and says "Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. The reason he mentions Mary is to show that Jesus was her Son, but not of Joseph who was of the bloodline of Jeconiah. Jesus and Mary were not of Jeconiah's bloodline. He resolves the problem by showing that Christ can be the Messiah and the King who can claim and sit on king David's throne according to the promises in Isaiah 9:6-7, Luke 1:33 and many other scriptures. So, that the reader doesn't get confused, he proceeds to tell the story of how Jesus was born from Mary who was the virgen wife of Joseph, the legal father of Jesus.
Now - let's read the Genealogy of Luke. Luke's list of the genealogy skips no names and he proceeds to give the lineage from king David's son Nathan all the way down to Mary (Joseph is mentioned instead of Mary in Lukes genealogy for a good reason): It is the man's seed that is always mentioned in the genealogies and not that of the woman. First of all woman don't have seeds (only man), and second of all since woman aren't mentioned in genealogies, Luke writes the husband's name to show Mary's genealogy and not Joseph's. By doing this - he is really showing that Heli is the father of Mary and not of Joseph. Having said that - it also means that Luke is showing the bloodline of Mary and not of Joseph. Tradition has it that even the Jewish Book "Talmud" also states that it's Mary's bloodline and not Joseph's.
Matthew mentions 4 woman & 5 if u count Mary), but Matthew also mentions the four women to show that they were Gentiles and that they were sinful adulterous woman; and to show that Jesus was also bringing salvation to the Gentiles as well as to the Jews and for all those who would believe in His name.
Luke followed Jewish tradition, and in Jewish tradition u don't really mentioned woman in your genealogy (though Matthew did). But he mentions Joseph instead of Mary to show that it was her bloodline instead of Joseph's. That way showing the the lineage that Mary came from we can see that she was from king David and Nathan's bloodline; and not through king Soloman...Therefore, Jesus can claimed the throne of king David thru Mary and Nathan because He was of the same bloodline of Mary, God and Nathan and king David's bloodline and not that of Solomon's bloodline. Therefore, Luke is also showing that Jesus is the Messiah through Nathan's bloodline and that He can claimed the throne of His father king David. Lets remember that in the scriptures one of the titles that Jesus was given was "Son of David," (see Matthew 9:27 and others).
Note: the other thing we need to know is that in Luke's genealogy when reading the genealogy in the original Greek, we find that before each name you'll find the article written first. For example "The Luke," The Heli, The Matthat, The Levi & etc." But when you get to Joseph's name - you don't find that it says that - it just shows Joseph. Luke wrote it like that to show that it was Mary's genealogy and not that of Joseph her husband; and to show that Mary was the daughter of Heli and not Joseph (though Joseph's name is the one mentioned as the son of Heli and not Mary's).
Praise the Lord, thank You Jesus for Your word and for given me the knowledge to understand and accept these things, but mostly, to be able to share with others. For You say in your word that "the secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law (see Deuteronomy 29:29). Praise the Lord.
In Matthew we see the "Fourfold Image of the Messianic Person (Jesus). He's the Jewish God Man King...Two requirements were needed to claimed kingship of the House of David and they are as follows:
1. Had to be from the bloodline of king David, but not through Jeconiah; and
2. Had to have a "Divine Appointment," and Jesus was all of those through Mary, Nathan and God.
In Matthew's genealogy - Jesus is called: The Son of David and the Son of Abraham; and in Luke's genealogy He is called: The Son of Adam and the Son of God. Therefore, we get the following - and it means that:
1 - As Son of David - He is King;
2 - As Son of Abraham - He is a Jew;
3 - As Son of Adam - He is a man; and
4 - As Son of God - He is God.
Hallelujah! Praise the Lord...Jesus is the only person who can fulfill the Messianic prophecy and the one who will one day sit on king David's throne (Luke 1:29-33). That will happened during the "one Thousand Year Millennium." See Revelation 19 and 20 for that.
Note: in the following verses you can read that Nathan was the son of king David & of Bathsheeba; and he was one of king Soloman's brothers: 2 Samuel 5:14, 1 Chronicles 3:5 and 1 Chronicles 14:4.
Read Genesis 3:15, Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew 1:23 for the "The Seed of the Woman" - that is Christ.
Note: I give credit to Palasz Productions & Chris Palasz for posting a video on this on U-Tube titled "Understanding the Genealogy of Jesus."
Date: 11/10/11
Willie
Note: Below I have put together one other possible teaching on Matthew and Luke's Genealogies. Read it then you can decide which of the two best shows what is "truth."
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Part II. The Genealogy of Jesus Christ (According to Eusebius)
Why does the Genealogy of Matthew Contradict the Genealogy of Luke? Well guess what it doesn't. It may seemed that it does, but it really doesn't. Let's look at the facts:
In Matthew 1:16 it says "And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. (KJV) - but in Luke 3:23 it says that "Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli. (NIV).
Matthew says "that Jacob begot Joseph" and Luke says "that Joseph was the son of Heli." Which one is correct? After careful researched and prayer - I believe that both of them are correct. We just need to do some bible research. Let's see. To understand these two most complex "Genealogies," we need to carely search out the scriptures. Pray and ask God to help you understand His word. Ok, let's continue below:
In Deuteronomy 25:5-10 - it tells us that "If a man's brother dies without a son, his widow must not marry outside the family; instead, her husband's brother must marry her and sleep with her. 6 The first son she bears to him shall be counted as the son of the dead brother, so that his name will not be forgotten. 7 But if the dead man's brother refuses to do his duty in this matter, refusing to marry the widow, then she shall go to the city elders and say to them, 'My husband's brother refuses to let his brother's name continue-he refuses to marry me.' 8 The elders of the city will then summon him and talk it over with him, and if he still refuses, 9 the widow shall walk over to him in the presence of the elders, pull his sandal from his foot and spit in his face. She shall then say, 'This is what happens to a man who refuses to build his brother's house.' 10 And ever afterwards his house shall be referred to as 'the home of the man who had his sandal pulled off!' (TLB)
Some think that Jacob in Matthew's genealogy is the same person as Heli in Luke's genealogy. Others believe that they are two different persons, but are confused with both genealogies because of the differences in the names given in both of them and in their ancestry. Personally, I believe that they are two different persons and that both Jacob and Heli are actually brothers from the same mother, but from different fathers; and that both Jacob and Heli are Joseph's fathers. How can that be, well simple. Lets read again Deuteronomy 25:5 - the answer is there. If a man's brother dies without a son, his widow must not marry outside the family; instead, her husband's brother must marry her and sleep with her.
Let me explain it below:
1. Jacob was the biological father of Joseph;
2 - Jacob and Heli were brothers;
3 - Jacob and Heli were brothers by the same mother, but both had different fathers (Matthan was Jacob's father and Matthat was Heli's father);
4 - Jacob and Heli's genealogies are different because of it;
5 - Jacob and Heli's widowed mother married Matthan after her husband Matthat had deceased; and so her new husband Matthan raised their son Jacob as his own. Keep in mind that the widowed was at liberty to freely remarry again after her husband Matthat died;
6 - Matthew's genealogy gives us natures law - meaning: Jacob begot Joseph (Jacob was Joseph's biological father);
7 - Luke's genealogy gives us Deuteronomy's law - meaning: that Joseph was son of Heli only legally; and stated that when a woman's husband died that she couldn't marry out of the family and so the brother of the deceased (Jacob was the brother of the deceased Heli), had to marry his own sister-in-law (Jacob married his deceased brother Heli's wife), raised seed to his brother Heli by sleeping with her after marrying her. Note: let me explain what this really means. Raising seed to his brother means: that Heli had no children with his wife before he died, so, his brother Jacob married his brother Heli's widowed after he died and had a son together with her. But since the law of Deuteronomy states that the firstborn son born to them would have to carry the name of the mother's deceased husband so that the dead person's name wouldn't be forgotten - then by law - Joseph is recognized to be Heli's son, though Jacob had begotten Joseph; and
8 - So, Heli died without any children and Jacob raised his own son Joseph as if he was his brother Heli's son (seed). Therefore, Jacob begot Joseph and Joseph was the son of Heli; and so, Heli's name wouldn't be forgotten according to the law of Deuteronomy 25:5-10.
Therefore, both Matthew and Luke's genealogies are both correct and there are no contradictions. Keep in mind that the writers job was to write exactly what the books already had written in them by the scribes. They were not to altered or change any part of it. That explains the difference in the genealogies - both are showing two different bloodlines but both takes us back to king David. Matthew takes us back to king David through Solomon and Luke takes us back to king David through Nathan. Both Solomon and Nathan were brothers and both were sons of king David and Bathsheeba (see 2 Samuel 5:14, 1 Chronicle 3:4-5 and 1 Chronicle 14:4.
Hope that wasn't confusing, but there's no other way to reconciled these genealogies. Both genealogies are Joseph's and none of them are Mary's, the mother of our Lord Jesus. Therefore, Jesus can claim the throne through Lukes genealogy with no problem at all, and through Matthew because Matthew show's that Jesus wasn't the real son of Joseph; and Jesus didn't have the same blood of Joseph and Jeconiah. Soon, and very soon Jesus will be sitting on His father David's throne. This will happened after the rapture takes place first and after His visible return to earth seven years after the rapture. See Revelation 19 for more on Jesus and His One Thousand Year Millennium as King of Kings and Lord of lords on king David's throne. We can also read Daniel chapter 9 and parts of Jeremiah and Isaiah for more on Jesus sitting on the throne of His father David...See also Luke 1:30-33.
Lord Jesus, thank you for allowing me to complete this study. Praise the Lord.
Note: I also want to thank "Nathan H83 on U-tube for posting his video-clip on this issue. It was helpful, though I already was familiar with a teaching of this sort.
Willie Vargas, 11/13/11
Below I will explain in details Matthew and Luke's "genealogy."
See Matthew 1:1-17 and verses 18-25 and Luke 3:23-38.
To help you understand Matthew's writings on the subject of the genealogy - it is good if you know who were the kings of Jerusalem and Judah starting with king David all the way down through Jechoniah. You can read the books of 1st and 2nd Chronicles for the information. Please note: The kings of Judah and Jerusalem all fall under "One Dynasty" because all were descendants of king David, and all have the same bloodline; all were of the "Tribe of Judah," that's why we say "kings of Judah and Jerusalem."
Ok, lets cut right to the chase.
"Jeconiah," one of king David's descendants was cursed by the Lord. The Lord cursed him and promised him that none of his sons and/or descendants after him would ever sit on king David's throne. Keep in mind that king David was their ancestor and all the kings of Judah and Jerusalem after David and before Jeconiah were all Jeconiah's ancestors from the same bloodline. Now, when Jeconiah had become king of Judah and Jerusalem, the Lord promised Jeconiah that none of his sons and descendants after him would ever sit on king David's throne because of all of his evil ways. He was sent away as a captive and as a prisoner to Babylon with the rest of Judah and Jerusalem when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon captured and invaded Jerusalem and all of Judah. The Jews were captive for a period of 70 years in Babylon. You can read more about Jeconiah, Judah and Jerusalem's history and it's accounts in the Books of 1st and 2nd Kings, 1st and 2nd Chronicles, Jeremiah and Isaiah in the Holy Bible. When reading the Book of Jeremiah, there you will read about Jeconiah's curse pronounced by the Lord "as one who was to be counted childless," (see Jeremiah 22:24-30). Please note: just because the Lord cursed Jeconiah, his sons and all their descendants after him, it doesn't mean that Jeconiah wasn't going to have any children, but that none of his sons and/or descendants after him would ever sit on king David's throne.
Lets continue with Matthew's "Genealogy."
Matthew's point in his genealogy was to show not the royal line (though he does shoe it), but to show that Jesus couldn't claim kingship if he was from the same bloodline of Joseph and Jechoniah. But since he wasn't Joseph's real son (only legal son), than Matthew was saying that Jesus can rightfully proclaim His kingship on king David's throne as King of Judah thru Mary who was also of David's bloodline through Nathan. Nathan was also king David's son and brother to king Soloman (see 1 Chronicles 3:5).
Joseph was Mary's husband and gave Jesus His name, he was Jesus' legal father. He wasn't Jesus' real dad; and Matthew was showing that Jesus was really the son of Mary and of God and not of Joseph...He was letting us know that the solultion to the probelm of Jeconiah is resolved in Jesus Christ our Lord -
because under Jeconiah's bloodline and Joseph's bloodline (Joseph was of Jeconiah's bloodline), Jesus wouldn't be able to claimed the thone because he too would have been under the same curse as Jeconiah and his descendants after him if He were of the same bloodline. But because He wasn't of the same bloodline He can both claim His Kingship as "The Messiah and the King" of Israel (and all the earth) as the One who sits on the throne of His father David as the promised "Seed" by God.
Let's keep looking at Matthew's genealogy. Notice how Matthew starts the genealogy with saying that Jesus is the Son of David and then the son of Abraham. Now in this genealogy Matthew mentions all the royal descendants, but before doing that he had to first list the names of those men that were of the same bloodline all the way back to David and Abraham to show that Jesus had to come from Abraham's seed (that is the promised "Seed"), all the way down to Jessie who was the father of king David; and to show that He was also to be King as his father David was. He would be the rightful King of all Israel (and all the earth). After Jessie, he then proceeds to list the royal line starting with King David down to Jeconiah; and all the way down to Joseph, then to Jesus (though all those after Jeconiah weren't kings according to the curse). So all those from Abraham to Jessie (vs 1-5) who were mentioned before David and back to Abraham were of the same bloodline - but were not kings of Jerusalem and Judah. They were listed as part of the bloodline to show from where the Seed (Christ) had to come from. All those listed after Jeconiah down to Jospeh weren't kings either - but were of the same bloodline. The kinship starts with king David and ends with Jeconiah. Therefore, all names were listed in the genealogy to show and to trace the Messiah (Christ) back to David and back to Abraham. Remember that the promised "Seed" was made to Abraham (see Galatians 3:16; and 3:29 we too are of Abraham's seed if we belong to Christ). So from verses 6 to 11 he continues to list the royal list of people and these were all the kings of Judah and of Jerusalem - from David to Jeconiah.
Once he gets to verse 11 and 12 - there he clearly states something of most importance: "Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon," and verse 12 says "After the exile to Babylon." He then proceeds to continued the genealogy after Jeconiah and his descendants up to Jacob and Joseph, but when he mentions Joseph, he goes on and says "Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. The reason he mentions Mary is to show that Jesus was her Son, but not of Joseph who was of the bloodline of Jeconiah. Jesus and Mary were not of Jeconiah's bloodline. He resolves the problem by showing that Christ can be the Messiah and the King who can claim and sit on king David's throne according to the promises in Isaiah 9:6-7, Luke 1:33 and many other scriptures. So, that the reader doesn't get confused, he proceeds to tell the story of how Jesus was born from Mary who was the virgen wife of Joseph, the legal father of Jesus.
Now - let's read the Genealogy of Luke. Luke's list of the genealogy skips no names and he proceeds to give the lineage from king David's son Nathan all the way down to Mary (Joseph is mentioned instead of Mary in Lukes genealogy for a good reason): It is the man's seed that is always mentioned in the genealogies and not that of the woman. First of all woman don't have seeds (only man), and second of all since woman aren't mentioned in genealogies, Luke writes the husband's name to show Mary's genealogy and not Joseph's. By doing this - he is really showing that Heli is the father of Mary and not of Joseph. Having said that - it also means that Luke is showing the bloodline of Mary and not of Joseph. Tradition has it that even the Jewish Book "Talmud" also states that it's Mary's bloodline and not Joseph's.
Matthew mentions 4 woman & 5 if u count Mary), but Matthew also mentions the four women to show that they were Gentiles and that they were sinful adulterous woman; and to show that Jesus was also bringing salvation to the Gentiles as well as to the Jews and for all those who would believe in His name.
Luke followed Jewish tradition, and in Jewish tradition u don't really mentioned woman in your genealogy (though Matthew did). But he mentions Joseph instead of Mary to show that it was her bloodline instead of Joseph's. That way showing the the lineage that Mary came from we can see that she was from king David and Nathan's bloodline; and not through king Soloman...Therefore, Jesus can claimed the throne of king David thru Mary and Nathan because He was of the same bloodline of Mary, God and Nathan and king David's bloodline and not that of Solomon's bloodline. Therefore, Luke is also showing that Jesus is the Messiah through Nathan's bloodline and that He can claimed the throne of His father king David. Lets remember that in the scriptures one of the titles that Jesus was given was "Son of David," (see Matthew 9:27 and others).
Note: the other thing we need to know is that in Luke's genealogy when reading the genealogy in the original Greek, we find that before each name you'll find the article written first. For example "The Luke," The Heli, The Matthat, The Levi & etc." But when you get to Joseph's name - you don't find that it says that - it just shows Joseph. Luke wrote it like that to show that it was Mary's genealogy and not that of Joseph her husband; and to show that Mary was the daughter of Heli and not Joseph (though Joseph's name is the one mentioned as the son of Heli and not Mary's).
Praise the Lord, thank You Jesus for Your word and for given me the knowledge to understand and accept these things, but mostly, to be able to share with others. For You say in your word that "the secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law (see Deuteronomy 29:29). Praise the Lord.
In Matthew we see the "Fourfold Image of the Messianic Person (Jesus). He's the Jewish God Man King...Two requirements were needed to claimed kingship of the House of David and they are as follows:
1. Had to be from the bloodline of king David, but not through Jeconiah; and
2. Had to have a "Divine Appointment," and Jesus was all of those through Mary, Nathan and God.
In Matthew's genealogy - Jesus is called: The Son of David and the Son of Abraham; and in Luke's genealogy He is called: The Son of Adam and the Son of God. Therefore, we get the following - and it means that:
1 - As Son of David - He is King;
2 - As Son of Abraham - He is a Jew;
3 - As Son of Adam - He is a man; and
4 - As Son of God - He is God.
Hallelujah! Praise the Lord...Jesus is the only person who can fulfill the Messianic prophecy and the one who will one day sit on king David's throne (Luke 1:29-33). That will happened during the "one Thousand Year Millennium." See Revelation 19 and 20 for that.
Note: in the following verses you can read that Nathan was the son of king David & of Bathsheeba; and he was one of king Soloman's brothers: 2 Samuel 5:14, 1 Chronicles 3:5 and 1 Chronicles 14:4.
Read Genesis 3:15, Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew 1:23 for the "The Seed of the Woman" - that is Christ.
Note: I give credit to Palasz Productions & Chris Palasz for posting a video on this on U-Tube titled "Understanding the Genealogy of Jesus."
Date: 11/10/11
Willie
Note: Below I have put together one other possible teaching on Matthew and Luke's Genealogies. Read it then you can decide which of the two best shows what is "truth."
_________________________________________________________________________________
Part II. The Genealogy of Jesus Christ (According to Eusebius)
Why does the Genealogy of Matthew Contradict the Genealogy of Luke? Well guess what it doesn't. It may seemed that it does, but it really doesn't. Let's look at the facts:
In Matthew 1:16 it says "And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. (KJV) - but in Luke 3:23 it says that "Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli. (NIV).
Matthew says "that Jacob begot Joseph" and Luke says "that Joseph was the son of Heli." Which one is correct? After careful researched and prayer - I believe that both of them are correct. We just need to do some bible research. Let's see. To understand these two most complex "Genealogies," we need to carely search out the scriptures. Pray and ask God to help you understand His word. Ok, let's continue below:
In Deuteronomy 25:5-10 - it tells us that "If a man's brother dies without a son, his widow must not marry outside the family; instead, her husband's brother must marry her and sleep with her. 6 The first son she bears to him shall be counted as the son of the dead brother, so that his name will not be forgotten. 7 But if the dead man's brother refuses to do his duty in this matter, refusing to marry the widow, then she shall go to the city elders and say to them, 'My husband's brother refuses to let his brother's name continue-he refuses to marry me.' 8 The elders of the city will then summon him and talk it over with him, and if he still refuses, 9 the widow shall walk over to him in the presence of the elders, pull his sandal from his foot and spit in his face. She shall then say, 'This is what happens to a man who refuses to build his brother's house.' 10 And ever afterwards his house shall be referred to as 'the home of the man who had his sandal pulled off!' (TLB)
Some think that Jacob in Matthew's genealogy is the same person as Heli in Luke's genealogy. Others believe that they are two different persons, but are confused with both genealogies because of the differences in the names given in both of them and in their ancestry. Personally, I believe that they are two different persons and that both Jacob and Heli are actually brothers from the same mother, but from different fathers; and that both Jacob and Heli are Joseph's fathers. How can that be, well simple. Lets read again Deuteronomy 25:5 - the answer is there. If a man's brother dies without a son, his widow must not marry outside the family; instead, her husband's brother must marry her and sleep with her.
Let me explain it below:
1. Jacob was the biological father of Joseph;
2 - Jacob and Heli were brothers;
3 - Jacob and Heli were brothers by the same mother, but both had different fathers (Matthan was Jacob's father and Matthat was Heli's father);
4 - Jacob and Heli's genealogies are different because of it;
5 - Jacob and Heli's widowed mother married Matthan after her husband Matthat had deceased; and so her new husband Matthan raised their son Jacob as his own. Keep in mind that the widowed was at liberty to freely remarry again after her husband Matthat died;
6 - Matthew's genealogy gives us natures law - meaning: Jacob begot Joseph (Jacob was Joseph's biological father);
7 - Luke's genealogy gives us Deuteronomy's law - meaning: that Joseph was son of Heli only legally; and stated that when a woman's husband died that she couldn't marry out of the family and so the brother of the deceased (Jacob was the brother of the deceased Heli), had to marry his own sister-in-law (Jacob married his deceased brother Heli's wife), raised seed to his brother Heli by sleeping with her after marrying her. Note: let me explain what this really means. Raising seed to his brother means: that Heli had no children with his wife before he died, so, his brother Jacob married his brother Heli's widowed after he died and had a son together with her. But since the law of Deuteronomy states that the firstborn son born to them would have to carry the name of the mother's deceased husband so that the dead person's name wouldn't be forgotten - then by law - Joseph is recognized to be Heli's son, though Jacob had begotten Joseph; and
8 - So, Heli died without any children and Jacob raised his own son Joseph as if he was his brother Heli's son (seed). Therefore, Jacob begot Joseph and Joseph was the son of Heli; and so, Heli's name wouldn't be forgotten according to the law of Deuteronomy 25:5-10.
Therefore, both Matthew and Luke's genealogies are both correct and there are no contradictions. Keep in mind that the writers job was to write exactly what the books already had written in them by the scribes. They were not to altered or change any part of it. That explains the difference in the genealogies - both are showing two different bloodlines but both takes us back to king David. Matthew takes us back to king David through Solomon and Luke takes us back to king David through Nathan. Both Solomon and Nathan were brothers and both were sons of king David and Bathsheeba (see 2 Samuel 5:14, 1 Chronicle 3:4-5 and 1 Chronicle 14:4.
Hope that wasn't confusing, but there's no other way to reconciled these genealogies. Both genealogies are Joseph's and none of them are Mary's, the mother of our Lord Jesus. Therefore, Jesus can claim the throne through Lukes genealogy with no problem at all, and through Matthew because Matthew show's that Jesus wasn't the real son of Joseph; and Jesus didn't have the same blood of Joseph and Jeconiah. Soon, and very soon Jesus will be sitting on His father David's throne. This will happened after the rapture takes place first and after His visible return to earth seven years after the rapture. See Revelation 19 for more on Jesus and His One Thousand Year Millennium as King of Kings and Lord of lords on king David's throne. We can also read Daniel chapter 9 and parts of Jeremiah and Isaiah for more on Jesus sitting on the throne of His father David...See also Luke 1:30-33.
Lord Jesus, thank you for allowing me to complete this study. Praise the Lord.
Note: I also want to thank "Nathan H83 on U-tube for posting his video-clip on this issue. It was helpful, though I already was familiar with a teaching of this sort.
Willie Vargas, 11/13/11
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