Why was the prophecy for Jesus being a descendant of King David so important?
Simple: because it narrowed the focus to one man – and only one man. If you took all that was written prophetically about Jesus, you would have been looking for a young man born in Bethlehem, who had lived for a while in Egypt, moved to Nazareth, and began preaching in Galilee, who was both a natural born descendant of David, and an adopted son via the Solomonic line of David. And if that young fellow rode a donkey into Jerusalem the week before Passover in AD 32? Bang on guaranteed you found your Messiah!
Problem was, as Jesus noted, they did not consider “the day of your visitation” – so most of them missed it, thinking they could pick who they wanted to be Messiah.
How was Jesus from the line of King David if his real father was not Joseph?
His Mother was descended from the Non-Royal lineage of David through his son Nathan, instead of Solomon. Joseph was from the Solomonic line. Joseph was adopted by Mary’s father (under the Levirite laws of the Kinsman redeemer), since there was apparently no son to be heir. Joseph then adopted Jesus under that same Levirite law. Thus, Jesus could fulfill the promise of being both a physical heir of David, yet not be a descendant of Jeconiah, who had a blood curse on his line.
Jeconiah was an evil and rebellious king, worse than Saul, and so God pronounced a curse on his line. Only by this fact could anyone inherit the Davidic kingdom, and it was only possible because Jesus was born of a virgin, not of Joseph’s seed.
If atheists are not possessed by the Devil, why do they cringe (exact words) at the idea of going to church every Sunday and tithing a modest amount, around 10% of pre-tax income?
As a devout Christian, who preaches in church as often as I can, I have never once expected nor asked anyone to tithe nor give money of any sort who is not a believer. That is just NOT the way of Christ. We challenge the lost to be saved, not to be benefactors of our faith.
Mission 17:11 Audience Questions 4
Simple: because it narrowed the focus to one man – and only one man. If you took all that was written prophetically about Jesus, you would have been looking for a young man born in Bethlehem, who had lived for a while in Egypt, moved to Nazareth, and began preaching in Galilee, who was both a natural born descendant of David, and an adopted son via the Solomonic line of David. And if that young fellow rode a donkey into Jerusalem the week before Passover in AD 32? Bang on guaranteed you found your Messiah!
Problem was, as Jesus noted, they did not consider “the day of your visitation” – so most of them missed it, thinking they could pick who they wanted to be Messiah.
How was Jesus from the line of King David if his real father was not Joseph?
His Mother was descended from the Non-Royal lineage of David through his son Nathan, instead of Solomon. Joseph was from the Solomonic line. Joseph was adopted by Mary’s father (under the Levirite laws of the Kinsman redeemer), since there was apparently no son to be heir. Joseph then adopted Jesus under that same Levirite law. Thus, Jesus could fulfill the promise of being both a physical heir of David, yet not be a descendant of Jeconiah, who had a blood curse on his line.
Jeconiah was an evil and rebellious king, worse than Saul, and so God pronounced a curse on his line. Only by this fact could anyone inherit the Davidic kingdom, and it was only possible because Jesus was born of a virgin, not of Joseph’s seed.
If atheists are not possessed by the Devil, why do they cringe (exact words) at the idea of going to church every Sunday and tithing a modest amount, around 10% of pre-tax income?
As a devout Christian, who preaches in church as often as I can, I have never once expected nor asked anyone to tithe nor give money of any sort who is not a believer. That is just NOT the way of Christ. We challenge the lost to be saved, not to be benefactors of our faith.
Published in Bible, Church History, Commentary and Teaching