In the
Gospel According to Matthew we read the genealogy of Jesus Christ. Matthew 1:1
‘The book of the generations of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of
Abraham.’ We read in the very first verse of the New Testament that Jesus is
the son of David (the messianic king), and the son of Abraham (the promised
seed).
We notice by
reading the genealogy of Jesus Christ that the Holy Bible uses a typical Hebrew
or Jewish way of identifying who we are talking about in the New Testament. For
example Matthew 1:1, The book of the generation of Yeshua ha Masheach (Jesus
the Messiah) ben David (the son of David) and ben Abraham (the son of Abraham).
In Matthew
1:16 a feminine singular pronoun, “of whom”, is used. It is highly unusual to
use a feminine singular pronoun in any genealogy. Mathew 1:16, ‘And Jacob begat
Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.” It
is indicating that Jesus is not the natural son of Joseph. Jacob begat Joseph
husband of Mary of whom was born Yeshua who was called ha Masheach (the
Messiah). Mary was in the line of David through Nathan.
Matthew
1:21,’And she shall bring forth a son, and, thou shalt call his name JESUS:
(Yehoshua which means Yahweh is salvation) for he shall save his people from
their sins.
Matthew
1:22, 23, ‘Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken
of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and
shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being
interpreted is, ‘God with us.
