Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!princeton!njin!paul.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: c9037544@cc.newcastle.edu.au (David Williams) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Jesus's lineage. Message-ID: Date: 8 Apr 91 03:05:32 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA Lines: 29 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , 2fmmempty@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes: > Something struck me as a little odd the other day. If Jesus is God's son, and > Mary's conception virginal. Is there any real point in establishing Joseph's > lineage in the Gospel other than letting us know that there were fourteen > generations between David and Jesus? > > And why is the first verse of Chapter 1 in Matthew label it as the 'book of > the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham'? > > Stephen In the gospel of Matthew, Jesus' legal descent is recorded, Matthew representing Christ as King. In the book of Luke, where Jesus' humanity is portrayed, the lineage is His natural one and is through Mary. Using Bible Numerics, the lineage in Matthew is divided into three sections, and 3 x 14 (the number of generations) is 42, or 6 x 7. 6 is the number of man, and 7 the number of perfection, revealing Jesus as the perfect man. Jesus is established as the son of Abraham to show that He is the fulfillment of Genesis 17:6, and as the son of David, to show that He is the ultimate fulfillment of the Davidic covenant. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | David Williams | University of Newcastle, Australia | | c9037544@cc.newcastle.edu.au | Department of Computer Science | | c9037544@jupiter.newcastle.edu.au | | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | "The decision of Random Numbers is too important to be left to chance !" | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------