Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!caen!uwm.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: 2fmmempty@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Jesus's lineage. Message-ID: Date: 9 Apr 91 07:57:00 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services Lines: 30 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , c9037544@cc.newcastle.edu.au (David Williams) writes: > > 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. I noticed in Luke near the end of Chapter 3, Jesus's lineage is recounted again, but also through Joseph. I do not recall ever seeing a lineage of Mary in the Bible. > 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. This was about what I thought, that there was some occult reason for its recounting. I figured it had something to do with Kabbalah, or at least Kabbalah based numerology. 42 being one of those mystical numbers that re occurs in magical treatises over and over again. But I wondered if any other attempt had been made to explain why Joseph had anything to do with it at all, uther than being his mother's husband. I suppose that was because it was his assumed legal descent, it struck me as strage though that they would find something mystical in that. Thanks for the reply. Stephen