Would Jesus inherit King David’s throne?
Yes.
“He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end.”
Luke 1:32-33
No. Because he was a descendant of Jehoiakim.
“A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham:
…and Josiah the father of Jeconiah (Jehoiakim was actually his father, see 1 Chronicles 3:16) and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon … and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.”Matthew 1:1-17
“Therefore, this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on the throne of David; his body will be thrown out and exposed to the heat by day and the frost by night. I will punish him and his children and his attendants for their wickedness; I will bring on them and those living in Jerusalem and the people of Judah every disaster I pronounced against them, because they have not listened.”
Jeremiah 36:30-31
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July 17, 2009 at 1:48 am |
sorry to burst your bubble here…the silly christian belief is that Christ was born of Mary- a virgin…therefore Jesus was, biblically speaking, not of any blood relation to Joseph. His only blood relation was with Mary who was from the tribe of David
Of course I don’t believe this nonsense—but years of Christian apologetics taught me how to answer some of these arguments.
July 17, 2009 at 2:54 am |
Yeah I have heard this type of response before. Why the two different ones then. I just see this type of argument as a means of deflecting from the real questions created by these verses. When did the genealogies of females start counting to people of that time? I also thought that there was a verse that says they aren’t important.
July 17, 2009 at 7:24 am |
Of course I don’t believe this nonsense—but years of Christian apologetics taught me how to answer some of these arguments.
It doesn’t take years of experience to know that apologists say a lot of things that just don’t make sense. Their mission is to enable believe to dismiss questions and feel comfortable in their faith, not to make actual rational arguments. So “apologists have a response for that” just doesn’t impress me.
July 17, 2009 at 7:40 am |
“His only blood relation was with Mary who was from the tribe of David”
But there’s no evidence that the Jews traced lineage through women, Matthew’s odd genealogy being the single exception. By the standards of the day, Jesus would not be of the Tribe of David, no matter who his mother was.
July 17, 2009 at 10:12 am |
Biblically ignorant peanut gallery piping in here; but if the Christians truly consider Jesus Christ to be the Son of God, wouldn’t the throne of David be obsolete? Wouldn’t he just inherit the throne of The Kingdom of Heaven?
July 17, 2009 at 11:18 am |
wouldn’t the throne of David be obsolete?
The whole “throne of David” thing is about Jesus allegedly being the Messiah prophesied in the Jewish scriptures.
July 17, 2009 at 11:24 am |
Oh Lord. I think that’s about the fifth time you’ve told me that. Thanks for your patience! For some reason, I don’t seem to retain this stuff…:)
July 18, 2009 at 3:48 am |
This is an interesting “contradiction” in that it assumes there was only one Jeconiah who ever lived under the descendency of King David. Ch. and Mt. list different Fathers and different Sons for each Jeconiah. There are many who believe, given the fact that someone cannot have 2 biological fathers, these were probably different people.
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