Bible

[thrifty]

I don't think so.

In Matthew 1, we have the genealogy of Jesus Christ through Joseph.

In verse 11 we have Jeconiah. Who is Jeconiah? In the Old Testament he is known as Coniah. During his captivity in Babylon, the Babylonian king renamed him Jehoiachin.

It is important bcause Joseph is in the bloodline of King David through Coniah and in Jeremiah 22:30 Coniah is cursed. He is declared childless, meaning no seed of his shall ever sit on the throne of King David. Coniah had seven sons, but they and their posterity all carried the curse.. During Coniah's lifetime the Jews were taken off into captivity and have not had a king since.

If we could go to Israel in Jesus's day and ask educated Jewish Pharisees or scribes who their king is, they would say they don't have one. We could answer, "But I thought the Jews had a king. You had many kings in the past. If you had a king today, who would it be?" If the scribes and Pharisees searched the records they could have traced the kingly line to a man named Joseph, who was the legal father of Jesus. They would have to admit if Israel had a king in Jesus' time, it would have to have been Joseph, but the curse on Coniah still applied. Joseph was only royally entitled to the throne.

Was there any descendant of King David legally entitled to the throne of Israel? Tracing the genealogy of Mary beginning in Luke 3:23, the line from King David goes down through Nathan to Heli. However, Heli had no sons, only daughters. One was Mary.

In the infinite wisdom of God, Joseph, who was royally entitled to the throne of King David, is engaged to a young woman, a virgin, who is legally entitled to the throne. But Joseph is cursed, and all his children would carry the same curse. Because Jesus Christ was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin, the curse does not apply. He was not the seed of Joseph, but Joseph was Jesus' legal father, so Joseph passed his legal right to the throne to Jesus. Mary passed her royal right to the throne to Jesus.

In the Jewish economy, the father could choose whom to give the birthright to, as David chose Solomon instead of Amon, his firstborn. Joseph had this right by adoption, and he chose Jesus. So by the process of adoption, Joseph passed his legal right to the throne to Jesus, but the curse did not apply, because Jesus was not of the seed of Coniah! Jesus was entitled legally and royally to the throne of Israel and he had no children. So, the right to the throne ended in a man named Jesus! He was crucified on a hill outside of Jerusalem. There is no one alive today who is entitled to the throne of Israel except Jesus!

By Doris Mataya (edited by me)