The Lineage Loophole

             I was approached one day by an Orthodox Jewish Scholar who raised the question of legitimacy concerning the genealogy of Jesus Christ back to David.

             In my spirit and in my mind I had the understanding and assurance that Yahshua was the true succession to the throne of David which would one day be established forever, but I could not present my feelings to this Jewish Scholar. I had to present scriptural proof. I prayed about this problem and as you well know, the Lord answers prayer. The following presents to you what the Lord revealed and it gives infallible proof that Jesus Christ is the legitimate heir even though he did not have an earthly father who would have normally transferred the rights.

By Phil Luna

             Mary should be disqualified to transfer the rights of her lineage to her son Jesus, except for a little known exception to the rule.

             In Matthew 1:1-16 and Luke 3:23-38 we are presented with two genealogies of Jesus Christ. On the surface these different listings would appear to be a contradiction in the scriptures. The genealogy found in Matthew's gospel is the lineage of Jesus' earthly father Joseph, while the genealogy found in Luke's gospel is the lineage of Jesus' mother Mary. However, many of the people that teach on the genealogies fail to realize or address a major problem associated with the genealogical listing found in Luke's gospel, the lineage of Mary. Once you have established that the line is indeed Mary's you must deal with a second difficulty. The rights of the line are not passed through the mother, only the father. Even though Mary, through her lineage, was of the Davidic bloodline, she should be excluded from being able to pass those rights of the bloodline because of being a female (Deut 21:16). So it is not enough to prove that Mary was an unblemished descendant of David, she had to be a male to transfer the rights. Therefore she would be disqualified to transfer the rights to her son Jesus, except for a little known exception to the rule.

             In Numbers 26 we are introduced to Zelophehad. Zelophehad, we are told, had no sons, only daughters. In Numbers 27, following the death of Zelophehad, the daughters of Zelophehad came before Moses and argued their plight. Because their father had died with no sons, all of their rights of inheritance were to be lost and they felt this was unfair. So Moses prayed to God and God gave Moses an exception to the rule. The Lord told Moses that the inheritance CAN flow through a female, IF they fulfill two requirements. There must be no male offspring in the family (Num 27:8) and if the female offspring should marry, they must marry within their own tribe (Num 36:6).

             Now we come back to Mary. On the surface she should be unable to transfer the rights to her Son. But when you research you find that Mary had NO brothers, AND Mary did indeed marry within her own tribe to Joseph.

             What an awesome God we serve that set in order the requirements to allow the virgin birth to take place 1,400 years in advance!