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Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!” But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”
And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”
And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God. And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For nothing will be impossible with God.” And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.
And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
Joseph #1 being a just man (Righteous man)
#2 Unwilling to put her to shame....
Sometimes we are so willing to blast people.....
He decided to resolve the issue quietly…
This is a lesson in itself…
Even though his was going to divorce her quietly it was something about Marry that made him reconsider somethings.
Grace will cause you to reconsider....
We should be will to resolve things quietly!
A man showing Grace was about to be the earthly father of the son of Grace.
She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall call his name Immanuel”
(which means, God with us).
“You shall call his name Jesus”
His obedience gave him the greatest privilege..... To pronounce / To declare / Affirm / proclaim / decree
Wait!!!!!!!
Most conservative Bible scholars today believe that:
Luke’s narrative of the birth of Jesus, gives us Mary’s genealogy
Matthew’s genealogy of Jesus (Matt. 1:1–16), is from Joseph’s perspective, is also important because it clearly demonstrates Jesus’ legal right to the throne of David.
According to Judaism, Jesus, as the adopted son of Joseph, would have all the legal rights of a biological heir.
The amazing part of all this is that God had cursed the line of Solomon so that no physical descendant of his could be named king. Jeremiah 22:30 says of Coniah, “Record this man as childless . . . none of his descendants will succeed in sitting on the throne of David or ruling again in Judah.”
Only a descendant of Solomon could be king, yet this line was cursed.
Therefore, only Jesus could fulfill the Davidic covenant. Jesus had the legal right to be king through Joseph but, because He was virgin born, the curse on Coniah did not apply to Him.
Instead, He was the son of David through His mother Mary.
Both genealogies are significant in establishing the Lord Jesus as the true Davidic king.
Hence, the Lord Jesus was the son of David by biological descent through Mary and the king of Israel by legal right through Joseph.
And........ Joseph declare that Name that is above every name…
The name that brings healing
The name that saves
The name that transforms
He is God with us....
He is our Joy
Our Peace
Our true reason for every season
He is our refuge
Our comfort
Strategy
When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife,