Matthew 1:7-17

Its interesting, the more I study the more new truth I discover. There is just so much to be found. I hope you are enjoying this so far, I know we often skip right over genealogy but this section will yield a great reward. 
Be blessed my friend.

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Solomon begot Rehoboam, Rehoboam begot Abijah, and Abijah begot Asa. Asa begot Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat begot Joram, and Joram begot Uzziah. Uzziah begot Jotham, Jotham begot Ahaz, and Ahaz begot Hezekiah. Hezekiah begot Manasseh, Manasseh begot Amon, and Amon begot Josiah. Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers about the time they were carried away to Babylon. And after they were brought to Babylon, Jeconiah begot Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel. Zerubbabel begot Abiud, Abiud begot Eliakim, and Eliakim begot Azor. Azor begot Zadok, Zadok begot Achim, and Achim begot Eliud. Eliud begot Eleazar, Eleazar begot Matthan, and Matthan begot Jacob. And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ. So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, from David until the captivity in Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the captivity in Babylon until the Christ are fourteen generations.

Matthew 1:7-17

While Matthew is tracing the line of Jesus down through David and the Kings one problem does rise up with King Jeconiah. In Jeremiah 22:30 we learn that the Lord has placed a blood curse on the royal line because of the sins of Jeconiah. There were many evil deeds done in those days, but finally the Lord has enough and that blood curse was made, which causes an issue in the line of David leading toward Jesus. 

An important exception to the Jewish Law is made with the daughters of Zelophehad, found in Numbers 27 and Joshua 17. The inheritance was known to pass down through the male line but in the case where there were no sons, the daughter was given rights to inherit. When this occurred the daughters Father would adopt her husband as a son. In this way the inheritance would pass through by marriage. We see in the Gospel of Luke that the writer traces Jesus’ blood line down to Mary. Mary’s father had adopted Joseph giving the legal rights. This is why the virgin birth is the foundation of our faith. 

Genesis 3:15 tells us that the Messiah would come as the seed of the woman. Isaiah 7 promises us that a virgin would conceive and bring forth the one who would rule. And now as we have been it is required due to a blood curse that Jesus be born in this manner. I hope this helps our understanding of the virgin birth and why it is so important. Our Messiah is in both the legal line and the blood line through Joseph and through Mary. He came as a man to die for our sins, and will return in victory as our King.