How could Jesus have been the messiah?

Question

He was not a descendant of David, since Mary conceived him without sleeping with Joseph. Therefore he did not fulfill that part of the requirement of being the messiah. So he wasn't the messiah.

Answer 1

Yes, you've just pointed to one of the many things in the Bible that make no sense, and prove that it was not inspired by God.

Answer 2

If you are a jew you must be born of a jewish mother right?
Mary was a descendent of king David.
The importance of mothers is shown troughout the bible.
Sara's son Isaac, not Agar's son Ismael is the heir of Avraham.

Rivka has chosen yacov (her favourite son) to "trick" Isaac get the paternal blessing...

Remember also he was born in Beth'lhem. "son" of Yoseph.

All the nations of the world have heard about the G-d of Israel because of him.

He came as a lamb: Isiah 53

He will come back as the lion of Judah to bring peace.

Answer 3

Mary was a descendant of king David. They went through Joseph's line because that was done in those days.
Do you honestly believe that hasn't been research perfectly?
Some guy on here had proof positive that she was. Hopefully he will tell you the whole lineage. Like your the first one who ever thought of that? Get real!

Answer 4

jesus didn't fulfill ANY requirements of being the messiah. that davidic lineage thing is just the beginning.

"Mary was a descendent of David."

unfortunately, mary's lineage does not count. lineage is paternal - counted from the father's side, and jesus's "father" was supposedly G-d.

Answer 5

Jesus is the messiah and every verse pointing to the messiah was fulfilled in Jesus.

Answer 6

What strikes me as interesting about this, is that the Christians are relying on Hebrew prophecies to "prove" that Jesus was the Messiah.

But then when the Hebrews themselves say that he's NOT, they disagree.

If I was going to believe any of this, I would have to go with the folks that originally wrote the fairy tale to begin with. Doesn't that make sense?

Answer 7

Mary was also a descendant of David..Read your Bible..God bless.

Answer 8

Mary was a descendent of David.

EDIT

In the genealogy in Matthew 1, notice one name, Jechonias (Jeconiah), in verse 11. If Joseph had been Jesus' father according to the flesh, He could never have occupied the throne, for God's word barred the way. There had been a curse on this royal line since the days of Jeconiah. In Jeremiah 22:30 we read, Thus says the Lord: write this man down as childless, a man who shall not prosper in his days: for none of his descendants shall prosper, sitting on the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah. Joseph was in the line of this curse. Hence, if Jesus had been Joseph's son, He could not have sat on David's throne.

But we find another genealogy of Jesus in Luke 3. This is Mary's line, back to David, through Nathan, not Jeconiah (Luke 3:31). There was no curse on this line. Then the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you shall conceive in your womb, and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give 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 (Luke 1:30-33).

In Matthew 1:1-17 we have the royal genealogy of the son of David, through Joseph. In Luke 3:23-38 it is His strictly personal genealogy, through Mary. In Matthew it is His legal line of descent through Joseph; in Luke it is His lineal descent through Mary. In Matthew His genealogy is traced forward from Abraham; in Luke it followed backward to Adam, Each is significant! Matthew is showing Jesus' relation to the Jew, hence he goes back no further than to Abraham, father of the Jewish nation. But in Luke is His connection with the human race; hence His genealogy is traced back to Adam, the father of the human family.

In Luke, Jesus' line is traced back to Adam, and is, no doubt, His mother's line. Notice in Luke 3:23, it does not say Jesus was the son of Joseph. What are the words? As was supposed. In Matthew 1:16, where Joseph's genealogy is given, we find that Joseph was the son of Jacob. In Luke it say he was the son of Heli. He could not be the son of two men by natural generation. But notice this carefully - the record does not state that Heli begot Joseph, so it is supposed that Joseph was the son by law (or son-in-law) of Heli. Heli is believed to have been the father of Mary.

The Davadic genealogy goes through Nathan, not Solomon. This too is important. The Messiah must be David's son and heir (2 Sam. 7:12,13; Romans 1:3; Acts 2:30,31) and his seed according to the flesh. He must be a literal flesh and blood descendant. Hence Mary must be a member of David's house as well as Joseph (Luke 1:32).

Answer 9

The Virgin Mary was a descendant from the house of David.
"The husband of Mary"... The Evangelist gives us rather the pedigree of St. Joseph, than that of the blessed Virgin, to conform to the custom of the Hebrews, who in their genealogies took no notice of women; but as they were near akin, the pedigree of the one sheweth that of the other.


Gospel According to Saint Matthew
Chapter 1

16 And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. 17 So all the generations, from Abraham to David, are fourteen generations. And from David to the transmigration of Babylon, are fourteen generations: and from the transmigration of Babylon to Christ are fourteen generations. 18 Now the generation of Christ was in this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child, of the Holy Ghost. 19 Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing publicly to expose her, was minded to put her away privately. 20 But while he thought on these things, behold the angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost.



Epistle Of Saint Paul To The Romans
Chapter 1
2 Which he had promised before, by his prophets, in the holy scriptures, 3 Concerning his Son, who was made to him of the seed of David, according to the flesh


Second Epistle Of Saint Paul To Timothy
Chapter 2
8 Be mindful that the Lord Jesus Christ is risen again from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel.

Answer 10

Mary was a decendant of David.