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Originally Posted by avb3
Nice try at deflection.
So, let's get back to the question. Joseph was not Jesus's father, so how can Jesus's lineage be traced back to David?
Trying to obfuscate never looks good on a person.
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It was to show that He would be born along that line or should we say Lineage of David; He was not the seed of Joseph, but of God. The Lineage goes full circle, which also brings closure to the Old Testament. When you compare the Genealogy of Jesus according to Luke and Matthew, you will see that Adam was of God, and Jesus was the "only begotten Son" meaning He was of God's seed. It is not of flesh and blood as we know it, it is of His Spirit.
What is God's seed, it is His Word.
"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."
And He was to be born in the Lineage of David because He is a King. Jerusalem is the City of the Kings.
The Jerusalem of this earth is were all the tension is surmounting, but the Jerusalem above is where Christ is.
"But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother" Jesus sits in this City as King, and if I understand correctly He sits upon the judgement throne.
One might see now that there is a Father, a mother...and children. Same composition as in the beginning. Yet this is unseen, although from what is made or created we can learn about God because it becomes seen.
"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them"
The entire book flows together from thousands of years ago to when it was written into the New Testament. As far as I'm aware no other Book does this over such a long time span.