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Joseph unto the Jesus called Christ? And why does Luke 3's "supposed" lineage of Jesus descend through Joseph & Nathan to Adam, son of plural God

Are we talking two Josephs:
Joseph, son of Heli... descending thru Nathan
Jospeh, son of Jacob... ascending thru Solomon

And two of Jesus,
one Jesus of Mary... "supposed" son of Joseph
one Jesus of Joseph... the Jesus called "Christ"

does the seed come from the man or the woman?
what sort of seed do you get from a Holy "Ghost"?
why does Galatians 3 mention "Christ" as the seed?
why is born again not of corruptible seed, but incorruptible?

And why are there 40 (not 42) generations unto "Christ"?

Is there more to the triple mystery
- of God, and
- of the Father, and
- of Christ
than many dare admit, or dare ask?

And what happens when you suppose both are Christ?
 
This is actually a very interesting study. The answer to this question hinges on our understanding of Solomon.

God told Solomon that IF he kept his commandments his lineage would be eternal and that his kingdom would be everlasting.

The same promise was made to David.

Now, the fact is that Solomon DID NOT keep God's commandments. In truth, he went to the Queen of Sheba and started to worship strange and foreign gods (I believe this is in the first or second book of the Kings).

So, as we read about the kings that came from Solomon's line (in 1 & 2 Kings and 1 & 2 Chronicles) we see that the majority of these kings were corrupt. They did not serve the LORD. This royal line is shown in Matthew. And, ultimately, it leads to Joseph, who, in fact, is NOT the father of Jesus.

This is significant because in Luke we see that Solomon is not part of the lineage of Christ; instead, I believe that the lineage of Jesus goes from David to his other son Nathan, and then a non-regal lineage goes to Mary. Mary, on the other hand, WAS Jesus' earthly mother.

She birthed Christ where as Joseph did was not part of Christ bloodline.

So, just as God had promised, Solomon's lineage was cut-off because he did not follow the commands. Likewise, the whole earthly lineage of kings was cut-off.

Instead, David's kingdom extended through his son Nathan, who was not king. The promise God had made to his son David was fulfilled because David did listen to the LORD and was a child of God (unlike Solomon). Therefore, the lineage of David goes straight to Christ through Nathan.

The promise given to David is fulfilled in Christ. It is in Jesus that there is an Eternal Kingdom. David finds the answer to God's promise in Christ -- David does has an eternal Kingdom. In fact, the Bible says that Christ sits on the throne of David.

The impact of this is that we learn that Solomon was not saved. Also, we see that the earthly kingdom of Israel fell away from God. This is relevant as it is a picture of the church in our day. We never see Solomon repent of his sins, and he goes on to worship different gods. So, even though Solomon was the wisest man that ever lived, it profited him nothing, eternally speaking. His kingdom was cut-off. This is represented in the fact that Joseph was NOT the father of Jesus at all, and Jesus is the eternal kingdom.

Therefore, Solomon did not receive the fruit of God's promise because he turned away from the Only God.

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The list in Matt one, is a SPIRITUAL line, beginning with Abraham, the FATHER of the RIGHTEOUS.
This line is how the Spiritual SEED passed from one righteous person into the next righteous person. It is not the fleshly line of Jesus.
It is the spiritual line of Christ.

There are many more listed in Luke, as it runs through the fleshly line.
Some of the fathers were not righteous, so the righteous SEED, which began in Eve, was passed to the grandson, instead of son.

Adam is NOT mentioned in Matt, for Adam was the wicked one and not in this spiritual seed line.

Christ was the SEED OF THE WOMAN, EVE. It is Jesus who bruised the head of that old serpent, the hypocrite Adam.

Notice in Romans 1: 3, it says that Jesus was made of the seed of David according to the FLESH.
this is the line in Luke. the fleshly line, which began in Adam.

The spiritual SEED is Christ, and comes from Isaac. It is not those old Jews. It is the ones who have the spiritual Seed inside us.

Now go back to Mat 1. It said there are 42 generations to CHRIST.
If you put down 1-42, and write the names given...you will find that Joseph is # 40...Jesus is # 41... Hence, Jesus is the one who gave the Spiritual Seed to Christ.

We are that Christ...the ones of us who are filled with the Holy Ghost and Word of God. That is the SEED HERE. It takes this SEED to become sons of God.
Mat 1 is about sons of God.
Luke is about fleshly people.
Notice it said in Luke 3:23..Jesus, being, (as was supposed) the son of Jospeh.
Now I know this will be disbelieved by everyone...but look back at Romans 1:3...Jesus was the son of David, ACCORDING TO THE FLESH.
How?
Does natural seed pass through woman? No. So, the Holy Ghost (I believe) took the natural seed from Joseph and supernaturally placed it into Mary.
Thus Jesus is the natural son of Joseph, being the natural son of David. (it said, BEING, THIS MEANS HE WAS WHAT THEY SUPPOSED.)

But see, Mat is about the spiritual Son, the Christ. Here it lists Joseph as the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus.
Jesus is the virgin who bore the Emmanuel, which is the Christ. Mary gave the spiritual seed to Jesus, and Jesus gives it to Christ.
Mary bore Jesus, but Jesus bore Emmanuel, the 42nd generation. and note, that is the last generation. From then on, all who are born of God, are of this 42nd generation....
but as you know. no church gets these kinds of deep truths and hence, folks hate it when we teach it here. It shows their hirelings know no truth and neither do most others.
 
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