Recently, I had the blessing of witnessing to some modern day Jews who reject the Messiah for many reasons. The main reason they reject Messiah, because as Matthew is written, He is not of the line of Yehudah, of the line of Dawid.
However, in Matthew 1:1-17, though it seems not present in the original Hebrew of Matthew, the genealogy of Messiah seems biblical and as well through the line of Dawid.
Where the hangup seems to be is over the virgin birth, which as of this moment, I believe was added. If Yoseph (or Joseph) is not the physical father of Messiah, then He's not of the tribe of Yehudah (or Judah), nor of the house of Dawid as the scriptures prophesy:
Genesis 49:8-12 TS2009 “You, Yehuḏah, your brothers praise you; your hand is on the neck of your enemies; your father’s children bow down before you. 9. “Yehuḏah is a lion’s cub; from the prey you have gone up, my son! He bowed down, he crouched like a lion. And like a lion, who does rouse him? 10. “The sceptre shall not turn aside from Yehuḏah, nor an Inscriber from between his feet, until Shiloh comes, and to Him is the obedience of peoples. 11. “Binding his donkey to the vine, and his donkey’s colt to the choice vine, he washed his garments in wine, and his robes in the blood of grapes. 12. “His eyes are darker than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.
Quoting from a Jew who rejects Messiah:
"J-s didn't have this genealogy, he didn't have a birth father from the Tribe of Judah, in the line from King David and Solomon, nor Jeconiah. He had a virgin birth according to Matthew and Luke. And even if he didn't have a virgin birth neither genealogy in Matthew 1 or Luke 3 can produce a King to be the Messiah. In Luke 3 the genealogy doesn't go through Solomon as required and in Matthew 1 the genealogy is rejected because it goes through Jeconiah. 2nd Samuel 7:12-14, 1st Chronicles 17:11-14, 22:9-10, 28:4-6, Jeremiah 22:30, 36:30.."
Quoting from another Jew who also rejects the Messiah:
"The Messiah must be from the Tribe of Judah and a Descendant of King David AND King Solomon, not Jeconiah, through his human biological father. Genesis 49:10, 2nd Samuel 7:12-14, 1st Chronicles 17:11-14, 22:9-10, 28:4-6, Jeremiah 23:5, 33:17; Jeremiah 22:30, 36:30, Psalm 89:35-37. Genealogy in the Bible is only passed down from father to son Numbers 1:1-18."
So the above quotes from the Jews have a valid point regarding Jechoniah, because he was rejected in Jeremiah 22:24-30. As well, he would be childless. However, in Deuteronomy 3:17-18, there are seven sons listed down. In 2nd Kings 25:27-28, Merodak sovereign of Babel released Yehoyakin (Jochoniah) and spoke kindly of him. Jeremiah 22:24-30 said he wouldn't prosper nor have sons, but these events don't come to past. In Haggai 2:23, Elohim declares Zerubbabel a servant, as a signet. This leaves a person assuming that Yehoyakin (or Jechoniah) repented while he was in exile, and the curse lifted. Zechariah 4:6-10 confirms this as well.
"I accepted the repentance of Jeconiah: shall I not accept your repentance? -Pesikta de-Rab Kahan (5th c.)
So the Matthew 1 genealogy can be used if the virgin birth doctrine gets removed.
I believe that the virgin birth account following the genealogy in Matthew 1 was added because of the Jeconiah case, in an attempt to settle dependencies, thereby reverting one to go against male genealogy by using the genealogy of the woman Miryam.
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