Christians: How is Jesus linked with the line of King David?

I know it's not that relevant coz am a believer, but I can't help wondering why Jesus is linked with David's lineage. Joseph is from the line of King David, and is not the fether of Jesus. For Mary, mother of Jesus, I dont know if she is from that line. What puzzles me is, how is Jesus related to this lineage and yet Joseph is not His father??

Christians: How is Jesus linked with the line of King David?
In 2 Samuel 7.12-13, God promised King David that a blood descendent of King David's would one day rule from David's throne. God further promised David that this descendent would rule over His kingdom forever.





Of course we now know that it was Jesus Christ who God sent to rule forever from David's throne. (Luke 1.32)





To rule as King from David's throne, Jesus Christ HAD to meet TWO REQUIREMENTS as follows:





a) Jesus had to be a blood descendent of David, AND





b) Jesus had to be LEGALLY entitled to sit on David's throne.





God had a problem in having Jesus meet the second requirement named above. Here are the reasons:





a) David had many children, but only one of those children became king after David died. The son who became king was Solomon.





b) To be LEGALLY entitled to sit on David's throne, a person had to be a descendent of David through the kingly line of David's descendants. The kingly line of David's descendents began with King Solomon.





c) One of the kings who came along many years after David died was King Jeconiah (also called Coniah, and Jehoiahchin). King Jeconiah was, of course, a descendent of King Solomon and thus was in the kingly line of David. King Jeconiah did a great sin against God. Accordingly, God ordained that NO blood descendent of King Jeconiah would ever again sit on David's throne. (Jeremiah 22.30)





d) Because of what God said in Jeremiah 22.30, Jesus could NOT be a blood descendent of King Jeconiah. This meant that Jesus could not be a blood descendent in the KINGLY line of King David.





e) In summary, God's problem was this. To keep God's promise to David (2 Samuel 7.12-13) Jesus had to meet the following REQUIREMENTS:





1) Jesus had to be a blood descendent of King David, AND


2) Jesus had to be LEGALLY entitled to the throne, BUT


3) Jesus must not be a blood descendent through David's kingly line, because Jesus must NOT be a blood descendent of King Jeconiah (Jeremiah 22.30).





God's solution to the problem was as follows:





a) Among all of King David's children were two sons: Solomon and Nathan (2 Samuel 5.13-14).


b) Solomon was in the kingly line. Nathan was not.


c) Accordingly, anyone descended from Nathan would be a blood descendent of King David but would NOT be legally entitled to David's throne.


d) As explained in Matthew chapter 1, Joseph was legally the father of Jesus but he was NOT physically the father of Jesus, because Jesus was born of a virgin named Mary. Mary, of course, became Joseph's wife.


e) Matthew 1.1-17 gives the LEGAL geneology of Jesus Christ through His legal father, Joseph. Note that this geneology is fully within the kingly line of David (Mt 1.1), including King Solomon (Mt 1.6) and King Jeconiah (Mt 1.11).


f) Therefore, since Jesus was legally Joseph's son, and since Joseph was in the kingly line, Jesus was legally entitled to sit on the throne of David. However, Jesus was NOT a blood descendent of King Jeconiah.


g) Jesus was, of course, a blood descendent of His mother Mary.


h) The geneology in Luke 3.23-38 is the geneology of Mary, the mother of Jesus.


i) Luke 3.31 shows that Mary was a blood descendent of King David through David's son Nathan.





In summary:





a) Since Jesus was legally Joseph's son in the kingly line, Jesus was and is legally entitled to the throne of David.


b) Since Jesus was a blood descendent of David's son Nathan, through Jesus's mother Mary, He is a blood descendent of King David, as God promised He would be.


c) Since Jesus was Joseph's legal son but not his blood descendent, Jesus was not a blood descendent of King Jeconiah.


d) Accordingly, God kept all of His promises to King David except one -- that King Jesus would rule over an eternal kingdom. That promise WILL be fulfilled in the future (Dan 9.7, Rev 19.6).
Reply:Matthew 1:1-17


1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham: 2 Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers. 3 Judah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram. 4 Ram begot Amminadab, Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon. 5 Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed begot Jesse, 6 and Jesse begot David the king.David the king begot Solomon by her who had been the wife F1 of Uriah. 7 Solomon begot Rehoboam, Rehoboam begot Abijah, and Abijah begot Asa. F2 8 Asa begot Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat begot Joram, and Joram begot Uzziah. 9 Uzziah begot Jotham, Jotham begot Ahaz, and Ahaz begot Hezekiah. 10 Hezekiah begot Manasseh, Manasseh begot Amon, F3 and Amon begot Josiah. 11 Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers about the time they were carried away to Babylon. 12 And after they were brought to Babylon, Jeconiah begot Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel. 13 Zerubbabel begot Abiud, Abiud begot Eliakim, and Eliakim begot Azor. 14 Azor begot Zadok, Zadok begot Achim, and Achim begot Eliud. 15 Eliud begot Eleazar, Eleazar begot Matthan, and Matthan begot Jacob. 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, from David until the captivity in Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the captivity in Babylon until the Christ are fourteen generations.
Reply:through Mary of Course who was of both Levi and Judah lineages. which is why jesus is melchizedek. or king of the just and the high priest for all.





notice the lineage of joseph says "as was supposed" or something like that, which means in essence a step father.
Reply:Study this passage and it will be clear to you that Jesus was descended from David. So was Joseph.





Luk 1:26 And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth,


Luk 1:27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David: and the virgin's name was Mary.


Luk 1:28 And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.


Luk 1:29 Who having heard, was troubled at his saying and thought with herself what manner of salutation this should be.


Luk 1:30 And the angel said to her: Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found grace with God.


Luk 1:31 Behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb and shalt bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name Jesus.


Luk 1:32 He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David his father: and he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever.


Luk 1:33 And of his kingdom there shall be no end.
Reply:Both Joseph and Mary were descendents of David . Jesus inherited the bloodline of David from his Mother and the right to the throne of David from his step Father.
Reply:Joseph is a DIRECT decedent of David ( look in the book of kings, the begot, begot, begot really boring but it will tell you the line or Mathew tells the lineage too). Mary is thought by some theologians to be a distant cousin of King David. Jewish lineage is Patriarchal, so really his ties to King David come from Joseph, but wait, Joseph isn't really his father. Jesus is at best a distant relation to King David through Mary so Biblically and genetically he's not a direct decendant of King David.
Reply:Both Joseph and Mary are of the Davidic line.


One through Nathaniel, the other through Solomon.
Reply:Check out the two different lines of Jesus. One is in the Gospel of Matthew, the other Luke. Why are there two? One is the line from Abraham to Joseph with King David and his son Solomon listed in the lineage. This is Matthew's record which most likely is Joseph's line. It doesn't really matter that Jesus isn't his flesh and blood son, Joseph raises him that way and so in effect he carries all the privledges that come with his adoption. Luke uses a different line, one that goes back to David and his son Nathan. Most likely this is the line of Mary's family. She too is from David's royal family. Luke tells us Jesus was thought to be the son of Joseph, but if you pay close attention, the story of Jesus birth is told from Mary's point of view. Luke also goes all the way back to Adam, the son of God. Pretty cool.