Come Seek With Me

In my last blog, we looked at the history of the Daughters of Zelophehad, God's promise to David, and God's curse on Jeconiah.  It seemed that God may have changed His mind about the Messiah coming from David's seed and royal line.  How can the promise and the curse be reconciled?  How can they both be true?  Did God break His Word?  (If you need to catch up, check out Part 1 ) So, IS God's Word broken? We know that Jesus was born.  He lived, ministered, was cut off, was raised from the dead as First Fruits, ascended into heaven, and is now our high priest. The bigger question, however, is of His legitimacy.  In order for Jesus to have been legitimate...for God's promise to David to hold true, some conditions had to be met. 1) Was Jesus of the seed of David? 2) Was Jesus of the royal line of Solomon? Let's take a closer look at the genealogy of Jesus.  You may have noticed that there are actually 2 passages within the gospels that give His geneal

I love the way that God puts just the right scriptures, conversations, and pulpit messages together to cross our paths at *just* the right time.  That is what has been happening to me this weekend, and I am writing this blog mostly to gather my thoughts into one place.  If you are kind enough to be reading this, I hope it will spark an interest and that you will pursue God's Word in further study.  Shalom! Scripture Texts: Numbers 27: 1-7 -- Daughters of Zelophehad have a problem Numbers 36: 3-12 -- Daughters of Zelophehad area allowed to inherit if they follow this condition 1 Chronicles 17: 10-14 -- God makes David a promise Jeremiah 22:30 -- Oh no!  How will God be able to keep His promise now???? Matthew 1:16 and Luke 3:23 -- Why does Joseph have 2 fathers? Luke 3:31 -- Does Jesus really have blood in his veins from the seed of David? Matthew 1: 6-7 -- Does Jesus really come from the royal line of Solomon? 1 Chronicles 17: 10-14 -- Has this promise been kept? Isai