The Son of David According to the Flesh or According to a Spirit of Adoption?
by Shmuel Playfair
[edited for easier reading]
Paul clearly stated, "....concerning God's son, Yeshua the Messiah, our Master, the one who comes from the [patrilineal] seed of David according to the flesh and the one who was designated son of God in power according to the spirit of Holiness by reason of a resurrection from the dead...." [Romans 1:1-4]
Unfortunately, many believe and teach the opposite of what Paul wrote here in Romans. Their other "Christ" comes not from the biological seed of David through Joseph, but from the fabricated seed of God through Mary; and they declare him to be a son of David according to a spirit of a legal adoption instead of according to the flesh. Any "Messiah" who does *not* descend from the patrilineal line of David "according to the flesh" may never be considered as being the real Messiah. God's promise to King David that He would raise up David's seed after him "who will issue from [his male] loins" was always understood by Jews as a patrilineal descent and never as a matrilineal one. [cf. 2 Shmuel 7:11-17] The two divergent, patrilineal genealogies of Yeshua found in Matthew and Luke both testify that the first Jewish disciples considered the promise given to King David as being fulfilled through Yeshua's father, Joseph, rather than through his mother.
by Shmuel Playfair
[edited for easier reading]
Paul clearly stated, "....concerning God's son, Yeshua the Messiah, our Master, the one who comes from the [patrilineal] seed of David according to the flesh and the one who was designated son of God in power according to the spirit of Holiness by reason of a resurrection from the dead...." [Romans 1:1-4]
Unfortunately, many believe and teach the opposite of what Paul wrote here in Romans. Their other "Christ" comes not from the biological seed of David through Joseph, but from the fabricated seed of God through Mary; and they declare him to be a son of David according to a spirit of a legal adoption instead of according to the flesh. Any "Messiah" who does *not* descend from the patrilineal line of David "according to the flesh" may never be considered as being the real Messiah. God's promise to King David that He would raise up David's seed after him "who will issue from [his male] loins" was always understood by Jews as a patrilineal descent and never as a matrilineal one. [cf. 2 Shmuel 7:11-17] The two divergent, patrilineal genealogies of Yeshua found in Matthew and Luke both testify that the first Jewish disciples considered the promise given to King David as being fulfilled through Yeshua's father, Joseph, rather than through his mother.