Two genealogies of Jesus Christ

The two Genealogies of Jesus Christ

Note, first, the two of the four gospels they are found.

            In Mathew, Jesus is portrayed as our KING
            In Mark as Servant
            In Luke as the Man
            In John as the Son of God

Now, a Servant need not produce his genealogy; neither can God have one. It is a King who must have one, and a Man who should have one. Therefore it is that we have two genealogies, and not more than two. And that is why we have one in Mathew giving the Royal genealogy of Jesus as King; and one in Luke giving the Human genealogy of Jesus as Man. Hence, also it is that Mathew's is a descending genealogy while Luke is an ascending one. For Kings must trace their descent, and man must trace his ascent. Mathew's therefore, begins with Abraham, and comes down to Joseph, the Son of Heli, while Luke's starts from Joseph, and goes upto Adam and God.

As far as David both the lists agree. In Mathew, after David, we have his son Solomon; while in Luke we have another son, Solomon's elder brother, Nathan. From this point, therefore, we have two lines. One Mathew gives the Royal line or the Legal line through Solomon; the other Luke gives the Natural line or the Lineal line through Nathan. Both the lines meet in Joseph, the son of Jacob by birth and the son of Heli by marriage with Mary, Heli's only daughter. (Ruth by marriage with Naomi's son was called Maorni's daughter Ruth 1:11-13; PI. read Neh 7:63; Num 36:11,12). Thus the two lines are united and exhausted in JESUS CHRIST.

Now the wonderful fact is that we have in genealogy of Luke 3, exactly 77 names, with GOD at the one end, and JESUS at the other.

On the otherhand, in Mathew, it is so arranged that it contains 42 generations, or Six sevens (6 x 7).

        41 names are named in Mat 1. -      41
        4 names are omitted -                      4 (Ahaziah, Joash, Amasiah, Jehoiakim)
        Add 21 names before Abraham -     21 (from Luke 3)
                                                        =====
                                                        66 names

So that while Jesus is the 77th name in the line which comes through Nathan, it is the 66th name which comes through Solomon.

When we remember, that Six is the human number, and Seven the Divine, we are thus pointed to the fact that Jesus was both Son of God and Son of Man.

In the original:

While, JESUS (in Greek) is composed of 6 letters and "CHRIST", His divine title is
composed of 7 letters.

Mathew	Luke
	God
	Adam
	Seth
	Enos
	Cainan
	Mahaleleel
	Jared
	Enoch
	Methuselah
	Lamech
	Noah
	Shem
	Arphaxad
	Cainan
	Sala
	Eber
	Peleg
	Regu
	Serugh
	Nahor
	Teran
Abraham	Abrahma
Issac	Issac
Jacob	Jacob
Judah	Judah
Pharez	Pharez
Esrom	Esrom
Aram	Aram
Aminadab	Aminadab
Nahason	Nahason
Salmon	Salmon
Boaz	Boaz
Obed	Obed
Jesse	Jesse
David	David
Solomon**	Nathan**
Rehoboam	Mattatha
Abiah	Menan
Asa	Melea
Jehosaphat	Eliakim
Joram	Jonan(Menani)
(Ahaziah)	Joseph
(Joash)	Judah
(Amaziah)	Simeon
Uzziah	Levi
Joatham	Matthat
Ahaz(Achaz)	Jorim
Hezekiah	Eleizer
Manasseh	Jose
Amon	Er
Josiah	Elmodam
(Jehoiakim)	Cosam
Jechoniah	Addi
	Melchi
Salathiel	Neri
(Shealtiel) The real son of Jechoniah	Salathiel (Shealtiel) The royal son of Neri by marriage
Zerubabel	Zerubabel
Abiud	Rhesa
Eliakim	Joanna
Azor	Judah
Sadok	Joseph
Achim	Semci
Eliud	Mattathiah
Eleazar	Maath
Matthan	Nagge
Jacob	Esli
Joseph The real son of Jacob	Nahum
	Amos
	Mattathiah
	Joseph
	Janna
	Melchi
	Levi
	Matthat
	Heli
	Joseph (the royal son by marriage)
JESUS CHRIST	JESUS CHRIST

Hence, it does not say, in Luke 3:23, that Heli begot Joseph, but that he was "the son of Heli". The words "the son" are in Italics, that means, it is not in the original. So it should read Joseph of Heli.