Jesus Christ, Davidic Descent of

Jesus Christ was a descendant of King David. In Matthew 1:1, Matthew states that his record is “The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.” In Revelations 22:16, the Savior states: “I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.” He is a descendant of David. There are two lineages of the Savior given in the New Testament. According to James E Talmage, one of the lineages is of Mary and the other is of Joseph. It is interesting the circumstances into which the Savior was born. Seeing the full picture, we know that His father was Heavenly Father and His mother was Mary. Since the Pharisees and Sadducees did not see or understand the full picture, they thought/knew that he could not be the Messiah. This scripture also applies to them: “for unto him that receiveth I will give more; and from them that shall say, We have enough, from them shall be taken away even that which they have.” Since they did not receive them, they lost all that they had and did not realize it.