The High Priest and King of Kings by Rav Sha'ul Concerning the curse of Joseph´s line, there was a curse on a disobedient King and as we all know on both Houses of Israel and Judah and the land and everything else. Those were literal upon that King not the entire line. Yashua´s claim to the "seed" of David was amazingly fulfilled by BOTH family lines. His claim to Adam through BOTH family lines. The throne IS NOT passed by heritage by by blood alone and ONLY to the first born male or eldest living male. There is NO expample of a woman ascending the Throne of Israel. Yashuas claim to the Throne of David was valided through Joseph. Period. Matthew clearly teaches this. Yahusha clearly taught it to his disciples, that is where Matthew got it to begin with. Yahshua´s claim to High Priest is through Mary. Luke teaches this. Yahshua´s claim as Son of God was through both lines. Most people do not realize that Yahusha's claim to High Priest and King of Kings is actually by human birth as well as resurrection. Luke's Yahusha came from Nathaniel (Son of David, the Priest). King David had two sons, Solomon and Nathan. The Nathan line was the priestly line referred to in the Books of Enoch and the Essene scroll as the Messiah of Aaron and into which we saw the incarnations of Phinehas and Elijah.   The priestly Messiah of Aaron was the Nathan Line - Luke through Mary The kingly Messiah of Israel was the Solomon Line - Matthew through Joseph   Luke sets out to trace the Messiah back to Adam thus identifying the process of the seed of the woman from Adam. This text identifies the Davidic lineage with Nathan which is vital to fulfill the prophecy in Zechariah. More importantly it is then apart from the Jeconiah lineage which had been removed, among other things, to make way for the rule of the High Priesthood. He establishes the second requirement to be of the line of Nathan and of the family also of Levi through Shimei from the outset by his outline of the family relationship of Miriam to Elisabeth wife of Zacharias, the High Priest of the Division of Abijah (or Abia), which was the eighth division of the Temple Priesthood (see 1Chron. 24:10; Neh. 12:17). The twenty four divisions were reformed after the return from four divisions, by lot, with the original names (see Comp. Bible fn. and App. 179 III). The wife of Zecharias was Elisabeth (named for Aaron’s wife Elisheba (Ex. 6:23) and spelt Elizabeth in the LXX). She was of the daughters of Aaron and hence she was a Levite (Luke 1:5). She was the mother of John the Baptist by divine direction. Thus John was appointed. Miriam (or Mary) was of the family of Elisabeth (Lk. 1:36). Thus Miriam must have possessed Levitical bloodlines as well as being of the House of David. We can only guess at the lineage of Levi being through Shimei, however it can be assumed as Scripture cannot be broken. The demonstration of Levitical lineage is enough. The divine inspiration of Zecharias and Elisabeth and the naming of John brings us to the next point. Luke showed why he fulfilled other prophecy not fully understood by either rabbinical Judaism or orthodox Christianity. He is the son of David and the son of Abraham from Matthew 1:1. Luke 3:38 terms him the son of Adam and the son of God. He thus achieves the fourfold aspects reflected also in the gospels. As son of David he is King through Judah. As son of Abraham he is King of Israel as heir to the promises conferred on and through Joseph. He is also the head of the other nations of Abraham. As the son of Adam he is a man and hence qualified to lead humanity to salvation through death. As the son of God he assumes the elohim status that he laid down at the incarnation, through his resurrection from the dead as son of God in power (Rom. 1:4). He qualified to become the Morning Star and he will share that rule with his household (Rev. 2:27-28; 22:16; cf Zech. 12:8) as they share the divine nature of God as he does (2Pet. 1:4). The Peshitta says: 27 And he shall shepherd them with a rod of iron; like the vessels of the potter they shall be shattered, even as I was disciplined by my Father. 28 And I will give him the Morning Star. Messiah was obedient unto death and so also must we be obedient and he will give us the rulership of the Morning Star as a Son of God; as an elohim, as the Angel of YHWH at our head. (Zech. 12:8). The Virgin Birth... Mis-taught by Catholicism/Christianity NOTE: Please read The Virgin Birth, I do not deny it, I fully understand it.  We all must, to understand how Yahusha was the Son of Man and the Son of YHWH and the Messiah. The VIRGIN BIRTH has been mis-taught to justify a pagan Trinity and in the process DESTROYS Yahusha's claim to Messiah!  To somehow justify that Yahusha was YHWH in the flesh, one must discount the Matthew lineage to the KINGLY line of David through Solomon which is critical to Yahusha being the Messiah and having claim to the THRONE of David. This is critical and denying the Matthew lineage and biological blood line through Joseph destroys Yahusha’s claim to Messiah, the rightful hair to the Throne of David. This is done by taking only ONE prophecy OUT OF CONTEXT and IGNORING the full plan of YHWH. While it is crystal clear that YHWH brought judgment on the Kingly Line of David and cast it to the ground. It is even MORE clear through prophecy of the coming Messiah that YHWH would RESTORE that Kingly Line of David/Solomon YHWH’s promise to David was ETERNAL to be fulfilled by the Messiah. It was CONDITIONAL to every King. Later King’s rebelled and YHWH, while keeping the ETERNAL promise alive to David, YHWH discipline the Kings and Israel for rebellion: I Kings 8:25: "Now Lord, God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the PROMISES you made to him when you said, ´You shall never fail to have a man to sit before me on the throne of Israel, IF ONLY your sons are careful in all they do to walk before me as you have done!´ In other words, YHWH made it clear that there would be discipline and the throne would be suspended if all the Kingly Line were not obedient. I Kings 9:2-7. “Now, IF YOU WALK BEFORE ME as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, AND IF YOU KEEP MY STATUTES AND MY JUDGMENTS, THEN I WILL ESTABLISH THE THRONE OF YOUR KINGDOM OVER ISRAEL FOREVER, as I promised David your father, saying, ´You shall not fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.´ BUT if you or your sons at all turn from following Me, and do NOT keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and worship them, THEN I WILL CUT OFF [DESTROY] ISRAEL FROM THE LAND which I have given them; and this house [Temple] which I have sanctified for My name I will cast out of My sight. Israel will be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.” Which is exactly what happened. NOW the RESTORATION of both the Kingly Line AND the Priestly Line was foretold to be accomplished through the Messiah: Jeremiah 33 Verses 17-18. For thus says the Lord: ´David shall NEVER LACK a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel; NOR SHALL THE PRIESTS, THE LEVITES, LACK A MAN TO OFFER BURNT OFFERINGS BEFORE ME, to kindle grain offerings AND TO SACRIFICE CONTINUALLY.´ Now consider a much misunderstood passage of prophecy. If you will begin reading at the 18th verse of the 21st chapter of Ezekiel, you will see plainly that the Eternal is here speaking of the captivity of Judah by the king of Babylon. And, beginning in the 25th verse, He says: Ezekiel 21:18 "And thou profane wicked prince of Israel [Zedekiah], whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, thus saith the Lord God; REMOVE THE DIADEM, AND TAKE OFF THE CROWN [as did happen, through the first half of Jeremiah´s commission]: this [the crown] shall not be the same: EXALT him that is low, and ABASE him that is high. I will OVERTURN, OVERTURN, OVERTURN, it: and it shall be no more, until he comes whose right it is; and I will give it to him (speaking of Yahusha, restoring the Throne)." This prophecy in fact predicts the same INTERRUPTION IN THE REIGN OF THE THRONE OF DAVID reflected in Amos 9: 11-12 and Acts 15: 16-18. "Take off the crown...A RUIN, RUIN, RUIN I WILL MAKE IT; THERE SHALL NOT BE A TRACE OF IT until he comes whose right it is; and to him will I give it" (Ezekiel 21: 27). Amos prophesies what will happen when the Messiah returns: Amos 9:11-12 "On that day [at the return of Messiah Yahusha] I will raise up the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down, and repair its damages; I will raise up its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old; that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name," says YHWH who does this thing." We find this repeated in Acts and Jeremiah: Acts 15: 16-18 "After this I will return and will REBUILD THE TABERNACLE [HOUSE, DYNASTY] OF DAVID which has fallen down. I will REBUILD ITS RUINS, and I will SET IT UP, so that the rest of mankind may seek YHWH, even all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says YHWH who does all these things." Jeremiah 23:5-6: "Behold, the days are coming," says the Lord, "that I will raise to David a BRANCH of righteousness; a KING SHALL REIGN (Yahusha, restoring the Throne) and prosper, and execute judgment and righteousness in the earth. In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely; now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS." Now you know the full story. The Kingly Line AND Priestly Line were judged. AND Both lines were restored in Yahusha! Matthew documents the restoration of the Kingly Line. Luke documents the restoration of the Priestly line. And Catholicism/Christianity's Trinity doctrine that denies Joseph was the biological father of Yahusha is an all out attack on Yahshua´s claim to Messiah and destruction of YHWH Plan.

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