Matthew 1:1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham... 6 and Jesse the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah,... 16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ. 17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
Jesus Christ is The Son of David. This plays strong not only throughout Matthew's gospel, but the Old Testament as well. Ever since the promise given to David in II Samuel 7, people had been waiting for the Son of David to come. He was "the human male descendant" of "a Hebrews shepherd who became the second king of Israel in succession to Saul according to the biblical accounts."* Most of all, Jesus was the One Who fulfilled the promises of a King "after God's own heart" - even more so than David had been. He is the King Who is totally "on the same page" and "of the same mind" as God, because He is also God. He is not some small time king; He is the great one we need.
*(Diann Cotton: 100 Days with Jesus)
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