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hat a lofty consideration is ours son of David, the son of Abraham” (Mat
as we come to this title of our 1:1). This is linked both to the land that
Wblessed Saviour and attempt God promised to Abraham and to the
to look briefly at different aspects of His promised seed. Paul understood exactly
Sonship. what was happening and wrote of this to
the Galatians: “Now to Abraham and his
Son of Mary seed were the promises made. He saith not,
This title causes us to consider His hu- And to seeds, as of many; but as of one,
manity, and it is only found in Mark 6:3 And to thy seed, which is Christ” (Gal 3:16).
when the Lord Jesus is found teaching Son of David
in “his own country” and the multitude
is both astonished and offended by Him. We cannot help but think about royalty
They wonder at His wisdom and His when we come to this title. If He is called
works, and ask: “Is not this the carpenter, “the son of David” in Matthew 1:1, consider
the son of Mary, the brother of James, and what Gabriel said to Mary concerning Him
Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? And are not before He was even conceived: “He shall
his sisters here with us? And they were of- be great, and shall be called the Son of the
fended at him.” It seems to be said with a Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto
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sense of disbelief: How can a mere human him the throne of his father David” (Luk
do such things? As we will learn, He was 1:32). Can we even begin to imagine how
human, but not merely human. these words would have impacted Mary, a
In Matthew 1 we read that His “mother young virgin from the town of Nazareth?
Mary was espoused to Joseph” and that Israel had been hundreds of years without
“she was found with child of the Holy a throne and without a king in Jerusalem.
Ghost” (v18). There had been no impro- That part of the message would be incred-
priety in the relationship with this man ible. But to be called the Son of the High-
Joseph; so, although He was human, we est as well as being the Son of His father
realize that there was no earthly father David? And there was more: “And he shall
involved in the conception of this Holy reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and
One. He was truly God manifest in flesh. of his kingdom there shall be no end” (v33).
Her simple question was this: “How shall
Son of Abraham this be, seeing I know not a man?” (v34).

This title brings to mind the certainty of Maybe we would have had more questions!
the covenantal promises made to Abraham Although all of this hasn’t been fulfilled
yet, we await the day when the Lord Jesus
some 2000 years before Christ. The New
Testament opens with these words: “The will indeed be seated on the throne of His
father David.
book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the
Son of Man
1 Bible quotations in this article are from the
KJV. Allow me to suggest that the main idea

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