Wednesday, December 11th

“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you,
and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.
So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
Luke 1: 34-35

Mary’s statement that she hadn’t been with a man gives an opportunity for
something spectacular to happen.

Back in Jeremiah 22:30, the prophet placed a curse on any genetic descendant of
King Jehoiachin, the second to the last of Judah’s king—- that such a one could
never prosper while seated on David’s throne.

So, if a supposed messiah attempted to use a genetic connection to the last of
Judah’s kings to leverage his way to the throned David, he would fall under
Jeremiah’s curse, immediately nullifying his claim. Hmmm.. that’s a problem.

Yet in the OT, Messianic promises were made to people like Abraham and David.
So, what gives??

But what if one who is a virgin married a genetic son of David?? And what if this
son of David adopts the little one as his own son??

This would give the little one a legal claim to the throne of David through the
power of adoption. Jesus could rightfully lay claim to be the Messiah seated on
David’s throne— while completely bypassing the curse of Jeremiah, because He
isn’t a son of King Jehoiachin. God does things that are far beyond spectacular.

Only one thing would need to happen for everything to fall into place perfectly.
Joseph, Mary’s beloved, would have to be persuaded to take Mary as his wife and
adopt the Little One as his own. But this would be a tough sell....

Tom McElfresh (2020)