What is the lineage of the Davidic royal family from David to Joseph and Mary?
The Davidic royal family begins with David, comes down through Solomon and Bathsheba’s two sons, Nathan and Solomon. That genealogy continues through history to the New Testament, reaching Joseph and Mary. It nearly broke during the Babylonian captivity, when only one man in the kingly line could have a son, but God preserved it until Christ was born.
Les explains that 2 Samuel 7 records the Davidic covenant, and all these covenants are surrounded by the Abrahamic covenant; every covenant God made with Israel is within its bounds. He notes God is dealing with King David, who had already committed adultery, and Bathsheba had become his wife; he now has Solomon and Nathan. The royal family begins with David, comes down to Solomon, then to Bathsheba and David’s two sons, Nathan and Solomon, and the genealogy goes all the way down through history to the New Testament and Joseph and Mary. Les says it once or twice looked as though the genealogy would be broken—what he calls the “wasp neck”—during the Babylonian captivity, when only one man was left in that kingly line who could still have a son. It almost looked like he wasn’t going to make it, and a little snip would have ended it, but God prevailed, and the genealogy continued until Christ was born.