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[quote=Anonymous]Some believe that Mary was raped, or possibly conceived Jesus willingly before Joseph. But many Christians believe that Joseph is the biological father of Jesus, citing the canonized Bible as evidence.

Matthew 1:1-11

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

verse 1 clearly shows that Christ is of the lineage (ancestry, bloodline) of David, going back to Jacob (Israel), to Isaac, to Abraham.
  2Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas (Judah) and his brethren;

Shows Christ will be a descendant of the Tribe of Judah (Heb 7:14)

And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;

And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;

And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;

And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;

And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;

And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;

And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;

And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;

And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:

More ancestry is given until Christ is born

Verse 15-16:
 
And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;

And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

As we see JOSEPH the husband of Mary is included in the DIRECT genelogical ancestry of Christ.  Adopted parents and step parents CANNOT be included in their step/adopted childrens DIRECT ancestry for they are not descendants.

Lets examine the prophecy of Christ to come through the biological ancestry of King David.

Samuel 7:12-17
 
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.

I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.

And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.  17According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

This prophecy speaks of the kingdom of Christ seeing all kings that came after David lost their throne.  However this KING is said to come from David's seed (sperm, posterity) from his BOWELS (inwards or interior parts).  This explains why Joseph is included in the ancestry of Christ and a direct descendant of David.  Examine...

Luke 2:4

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David

Examine Christ's claim to his lineage...

Revelation 22:16
I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.

Romans 1:3
Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
 
We see that Christ and Joseph are both descendants of David.  The lineage of any nation is ALWAYS recognized by a patriarchal (male bloodline) system (according to the laws of YHWH) and not by a matricarchal (mothers bloodline).

Hebrews 2:14-16
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.  16For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.

This account explains that Christ did not take on the image of the supernatural or any other "immaculate" means of entrance into the world but only the flesh and blood of his ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Judah and David and lastly Joseph.[/quote]

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