Jesus is the Messiah promised of old. God had promised Abraham to make his descendants as numerous as stars in the night sky or the grains of sand in the seashore. It is among his descendants that the Messiah will come forth. Jesus Christ is the son of Joseph, who is of the line of David. Just as Jesus is a descendant of David, not by hereditary rules because Joseph was only the putative father of Jesus. Jesus being born of Mary having Joseph as her husband saved the sanctity of Mary and the line of generation from Abraham to Jesus passing through David and Joseph. We should be more aware of our being a descendant of Abraham. We are among the stars of heaven or the sand grains at the seashore.
