Page 18 2025 Worship Guide LINCOLN DAILY NEWS December 2025 The Coming King If I asked you to name a well-known King, who first comes to mind? Martin Luther King? Steven King? King Charles? King Author? King Tut? Elvis? Burger King? (LOL) Any chance; did the name Jesus come to mind? Recently, our nation had several cities who participated in “NO KINGS” protest. (This isn’t going political so stay with me) During the protest, we witnessed rude signs, speeches laden with colorful metaphors, and angry people declared loudly they didn’t want a king. Okay! However, as Christians, that’s exactly what we have. Genealogies can seem dull. Most bible readers skip them. We might wonder why God would devote so much space in the Bible to recording a boring list of difficult to pronounce names of people who lived thousands of years ago. Why is that relevant to us? Here’s why! The Old Testament clearly prophesied that the coming Messiah would come from the line of King David. That he would be a direct descendant of King David. In other words, the Messiah would be of a royal blood line. Genealogies were important to being able to prove that line. All of us have two genealogy lines; a mother’s and a father’s. Even though Jesus was born in a miraculous way, regardless of who was searching his bloodline, both his mother and his father would give proof to Jesus being of a royal line. Joseph was Jesus’ legal line and Mary was Jesus’ blood line. Amazingly, both Joseph and Mary could trace their genealogy back to King David. It wouldn’t matter which
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