It’s essential for us to begin our journey into the life of Jesus Christ by understanding His eternal pre-existence as God. But we must also come to appreciate Jesus’ humanity. For this reason, both Matthew and Luke record the human genealogy of Jesus. Matthew traces Jesus’ human ancestry beginning with Abraham, the Father of Faith, and working his way forward from Abraham through King David and eventually to Mary and Joseph. It was through Mary that Jesus was born. Jesus, therefore, is truly human with a human genealogy. Luke likewise presents the genealogy of Jesus but begins with Joseph and works backward through time to King David, Abraham, and eventually the first human being, Adam. Once again, we’re impressed with the fact that Jesus has a human lineage. He is God and He became a man. Careful students of the Bible will observe that the two genealogies in Matthew and Luke are quite different. This is no cause for concern. We all have two distinct genealogies, one through our father and one through our mother. Matthew may indeed be presenting the genealogy of Joseph, Jesus’ adoptive and legal human father. Luke, on the other hand, may be presenting Mary’s genealogy. The important point to bear in mind is the fact that Jesus, who is eternally God, took on a truly human nature at a particular point in human history. Jesus is now God and man in one.
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