Back in those days when the First Kingdom of Jerusalem was razed to the ground, after the deportation of the Jews to Babylon, while they were living under the iron rule of Nebuchadrezzar, a wonderful event took place. Jechonias, the last king of Jerusalem, passed on his crown to his grandson Zerubbabel. The wonder was that the mother of Zerubbabel was the bearer of the genealogical scroll of another son of King David, the one called Nathan. The wedding of the living heirs of the two messianic houses raised into the Jewish community a great deal. The most thought of it that the day of the Son of David had come and praised to their God because He had brought his light when the empire of darkness was striking most heavily on them. Just as He did in the day of Moses, so He would do now in the days of Daniel.

But the plans of the Lord were of a different nature and so He left it know to them by Daniel the Prophet. God had given the universal kingship to Cyrus. The Jewish people had to forget by now about the coming of the Son of David. Zerubbabel was not the One. The One will be born some hundred years after the fall of Babylon. Cyrus and his House would hold the empire for some centuries. But the king of the North would raise his armies and conquer the empire of Cyrus. The people from the North would hold the Power for some time. Then the people from the West would arise to conquer the universe. Then God should spread his crown over the entire Earth. And to make sure that the Jews understood this and that, God raised Daniel to king Nebuchadnezzar’s head Counsel.

Zerubbabel grew up under the light of Daniel’s wisdom. According to the Doctrine of the Alpha and Omega set up by king David, Zerubbabel took the leadership of his people on their way back home. He was Zerubbabel who at the head of the army built Jerusalem against the will of their neighbors. When he found there was nothing his neighbors could do to stop them, Zerubbabel chose among his children his elder, Abiud, to bear the genealogical scroll by King Solomon given to his father, and Rhesa to bear Natham’s scroll. Then he ordered them to separate and not to gather back again until the day of the Lord. Abiud and Rhesa did as they were told. Rhesa settled in Bethlehem; he was a carpenter and with his hands he made one of the doors of the New Jerusalem. Abiud gathered his people and headed north.

Abiud journeyed through Samaria, broke in Galilee and stopped his hanging around at the feet of a hill called Nazareth. He bought the land all about and built a stone house on the middle of the hill. And so Abiud became a landlord.

The mystery in his genealogic tree, bringing the subject of the few less generations found when we compared it with his brother’s, it is due to one specific factor. The line of Rhesa passed on the messianic inheritance from man to man, excluding females from succession. Abiud adopted a special contract of succession. The nature of this contract amazed the family of Anne, mother of Mary, the day Matham, father of Jacob and grandfather of Mary, spread on the table his house succession’ laws.

Abiud’s wedding clauses for ruling the succession of his messianic legacy were these:

1.-The Bearer of Abiud’ messianic scroll should always be the first born of his Heir’s House, be a girl or boy.

2.-Abiud’s House would never be divided between the brothers and sisters of Abiud’s Heir. The lands of Abiud would remain from Heir to Heir and by no circumstance would be sold out or divided among the brothers and sisters of the Heir.

3.- Given the case of a female succession the daughter of Abiud would be the only master of her father’s house and she would choose the one to succeed her.

4.-The husband or wife of the Abiud’s Heir should not hold any right over Abiud’s property; in case of death of the Heir the House would pass on to Abiud´s Blood, woman or man. The Heir will live in Nazareth and the family of the widower would stay away from Abiud’s House.

5.- But the name to be written on Abiud’s scroll would always be the ones of the males.

This is why in Joseph’s genealogy the succession is from male to male. It comes all by itself that given the special method of succession chosen by Abiud the number of generations in Mary’s be less, and Joseph’s, being Mary’s husband, be the last on it. And this is how Joseph was begotten by Jacob, father of Mary, and at the same time he was son of Heli.

A.-Matthew: Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, Azor the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Akim, Akim the father of Eliud, Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

B.-Luke: Now Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. He was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph, the son of Heli, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melki, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel.