If Jesus had been born of the seed of Joseph, he never could have taken the throne.

Because Joseph was not his physical father, he was not cursed.

But because he was his legal father, he inherited the right to the throne without the curse of Jechaniah,

and he got the royal blood from Mary.

Welcome to Grace to You with John MacArthur's verse-by-verse Bible teaching. I'm your host,

Phil Johnson. You've probably known the Christmas story since you were little.

Maybe because of the school Christmas pageant you were in or because you went to a church that proclaimed Christ's birth every year. But even if you think you know everything about

the Christmas story and the birth of Jesus, you might be surprised by what you learned today

on Grace to You. John MacArthur will turn your

attention to the mysterious Jesus. That's the title of today's lesson. It's part of John's study

titled The Jesus of Christmas. So what are the mysterious aspects of Jesus related to his coming

into the world? Find out now. Here is John MacArthur.

Let's meet the mysterious Jesus of the Old Testament. To give you the idea that we want to

have as we flow through these thoughts, the reason there is mystery attached to Jesus Christ

in the Old Testament is because of the apparent

conflict in regard to prophecies.

For example, in one place he is said to be the coming king, in another place he is seen

as a man of sorrows acquainted with grief. In one place he is seen with all of the saints and

another place he is presented as lonely. In one place he is presented as worshiped and adored

and honored and revered in another place he is lonely and rejected. And how can it be?

How can all of these confusing, contradictory things ever come to pass?

Little wonder that John was confused, little wonder the disciples were mystified,

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