genealogy, Mary the rightful king?

[Craig]

But this pains me. It pains me that the OT says none of his children will be a King, while the solution is found, of all places, in the Talmud <!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/sad.gif" alt="" title="Sad" /><!-- s -->

The Tanakh says the same thing about his father, but obviously it was reversed at some point because Jeconiah did in fact become king.

Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 36:30

"Therefore thus saith the Lord of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David."

II Melakhim (Kings) 24:6

"So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers; and Jeconiah his son reigned in his stead."

Likewise we are forced to assume that the curse against Jeconiah was lifted, or else, virgin birth or not, since both lines run through the son and grandson of Jeconiah, Y'shu could not be king because he is both the physical descendant of Jeconiah on Maryam's side and the legal descendant on Yosip's.

Shlama, Craig