In the Old Testament three important positions that different men were appointed to are described; prophet, priest, and king. For years and years the Jews waited for one man, the Messiah to fill all of these positions. In chapter 1 of Matthew shows Jesus’ genealogy, this is important because it begins with Abraham, and in Genesis 17:16 God tells Abraham “I will bless her, and moreover, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.” God told Abraham that his descendants would be many and they would be kings. God kept his promise. In Matthew 1:6 it reads “,and Jesse the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah,” Jesus is a descendant
