Matthew's genealogy of Jesus is the legal one through Joseph, his step father, to prove he is, according to the Law, the seed of David and Abraham to whom God made vital promises. It does not start with Adam because Jesus was not a blood relative of Joseph, but Mary was, and so Jesus' full genealogy through her is recorded in Luke.
“Messiah” in Hebrew and “Christ” in Greek both mean “anointed”, and Jesus was "anointed" when the Holy Spirit came upon him at his baptism. “Christ” is not a surname such as we have, but a title which announces that he is the one anointed to rule God’s people of Israel - just as the kings of Israel in the past would be anointed. 1 Samuel 10:1,1 Samuel 10:1XWaiting for response 1 Samuel 16:131 Samuel 16:13XWaiting for response
Faithful female ancestors of Jesus are included in his genealogy - and they are all gentile, a hint of the secret that gentiles would become related to Israel and heirs with Christ! Ephesians 3:4-6Ephesians 3:4-6XWaiting for response
The genealogies of Joseph and Mary are the same down to David but then divides: Joseph's through Solomon and Mary's through Nathan. Luke 3:31Luke 3:31XWaiting for response
Two are names omitted here, including Coniah, showing God can count men unworthy of inclusion with Christ (Jeremiah 22:24,30)Jeremiah 22:24,30XWaiting for response and their names blotted out (Psalms 109:13).Psalms 109:13XWaiting for response Happily, the opposite is also true: names not blotted out of the book of life (Revelation 3:5)Revelation 3:5XWaiting for response and be counted as born in Zion (Psalms 87:5-6)Psalms 87:5-6XWaiting for response and worthy of the kingdom of God (2 Thessalonians 1:5).2 Thessalonians 1:5XWaiting for response
Mary's betrothed, Joseph, accepted this information and, even though he had no blood relationship with him, became Jesus’ legal father. Therefore Joseph’s genealogy is given v.16Matthew 1:16XWaiting for response to prove that under the law Jesus was related to both Abraham and David, a vital relationship because it was to these two men that God made promises concerning their seed. Joseph was instructed to give Mary’s baby the name Jesus, meaning “Yah saves”, because through him God would save his people from their sins v.21.Matthew 1:21XWaiting for response This was declared to be God’s purpose from the very beginning. For example, in Genesis 3:15,Genesis 3:15XWaiting for response concerning the “seed of the woman” and also through the prophet Isaiah that a virgin would bear this great deliverer Isaiah 7:14.Isaiah 7:14XWaiting for response
Jesus was born to Mary, a virgin, when the power of God acted on her to produce a child who was not her son only but also God’s ”...for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit”.
The Gospel writers, inspired by God, present Jesus life to us from four different perspectives which correspond to those indicated by the four faces of the cherubim. Ezekiel 1:10.Ezekiel 1:10XWaiting for response Matthew emphasises Jesus as "The King of Israel" and represented by the face of a lion.