Is Jesus a descendant of Abraham?

Answer 1

No.Scripture tells us that the priesthood of Christ is likened unto Melchizedek rather than unto Levi, and Moses spoke nothing about priests coming from the tribe of Judah. Moses himself was also a Levite and therefore not from the tribe of Judah. Mary married within the tribe of Judah, which would have no direct connection to Moses (even though Moses was, technically, a descendant of Abraham). Mary's lineage is not connected at all to the priestly line (Scripture affirms this) and it was extremely uncommon for priests to marry outside of their own tribe.

All of that to say that Moses, while he was indeed chosen by God as a servant and a prophet, he was not included in the direct lineage of Jesus (I think for obvious reasons - primarily to illustrate the division between Law and Grace, Old Covenant and New Covenant, etc).

Moses did prophesy (in Deuteronomy 18) that a messiah would be chosen by God from among the rest of the Israelites, but spoke nothing of his own lineage, tribe, etc. Perhaps this is one reason why God allowed Moses to appear with Jesus at the transfiguration, since Moses did believe and eagerly looked forward to the Messiah's day and was very important to God's overall plan.

Hebrews 7:11-19 - Even though the Law of Moses says that the priests must be descendants of Levi, those priests cannot make anyone perfect. So there needs to be a priest like Melchizedek, rather than one from the priestly family of Aaron. And when the rules for selecting a priest are changed, the Law must also be changed. The person we are talking about is our Lord, who came from a tribe that had never had anyone to serve as a priest at the altar. Everyone knows he came from the tribe of Judah, and Moses never said that priests would come from that tribe. All of this becomes clearer, when someone who is like Melchizedek is appointed to be a priest. That person wasn't appointed because of his ancestors, but because his life can never end. The Scriptures say about him, "You are a priest forever, just like Melchizedek." In this way a weak and useless command was put aside, because the Law cannot make anything perfect. At the same time, we are given a much better hope, and it can bring us close to God.

Also read 2 Corinthians chapter 3 and see how it describes the incredible difference between the glory of Moses and the brighter glory of Jesus Christ under His New Covenant. I think the great contrast (spiritually) as it is revealed in the Covenants also testify to the reason why the two are not related physically. It's not that there was anything wrong with Moses. He fulfilled the mission God gave him. But his role (even manifested through his physical lineage, being completely separate from that of Jesus) was necessary to present the Gospel in its proper historical context.

Answer 2

Yes. Here is the lineage:

Isaac was a son of Abraham

Jacob was a son of Isaac

Levi was a son of Jacob

Kehat was a son of Levi

Amram was a son of Kehat

Moses was a son of Amram.

Answer 3

Abraham did exist. Extra-biblical sources [for example, the non-canonical "Book of Jasher"] reveal that Nahor (that is, Abraham's father) was a priest in the Chaldean city of Ur, and that his son Abraham fled for safety to Noah's house. The genealogies do not agree with one another because Matthew gives the legal genealogy through Solomon, whereas Luke gives the genealogy through Solomon's brother Nathan. The Holy Spirit excluded three generations from the record because of their idolatry.

Answer 4

Yes he was! (Try Matthew 1:1-16)

A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham:

Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,

Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,

Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon,

Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,

and Jesse the father of KingDavid.

David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah's wife,

Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa,

Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram, Jehoram the father of Uzziah,

Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,

Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah,

and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.

After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,

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.

Answer 5

We are all children of God, Moses included. But no, they were not related. I believe that Jehovah's Witnesses think that Jesus and was created, even though this is strictly against scripture, and in this way Moses and Jesus were related.

Note: As to Jesus having been created, the scriptures refer to him as "the firstborn of all creation" (Colossians 1:15), "the beginning of the creation by God" (Revelation 3:14) and God's "only-begotten Son" (John 3:16) All these references to "birth" and "begetting" all clearly imply that he had a beginning and was created.

As to a relationship between Moses and Jesus, they were both Israelites, although of different tribes. Moses was a Levite and Jesus was of the tribe of Judah. Since intermarriage between tribes was common it is quite possible that Moses was an ancestor of Jesus through a female line, however there is no Biblical proof that he was. Jesus ancestry is traced in the male line (to Joseph) in Matthew chapter 1 as well as through the male line leading to Mary (Heli is listed as Joseph's father, although the Greek usage can indicated a father-in-law as well) in Luke chapter 3. These genealogiesprovethat both Joseph and Mary were of the tribe of Judah and of the house of David in direct male lineage.

Answer 6

This question can be answered at three levels:

1. The Gospels of Matthew and Luke say that Jesus was descended from Abraham, and therefore he was.
2. The Gospels of Matthew and Luke provide genealogies that are contradictory, not only as to the immediate ancestors of Jesus (through Joseph) but in detail all the way back; furthermore their basis in numerology exposes them as literary creations. Raymond E. Brown (An Introduction to the New Testament) says there is little likelihood that either is strictly historical, and therefore we have no good reason to say that Jesus was descended from Abraham.
3. Old Testament scholars say that the biblical events surrounding Abraham are not actually historical and that there is little likelihood that Abraham ever existed, so we have no good reason to say that Jesus was descended from Abraham.

Answer 7

Yes.

The Bible tells us that Moses was the son of Amram, the son of Levi, the son of Jacob, the son of Abraham.

In Matthew, we are told that there are forty-two generations from this same Abraham to our Messiah, Jesus.

Answer 8

Yes. Moses was a descendant of Levi (Exodus 2:1-2), who was a descendant of Abraham. Jesus was a descendant of Abraham through Mary's husband, Joseph (Matthew 1:1-17).

Answer 9

• All Jews (and Jesus was a Jew) are descendants of Abraham through Isaac.

• The Arabs are descendants of Abraham through Ishmael.

Answer 10

Was heli a descendant of moses