Board Thread:Clubs/@comment-38195691-20191127162526/@comment-44044902-20200120002137

That's all giving benefit to the doubt. If you look at the specifics, you could look at it two ways, whichever way you're defending. I'm just going to skip to the last one for now, but here's how it is according to the Torah: the Messiah will be born of human parents and possess normal physical attributes like other people. He will not be a demi-god, nor will he possess supernatural qualities. Also, wasn't Joseph claimed to have adopted Jesus, and passed on his genealogy via adoption? Because you can't be a pregnant virgin (just that sentence contradicts itself) but still have a father. Also, I asked my parents about this one, but because Joseph descended from Jeconiah (Matthew 1:11) he fell under the curse of that king that none of his descendants could ever sit as king upon the throne of David (Jeremiah 22:30; 36:30). So, if we want to get technical, there was nothing to pass on, adoption or no.