Only two Gospels record genealogies. That is not filler material. That is courtroom evidence.

Matthew writes to present Jesus as King. And if you claim a throne, you better have a bloodline. So Matthew traces the royal line from Abraham, through David, through Solomon, all the way down to Joseph. It is the legal line of succession.

Mark does not bother with a genealogy because he presents Jesus as a Servant. Nobody checks the pedigree of a servant.

Luke writes to show Jesus as the Son of Man. And when you talk about a man, it matters where He comes from. So Luke gives a genealogy too. But when you lay Luke beside Matthew, the lines split.

Matthew goes through Solomon… and eventually to Jeconiah. And that is a problem. Because in Jeremiah 22, God pronounced a curse on that line. No descendant of Jeconiah would prosper sitting on David’s throne.

Joseph came from that line.

Legally royal.
Prophetically disqualified.

So what did God do?

Luke is not tracing Joseph again. The phrase “son of” can also mean “son in law of.” Luke is tracing Mary’s line. And Mary’s genealogy does not go through Solomon. It goes through David’s other son, Nathan.

An uncursed line.

Do you see the precision of God?

Through Joseph, Jesus had the legal right to the throne.
Through Mary, He bypassed the curse entirely.

If you ignore prophecy, He qualifies legally.
If you believe prophecy, He qualifies spiritually.

Either way, every road leads to one conclusion.

Jesus of Nazareth is the only man in history who could sit on David’s throne.

And then history slammed the door shut.

In AD 70, the Romans burned the temple. The genealogical records were destroyed. From that moment forward, no one could prove descent from David with certainty.

No future claimant.
No political pretender.
No coming world ruler.

The window closed.

Except One had already stepped through it.

This is not religious sentiment.
This is historical finality.

Jesus is not a possible king.
He is not a symbolic king.
He is not one option among many.

He is uniquely, exclusively, absolutely the rightful King.

And there will never be another.