two sons, son of Joseph son of David

One in Messiah Congregation

Yeshus is both Messiah, son of Joseph and Messiah, son of David

John.1[ 45] Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Yeshua / Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

John.6[ 42] And they said, Is not this Yeshua / Jesus, the son of Joseph , whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?

Luke.3[ 23] And Yeshua / Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph

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Matt.1[ 1] The book of the generation of Yeshua the Messiah / Jesus Christ, the son of David , the son of Abraham.

[6] And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias

[16] And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Yeshua / Jesus, who is called Messiah / Christ .[17] So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Messiah / Christ are fourteen generations.

Matt.9[ 27] And when Yeshua / Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David , have mercy on us.

Matt.12[ 23] And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?

Matt.15[ 22] And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David ; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

Matt.20[ 30] And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. [ 31] And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.

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Pss.118[ 21] I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.
[22] The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
[23] This is the LORD's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
[24] This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
[25] Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity .

אָנָּא יְהוָה, הוֹשִׁיעָה נָּא; אָנָּא יְהוָה, הַצְלִיחָה נָּא

[26 ] Blessed be He, ( Messiah ) that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.

בָּרוּךְ הַבָּא, בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה; בֵּרַכְנוּכֶם, מִבֵּית יְהוָה

Matt.21 [9] And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying , Hosanna to the Son of David : Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. [10 ] And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?
[11] And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.[12 ] And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,[ 13] And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer ; but ye have made it a den of thieves.[ 14] And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.[15] And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,[ 16] And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

Mal.3[ 1] Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before ( Messiah ) Me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to this temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.

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Matt.22[ 42] Saying , What think ye of Messiah / Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David.

Mark.10[ 47] And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me. [ 48] And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.

Mark.12[ 35] And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Messiah / Christ is the Son of David?

Luke.3[ 23] And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son ( in law ) of Heli,

Mary's father

[31] Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,

[38] Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.

Luke.18[ 38] And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me. [39] And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.

The Two-Messiah Theory

When one studies rabbinic views of the Messiah one finds something very interesting. Many ancient rabbis spoke of two Messiahs, one who was the "Son of David" and another who was the "Son of Joseph." Though one can find the sufferings of Messiah attributed to the sufferings of the Davidic Messiah in many rabbinic writings, often a second Messiah is posited, the "Son of Joseph" or "Son of Ephraim," who is the one who suffers while the Davidic Messiah conquers. The rabbis struggled with Biblical portraits of a suffering Messiah, as found in Isaiah 53 and other places, and portraits of a conquering Messiah, also found in the Hebrew Bible. They posited two Messiahs, but could it not also be reasonable to believe there is just one Messiah but two aspects of his mission, a suffering aspect and a conquering aspect?

The eminent scholar Raphael Patai, who "taught Hebrew at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem" and served as Professor of Anthropology at Dropsie University,^{1said this of the two-messiah
theory:}

^{"When the death of the Messiah became an established
tenet in Talmudic times, this was felt to be irreconcilable with the belief
in the Messiah as Redeemer who would usher in the blissful millennium of the
Messianic Age. The dilemma was solved by splitting the person of the Messiah
in two: one of them, called Messiah ben Joseph, was to raise the armies of
Israel against their enemies, and, after many victories and miracles, would
fall victim Gog and Magog. The other, Messiah ben David, will come after him
(in some legends will bring him back to life,} ^{which psychologically hints at the identity of the
two}^{), and will lead Israel to the
ultimate victory, the triumph, and the Messianic era of bliss."} ²

^{Talmud - Mas. Sukkah 52a}

^{say to the}^{Messiah,
the son of David}^{(May he reveal himself
speedily in our days!), Ask of me anything, and I will give it to thee,
as it is said, I will tell of the decree etc. this day have I}

^{Talmud - Mas. Eiruvin 43a}

^{on the day on which} ^{the son of David}^{35 comes, he may
drink wine on Sabbaths and festival days,36}

^{Talmud - Mas. Yoma 10a}

^{Rab also said:}^{The
son of David}^{will not come until the wicked
kingdom of Rome will have spread [its sway] over the whole world for nine months,
as it is said: Therefore will He give them up,}

^{Talmud - Mas. Sukkah 52a}

^{say to the Messiah,
the son of David}^{(May he reveal himself
speedily in our days!), Ask of me anything, and I will give it to thee,
as it is said, I will tell of the decree etc. this day have I}

^{Talmud - Mas. Sukkah 52b}

^replied:^{The Messiah
the son of David, the Messiah the son of Joseph} ^{, Elijah and the Righteous Priest.35 R. Shesheth objected,36
If so, was it correct to write, These37 are the horns which scattered}

^{Talmud - Mas. Megilah 17b}

^{the end of the seventh
the son of David will come?}^{War is
also the beginning of redemption. What was their reason for mentioning healing
in the eighth blessing? R. Aha said: Because circumcision}

^{Talmud - Mas. Chagigah 16a}

^place^{until the
son of David (i.e., the Messiah) will come} ^{. For the meaning and importance of this controversy v. further Weiss,
Dor I, 103f; Frankel, Hodegetica in Mischnam pp. 43-44; Jacob}

^{Talmud - Mas. Yevamoth 62a}

^{For R. Assi49 stated:} ^{The Son of David}^{50 will not come
before all the souls in Guf51 will have been disposed of, since it is said,
For the spirit that unwrappeth itself is from Me etc.52 And R. Johanan}

^{Talmud - Mas. Yevamoth 63b}

^{R. Assi stated:} ^{The son of David}^{67 will not come
before all the souls in Guf68 are disposed of; since it is said, For the spirit
that enwrappeth itself is from Me, and the souls which I have made.69}

^{Talmud - Mas. Kethuboth 112b}

^{generation in which the} ^{son of David}^{7 will
come there will be prosecution8 against scholars. When I repeated this statement
in the presence of Samuel, he exclaimed, [There will be] test after test,9}

^{Talmud - Mas. Sotah 48b}

^{revive and the}^{Messiah,
son of David, comes}^{! But, said R. Nahman:
Who are the former prophets? [The term former] excludes Haggai, Zechariah,
and Malachi who are the latter [prophets]. For our}

^{Talmud - Mas. Sanhedrin 38a}

^{they began by saying:} ^{The son of David}^{8 cannot appear
ere the two ruling houses in Israel shall have come to an end, viz., the Exilarchate,
in Babylon and the Patriarchate in Palestine, for it is}