Romans: Paul’s Magnum Opus

936.158 - 966.751 R.C. Sproul

because the Old Testament prophecies of the coming Messiah said that that Messiah would be of the line and lineage of David. Why does Luke spend so much time on the nativity of Jesus bringing us to Bethlehem, the city of David? Because the Old Testament prophesied that the Messiah would be born out of the loins of David, He would be David's Son, and yet at the same time, David's Lord.