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the generations from Abraham to David and from David to Joseph, the father of Christ.
It is noteworthy that this portion of the New Testament refers to Christ as the son of David and Abraham, not the son of Adam. The “son of Adam” would imply an ordinary human being, one who has not undergone the necessary spiritual transformation to commune with God or establish a relationship with the Divinity. Abraham is a transformed son of Adam, a transformed human being. His personality illustrates the spiritual potentiality in man. An ordinary person is naturally related to Adam— the limited spirit struggling through the maze of desires. But an illumined personality establishes his relationship to God, the Divine Self. Since the Kingdom of Heaven is within every human being, such a relationship with God is possible for all through Enlightenment.
In Abraham, spiritual glory is more subjective, more mental and abstract; but in David, spiritual glory embraces the objective world as well. David symbolizes not only a process of inner transformation, but also an outer expression in the form of his royal elegance. Abraham and David, therefore, serve as two symbolic milestones on the way to the development of Jesus the Christ.
Christ symbolizes the blossoming of the Spirit in its most perfect manifestation. Within Him