David.”7 Matthew also stressed the Davidic and messianic character of the Child by quoting Isaiah 7:14, indicating that this One is “Immanuel,” “With us is God” (Matt. 1:23).8 The angel of the Lord told Mary that the Child to be born will sit on the “throne of His father David” (Luke 1:32). When the “heavenly army” appeared, they informed the shepherds that the Savior, who is “Christ the Lord,”9 was born in the “city of David” (2:11). The fact that Jesus’ earthly parents were in the Davidic line