The Davidic Dynasty and the Davidic Messiah

I approach my subject, “The Davidic Dynasty and the Davidic Messiah”, with trepidation mingled with joy. With trepidation, as I lay my hand on religious beliefs and practices held sacred by two great faiths, one of which, orthodox Judaism, has been the dearly cherished tradition of my family for countless generations. That I loved that, was my all, in the years of my childhood and boyhood I am afraid of hurting sentiments. I am also afraid of helping to destroy the dam Judaism and Christianity erected against lust and hatred and brutality. The religious myths, beliefs, and rites, might be the mortar that hold together the glorious structure of Jewish-Christian ethics and morality. But, as Materlinck says, truth is always conducive to good, even if it hurts at the beginning. Indeed, “Great is good truth, and mighty above all things.” 1) Of truth it may be said: “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” 2) It is a thrilling joy to pursue objective truth, to penetrate into uncharted regions of knowledge, question and reconsider what has hitherto been taken for granted. “When I was a child I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought