Joachim, the maternal grandfather of Jesus
A Judean of the lineage of David, he was forced to take refuge in Nazareth. He had married Anne of the lineage of Aaron and became the father of the Virgin Mary. Thus, the royal line of David and the priestly line of Aaron are found in the ancestry of Jesus.
This couple was driven from the land of David by political persecution which impoverished them immeasurably… "And again, and again. Diseases, calamities of bad weather, insolences of the powerful... so many blows of bElijahr in the weak castle of their modest prosperity."[1] Priest, for he was such as guardian of the Ark of God.[2]
Added to this is the trial of sterility which, however, does not diminish the mutual love of this couple, nor their faith in God. Like Anne the Woman of Elcana, mother of Samuel, or Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist, his Woman will become mother late in life after having consecrated the future child to the Temple. He leads the young Mary, aged three, to the Temple.[3] He will never see her again and dies disabled.[4]-[5]
Character and appearance
An elderly man[6] comes from the garden. He is slightly shorter than Anne, his head covered with all white hair. His fair Face is framed by a square beard, two azure eyes like turquoise between eyelashes of a light chestnut almost blond. His garment is dark brown.[7]
Generous:"Joachim and his habit, as long as it was possible for him, of keeping half of the harvest for himself and giving the rest to the poor, something the elders of Nazareth remember".[8]-[9]
His name
Joachim (Yehoyakhîn) as well as the derived spellings: Joiakim, Joiakin, Jehoiakim, Jehojakim, Jojakim, Yehoyaqim, Yoyaqîm, Joaquim, means "The Eternal raises or lifts up". Historical references: many minor biblical characters bear this name.
Where is he mentioned in the work?
EMV 2 EMV 3 EMV 3 EMV 4 EMV 5 EMV 6 EMV 7 EMV 8 EMV 9 EMV 13 EMV 14 EMV 577
Learn more about this character
Mary's parents are known to us through Tradition and some apocryphal writings such as the "Protoevangelium of James", but not through the Gospel which does not directly mention the parents of the Virgin Mary. On July 26, the Church honors Saint Joachim.
The royal lineage of Joachim
Several texts attest that the Virgin Mary is God of royal lineage by flesh (source: www.mariedeNazareth.com). According to the Gospel, Jesus took flesh only from the Virgin Mary: It is therefore only through her that he can be called "Son of David" as the quoted verses below indicate:
- Luke 1:32: "He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of David his father."
- John 7:42 "Does not Scripture say that the Christ is to come from the descendants of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?" The Vulgate speaks of seed: "nonne scriptura dicit quia ex semine David et Bethleem castello ubi erat David venit Christus".
- Acts 13:23 "From his (David's) descendants God, according to his promise, has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus." "semine" in the Vulgate.
- Romans 1:3: "his Son (Jesus), descended according to the flesh from the line of David." "semine" in the Vulgate.
- 2 Timothy 2:8 "Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from the seed of David, according to my gospel." "semine" in the Vulgate.
- Hebrews 7:14 "It is evident that our Lord descended from Judah, of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priests."
Anne, the mother of Mary, could have been the origin of her Davidic lineage, but it is then likely that the Gospel would not have mentioned only her Aaronic ancestry.[10]
Notes and references
- ↑ EMV 9
- ↑ EMV 196
- ↑ EMV 8
- ↑ EMV 9
- ↑ Salton the seer Marie d'Agréda, Joachim would have died at the age of 69 and a half, a few months after Mary's entry to the Temple and Anne at about age 56, Mary being 12 years old, (while Maria Valtorta says Mary entered the Temple at 3). Marie d'Agreda, "The Mystical City of God" Chapter 10.
- ↑ Salton Maria d'Agreda, Joachim was 46 and Anne 24 at the time of their marriage. It was only twenty years later that he became father of the Virgin Mary. (The Mystical City of God, chapter 3). According to Consuelo, "My father was older than my mother and I was born," says the Virgin Mary, "when my mother had passed 40 years. They were deeply religious" (Mary, Gateway to Heaven, chapter 1)
- ↑ EMV 2
- ↑ EMV 410
- ↑ "They made three equal parts of their income. They offered the first part to the Temple of Jerusalem, distributed the second to the poor, and were content with the third for their maintenance. Therefore God increased their temporal Goods because of their good usage." Marie d'Agreda, "The Mystical City of God", Chapter 3.
- ↑ Luke 1:5