In Gospel of Matthew, the first chapter lists the genealogy of Our

Lord Jesus Christ. Thus there were fourteen generations from

Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and
fourteen from the exile to the CHRIST. (Matthew 1: 17)
If we look carefully the lines that Jesus came from has two main
lines and they are intertwined. First and the major line is
the MESSIANIC LINE. The other line that is intertwined or in
the MESSIANIC LINE is the ROYAL LINE (Lion of Judah).
On the other hand, we have John the Baptist. Who is from two
important line in the Bible history. John the Baptist comes from
the PROPHETIC LINE and PRIESTLY LINE. The Prophetic
line does not necessarily have to follow the bloodline, whereas the
priestly line follows bloodline. John has them both. He is coming in
the prophetic line as well as the priestly line. Let us pause for awhile
and ponder on these two lines. Prophetic lines have been actively
proclaimed the salvation of mankind and have introduced the
Messiah/the Anointed One. The Priestly line was appointed by God
to prepare Israelites mind on the promised coming Saviour
through the sanctuary cultus and symbols. The Sanctuary and all
the worship rituals and sacrifices are pointing to the coming
promised Messiah the Lamb of God.
In John 1:29, John the Baptist as the representative of both Priestly
line and the Prophetic line is preparing people and pointing to Jesus
and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the
world!”. In this statement from John, it explains to us that the
fulfillment of the two major lines, the priestly and the prophetic
took place at the river Jordan. John is the meeting point of these
two lines. Furthermore, at this same point in the history,  when
John the Baptist mentioned the above statement, the priestly and
the prophetic, the Messianic and the Royal lines met in one place.
This meeting point in the history was witnessed by the God the
Father and the Holy Spirit. This witnessing act established and
acknowledged by introducing of one ultimate line that comes down
from heaven.
This ultimate line that comes down from heaven is above all the
lines I mentioned earlier. In John 1::34, John the Baptist testifies
that the Spirit of the Lord rested upon Lord Jesus in the form of the
dove. Then John the Baptist heard the voice from heaven says that
Jesus is the SON of GOD. This is the ultimate line and is called
DIVINITY LINE.
Therefore, the two lines that represented by John the Baptist are
Prophetic and Priestly lines. On the other hand, Jesus represented
three major lines. Messianic, Royal and Divinity line. In John 1, all
these five lines met at the river Jordan on Jesus’ baptism. All the
directions of the lines are pointing to our Saviour Jesus Christ.
These lines are not only pointing towards Him, but they merged in
Lord Jesus Christ. This is why Lord Jesus is above all Kings, above
all priests, above all anointed ones, and SON OF GOD. The Lord
Jesus is our only hope and the salvation is only through Him. God
bless you.
Prepared By Ps Robet J Augustine
SDA English Petaling Jaya.
https://robertagustin.com/author/robertjagustin/