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Joseph was the earthly father of Jesus Christ, the man entrusted to raise the Son of God. Joseph was a man of strong conviction who lived out his beliefs in his actions. He was described in the Book of Matthew as a righteous man. Joseph willingly obeyed God, in spite of the public humiliation he knew he would face. Perhaps this noble quality made him God's choice for the Messiah's earthly father. It is not easy to entrust your children to someone else. Imagine God looking down to choose a man to raise his own son? Joseph had God's trust.

God chose Joseph to be the earthly farther of Jesus.The Bible tells us in the Gospel of Matthew, that Joseph was a righteous man.His actions towards Mary, his fiance′,revealed he was a kind and sensitive man.When Mary told Joseph she was pregnant, he had every right to be disgraced. He knew the child was not his own, and Mary's apparent unfaithfulness carried a grave social stigma.Joseph not only had the right to divorce Mary, under Jewish law she could be put to death by stoning

By... Chinaza Emmanuella Asiegbu