QUOTE(blayloch65 @ Jul 29 2005, 03:19 AM)
I hear it's the bloodline of Christ and the bloodline of the devil. Does anyone have any thoughts.

I did some extensive research on the Merovingian bloodline because this subject peaked my curiosity. What I have found seems to be two contradicting bloodlines from Joseph & Mary down through to King Merovee. Ancient Welsh and Cornish legend holds that Merovee's mother was a beautiful princess, but his real biological father was a serpent-man from the sea.
Now, going back a bit, Merovee's human father and mother descended from the people known as the Sicambi, who were in fact, the Scythians and Cimmerians - a barbarian people in the Hyborean age. Now, these were NOT of the line of Judah or Levi, as the British royals are trying to claim. They most likely decended from the Canaanites or the Amorites, which were not among the 12 tribes of Israel. Second, not all of us hold that Jesus is the Messiah due to bloodline conflicts there as well as the "fact" that the messiah is supposed to come from the line of King David and this is questionable regarding Jesus. Also, Jesus did not, to the best of my knowledge, fit the bill because there were things the Messiah was supposed to do as prophesied - but Jesus failed to do some of those. I do believe, however that he was a very great man, and way ahead of his time, which is why the Romans felt threatened enough by him in order to crucify him.