"A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham" (Matt 1:1)

a)  David is called the King (Matt 1:6)

b)  Jesus is called the Christ (Matt 1:16)

Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Christ (Matt 1:17)

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him."

    When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born. "In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the prophet has written: 
    " 'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
      are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
   for out of you will come a ruler
      who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.'" (Matt 2:1-6)

On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh. (Matt 2:11)

and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets: "He will be called a Nazarene." (Matt 2:23)

"The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son" (Isaiah 7:14, Matt 1:23)

Matt 2:8 - He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and make a careful search for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him."

Matt 2:9 - After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was.

Matt 2:11 - On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh. 

Matt 2:13 - When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up," he said, "take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him."

Matt 2:14 - So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: "Out of Egypt I called my son."

Matt 2:20 - After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child's life are dead."

Matt 2:21 - So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.

As mentioned above, all of this may be drawing attention back to Isaiah 7:14

-=Matthew 1-2 - Allusions to the Queen Mother=-

The genealogy

Unlike most genealogies, this one is particularly strange:

1)  Women don't belong in genealogies, yet Matthew's genealogy contains four women, all whom had scandalous lives at one point or another:  They all had irregular unions.  However, this would prepare the reader to understand Mary's extraordinary motherhood:  She gave birth to a son, as a virgin.

2)  The genealogy may suggest Mary is associated with the queen mother:  All the women were involved with giving birth to children in the Davidic line.  The four women:

Tamar - She gave birth to Perez through Judah.  Judah's rule foreshadows the monarchy (Gen 38:18, Gen 49:8-12)

Ruth - King David's great-grandmother (Ruth 4:13-22)

Bathsheba - The wife of King David, and King Solomon's mother:  The Queen Mother. (2 Sam 12:24, 1 Kings 1:13-20)

Rahab - The mother of Boaz through Salmon (Matt 1:5, Ruth 4:21), who is the great, great-grandmother of David.

Sri notices a weakness with Rahab, namely, she isn't associated with Davidic ancestry in the OT or Jewish tradition.  So this entire point may have be on shaky ground, though the interpretation may be valid.  Certainly fascinating, nonetheless.

Prophetic fulfillment

1)  Clearly, Mary is involved with fulfilling scripture:  Matthew 1:23 ---> Isaiah 7:14

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. (Isaiah 7:14)

The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"�which means, "God with us." (Matt 1:23)

As mentioned earlier, the Isaian passage refers to King Ahaz's wife who is the queen mother of the child that would secure the Davidic line from being destroyed.  Hence the name 'Immanuel' meaning 'God is with us', which suggests the Davidic line will not fall apart.  Likewise, as Matthew attributes this prophesy to Christ, Mary giving birth to the child would eternally secure the Davidic line, thus implying that Mary is also the queen mother.

2)  The king and his mother?  In Matthew chapter 2, Matthew frequently places Jesus along with his mother:

Matt 2:11 - On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh.

Matt 2:13 - When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up," he said, "take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him."

Matt 2:14 - So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt,

Matt 2:20 - and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child's life are dead."

Matt 2:21 - So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.

As mentioned earlier, 1 and 2 Kings have similar statements where the queen mothers would be placed along with the kings, for example:

In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah became king of Judah, and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother's name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom. (1 Kings 15:2)

Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother's name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi. (1 Kings 22:42)

Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother's name was Athaliah, a granddaughter of Omri king of Israel. (2 Kings 8:26)

The implication of course is that Matthew may be declaring that Mary truly is the queen mother.  Just as the queen mother's names are listed in the OT, Matthew lists Jesus and Mary together ascribing Davidic royalty to both of them.

3)  The visit of the magi reveal some clues to Mary's queenship.  But first, a quick review of the Davidic context is needed:  As mentioned earlier, Jesus is the king of the Jews, as was David.  Stars meant the coming of a king.  Both were born in Bethlehem, and the future king's coming (i.e. Jesus) from Bethlehem was prophesied in Micah 5:2.  Paying homage to Christ was similar to how homage was paid to King Solomon.

With this backdrop, when the magi visit the child, the scriptures say:

On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him... (Matt 2:11)

For whatever reason, Joseph isn't even mentioned.  It's as if Joseph was either missing or intentionally left out.  Joseph was mentioned in chapter 1 as one of the links between Jesus and David.  He's visited by an angel 3 times, he leads his family from Bethlehem, to Egypt and then to Nazareth.  Yet, in this particular passage, he's sidelined.  Scholars suggest Matthew is stressing Jesus as King and Mary's queenship. 

Just as King Ahaz is absent from Isaiah 7:14, Joseph is also absent from Matt 2:11. 

Compare:

On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him... (Matt 2:11)

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel (Isaiah 7:14)

In both instances, the emphasis is on the woman and her child, while both the husbands of the women appear within 2 verses of the above-quoted passages (Matt 2:13, and Isaiah 7:12).  Thus all the Davidic themes running through the first 2 chapters may shed light on Mary's queenship.