Warnings

Holy Spirit guides and protects  believers in His Son. He will never leave us nor forsake us. 

We need to listen to Him closely!!

Matthew 2:13–15

13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him.”

14 When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt, 15 and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”

The prophecy quoted here, from Hosea 11:1, refers to the nation of Israel as God’s son coming out of Egypt in the Exodus. Jesus is the genuine Son of God, and, as Israel’s Messiah, is the true Israel therefore, He gives fuller meaning to the prophecy of Hosea. NKJ BIble

Recalls the Israelites’ time in Egypt. This situation also reflects Jeroboam’s flight into Egypt when Solomon wished to kill him. God promised Jeroboam kingship; when Solomon died, Jeroboam returned from Egypt and became king.

The ordinary expectations of the Messiah would not have included fleeing into Egypt, but Matthew presents even this as fulfilling prophecy. He sees an analogy between Israel—the children of God and Jesus, the Son of God. Jesus emerged from Egypt just as Israel had during the exodus. In addition, the rulers in both narratives order the slaughter of infants.

Matthew uses typology  in applying this this text—which originally referred to God’s corporate people, Israel—to Jesus, God’s Messiah. Faithlife Bible.

Matthew 2:19–23

19 Now when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 20 saying, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the young Child’s life are dead.” 21 Then he arose, took the young Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel.

22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea instead of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And being warned by God in a dream, he turned aside into the region of Galilee. 23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, “He shall be called a Nazarene.”

The Greek text here does not identify a specific messenger. There is no warning given against Antipas, Herod the Great’s son, who ruled in Galilee; this region is portrayed as a safe place for Jesus throughout Matthew’s Gospel. 

The source of this quotation is unknown and it seems that Jewish people at the time did not expect the Messiah to come from Nazareth. Matthew might have had the Hebrew word netser (“branch”) in mind where it is used to describe a messianic figure descended from Jesse, the father of David. Faithlife Bible

When Herod died, his kingdom was parceled out to his three sons: Archelaus, who ruled over Judea where Bethlehem was; Antipas, who became tetrarch of Galilee, Perea, Samaria, and Idumea; and Philip, who was tetrarch of Iturea and Trachonitis. Like his father, Archelaus was violent and cruel. The Romans tolerated his savagery for ten years and finally deposed him in a.d. 6. after a Jewish delegation took their protest to Rome. Joseph, aware of Herod Archelaus’s reputation and guided by God in a dream, turned north to Galilee.

Nazareth was the location of the Roman garrison in northern Galilee. Those who lived there were suspected of compromise with the enemy. NKJ Bible.

Exodus 4:22  Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Israel is My son, My firstborn.

Hosea 11:  “When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.

Matthew 1:20  But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 13:49  So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come forth, separate the wicked from among the just,

Luke 1:26  Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth,

Luke 2:39  So when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.

John 1:45  Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”