The Escape to Egypt

Matthew 2:13-18

God is always with us. In this case directly spoke to Joseph to instruct him on what to do next. This says so much of the faithfulness of Joseph.

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.”

¹⁴ So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, ¹⁵ 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.”^[c]

¹⁶ When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi. ¹⁷ Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:

¹⁸ “A voice is heard in Ramah,
    weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children
    and refusing to be comforted,
    because they are no more.”^[d]

Imagine the pain and torment and fear of those parents that had to witness the death of so many infants at the hands of Herod. My first question was “How could God let this happen?” The death of so many babies all at once due to Herod’s fear.
The answers will come one day. Learning not only our own understanding is certainly necessary. Thank you God for all that you do for us daily. Thank you for the gift of your son and our salvation.

Shalom

DK