Day 11- Flight out of Egypt
These thoughts are taken from Matthew 2:12-15:
An angel of the Lord appears to both the Magi and to Joseph in a dream and divinely warns them to avoid king Herod and his schemes.
The wise men didn’t return to where Herod was, but departed another way back to their home country. Mary and Joseph and the new born baby Jesus would then flee to Egypt.
The angel commands Joseph to stay in Egypt until he brings him word that it is safe to depart. He goes on to tell him that Herod will seek to destroy the young Child, so they had departed to Egypt by night.
Matthew ends this intriguing passage with these words: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.” He is wanting to make a connection for his readers by showing the symbolic link to Egypt in regard to God’s redemption and the release of His people from the bondage of Pharaoh.
This symbolic and prophetic connection would include the link of Pharaoh trying to kill Moses and king Herod attempting to kill Jesus. We also know this symbolically and ultimately points to the redemption for all mankind.
The flight from Egypt for God’s people included the people of God painting the lintel of their doors posts with the blood of the lamb from their sacrifice. When the blood was applied the death angel would pass over that house and the family would escape the curse of death.
The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus. The symbolism of Jesus coming out of Egypt and ending up in Nazareth is a story of redemption for mankind.
Take Away: Jesus was born to redeem us and it would be His blood that would ultimately lead to us being freed from sin and having the gift of eternal life. Sin is a bondage that leads to death. The gift of God is eternal life because of Christ. The children of Israel left the bondage of Egypt and obtained the promise land because of the blood of the lamb. Jesus fled Egypt and went to Nazareth. He eventually redeemed us to Himself through His blood— the Blood of the Lamb, and gave us the gift of salvation, so that one day we could enter the promised land of heaven.
