Matthew 2:19-23

Morning my friend. Please pray for Avery, she hasn’t been in a good mood since Sunday. I think it might be rebelling against day care, or she just might not be feeling well still. Thank you for your prayers. Blessings to you.

David

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Now when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 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.” Then he arose, took the young Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel. 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. 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.”
Matthew 2:19-23
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Jesus’ family returns from Egypt and makes a home in Nazareth in fear of King Herod’s son. Isaiah tells us that a Child would be born, and a Son given. Both the Son of Man and the Son of God, Jesus is man and God. He was not just a good man, or one like God, but was God in the fullness. 

To be a Nazarene was usually used as a put down, or to be considered ignorant. This came in part to its being found in the Gentile region. The word Nazarene actually comes from a root word meaning branch or sprout. Several times in the Old Testament the Messiah is said to be a Branch from the line of David, or a sprout from Jesse the father of David. So it is prophetic that He could be a Nazarene. Matthew enjoys pointing out the Old Testament being fulfilled whenever he can. Zechariah 6 is a good reference of Jesus being the Branch. 

We learn a great deal just in the first two chapters of this Gospel. Matthew is just beginning to set the stage in showing us that Jesus is the Messiah, the Savior of the world. It was prophesied even from the beginning with Adam and Eve, throughout the Bible, that Jesus would come and bring everlasting righteousness.