Matthew 2:19-23
The promised King returns under God's direction and is known by a humble name that carries the prophets' witness forward.
19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
20 “Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child’s life are dead.”
21 He arose and 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 in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee,
23 and came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets that he will be called a Nazarene.
The promised King returns under God's direction and is known by a humble name that carries the prophets' witness forward.
Matthew shows that God brings the preserved Messiah back from Egypt and settles him in Nazareth so that even his humble public identity fulfills the prophetic witness.
After the death of Herod the Great, Joseph returns from Egypt with Mary and Jesus, but avoids Judea because Archelaus reigns there.
The Messiah Worshiped, Threatened, Preserved, and Called Out of Egypt
The true King is worshiped by Gentiles, opposed by earthly power, preserved by God, and shown through Scripture to be the faithful Son who fulfills Israel's story.