Matthew 2:7-15

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Matthew 2:7-15
This section centers around the second prophecy of this chapter: “Out of Egypt I called My Son” (Hosea 11:1). In the text of Hosea, God was reminding Israel of His love for them and how He delivered them out of Egyptian bondage. In spite of His love, the nation had turned to idols committing spiritual harlotry. Based on numerous Old Testament prophecies, New Testament Jews were looking for a “second exodus” in which God would again deliver them from the oppression of Gentile nations like Rome. Inspired New Testament writers repeatedly show how Jesus is their new Deliverer. Therefore, Matthew makes use of the Hosea text to say that God is again calling His “Son” out of Egypt.
From the days of Israel’s deliverance, Egypt has been a symbol of oppression and slavery. This quotation signals that God is again calling His people out of bondage. All mankind has been captured by Satan through sin and are held hostage in this spiritual Egypt. When God sent His only Son to deliver them, He too was driven by Satan into Egypt through the wickedness of Herod. Now God would again call His Son out of Egypt. And as He called Jesus out of Egypt, He was also calling out a new nation, a new Israel.
When New Testament Jews thought of a messiah, they were looking for another deliverer like Moses, one who would lead them to again be a great nation. Matthew is presenting Jesus as the second Moses. As God calls Jesus out of Egypt, there is the implication that a whole nation will follow Him to the new Promised Land. But in this case, God was not offering an escape from a physical nation or a physical bondage. This new Deliverer leads every man and woman who trusts in Him out of the bondage of sin and the domination of the devil. This second deliverance would far surpass the first in that it would not be limited to the physical nation of Israel. All have sinned, and therefore all, whether Jew or Gentile, can follow Him out of Egypt.
Berry Kercheville