And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
What an interesting subject the flight of JESUS into Egypt furnisheth! What! must the Son of GOD flee for safety? Yes! What a Sweet lesson then doth it teach his people, in all their exercises. But wherefore Egypt? Here it was the church was first formed into a Church. Exodus 4:22. And here then the Great Head of the Church shall go. The Prophet Hosea ages before had been taught to prophesy to the church, that out of Egypt would God call his Son. Hosea 11:1. Let not the Reader take offence with the carnal world at this humiliation of the SON of GOD. It behoved him in all points to be like unto his brethren. Sweet thought to my poor soul! Revelation 12:4; Isaiah 19:18-25.