Egypt: Calling out of captivity
Bible Reading: Matthew 2:13-15
The Flee to Egypt
13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” 14 And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt 15 and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
Reading Questions: Why did Joseph flee with Jesus and Mary to Egypt? (13) How long did they stay? (15) What do you see as the significance of Jesus being taken to Egypt and then brought back? [Egypt was a place of refuge for the Israelites when God led Jacob and his family there to escape the famine. It later became a place of captivity as the people were made slaves. God had to send Moses to lead them out of slavery. Jesus came out of Egypt and leads us out of our captivity and slavery to our own sin.]
Journal Writing: What is an important truth from the Bible reading? Why do you need to know that truth?
Application Prayer: Write out a prayer for God’s insight and help into how you can apply the truth from the reading.
Week’s Memory Verse: John 3:19-20.
19This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.