Mat 2:19-21

But when Herod died,
behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said,

“Get up, take the Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel;
for those who sought the Child’s life are dead.”

So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel.

The angel was succinct…
Get up.
Take the child.
Take His mother.
Go to the land of Israel.

Note, the “land of Israel”.
This will be importantly shortly.

Why now?

Because those who sought the Child’s life were dead.

What did Joseph do?

What he did each of the four times he was instructed in a dream.
He obeyed.
He got up.
He took the Child/Mother.
He came into the land of Israel.

But…

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