The Return to Nazareth
Matthew 2:21 “And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.”
And he arose,... His obedience to all God’s commands proves that he was a man of good character and consecration to God.
Joseph obediently followed the Lord’s instruction and was planning to return to the land of Israel, perhaps to Bethlehem. However, a son of Herod, Archelaus, was ruling over the territories of Judea, Samaria, and Idumea. Archelaus, noted for tyranny, murder, and instability, was probably insane as a result of close family intermarriages. (He ruled from 4 b.c. to a.d. 6).
God’s warning to Joseph (again in a dream, Mat. 2:22; cf. Mat. 1:20; 2:13, 2:19) was not to return to Bethlehem, but instead to move back to the northern district of Galilee to the town of Nazareth.
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