GOSPEL READING: MATTHEW 2:13-18
The author of the gospel of Matthew is trying to present Jesus as a new Israel. He is depicting Jesus as an individual going through all the experiences of the people of Israel. The descendants of Abraham became a nation or formed themselves to be a nation in Egypt. They were there as slaves or as foreigners in a strange land. Jesus also goes through that Experience.
Later Jesus goes through forty days of desert experience to re-live those forty years of the people of Israel. Baptism of Jesus also makes him realize that he is the son of God. Adding everything together Jesus becomes a new Israel. (in a sense having the experience of Egypt, desert experience and the experience of God as the Father etc.)
இயேசுவுக்கு இறைவன் கொடுக்கும் அனுபவங்கள் அனைத்தும் இஸ்ராயேல் மக்கள் வரலாற்றில் அனுபவித்த ஒட்டு மொத்த அனுபவங்களே. இவைகளின் துவக்கமாக எகிப்து அனுபவம். அந்நிய நாட்டில் அடிமை (வேற்றினத்தான்) அனுபவம் அடித்தளமாகிறது.
