The Lord keeps you from all harm and watches over your life - Psalm 121:7.
God protected Jesus from the wrath of Herod. When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi - Matthew 2:16. Joseph obeyed the command given to him whenever he was warned by the angel and Jesus was protected.
Escape to Egypt
When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him. So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod - Matthew 2:13,14.
Return to Nazareth
After Herod died, 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 to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.” So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee, and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth - Matthew 2:19-23.
A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you - Psalm 91:7.
You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance - Psalm 32:7.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, Help us to obey Your command. We thank you for Your mighty protection upon us. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
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