![]() It is the sense intended by Matthew, the human author, and the sense intended by the Holy Spirit. This is the literal meaning of God’s Word. This is not “spiritualizing” or an allegorical interpretation of Scripture. ![]() According to Matthew, Jesus is the Israel of God who went down to Egypt, and whom God called, as it were, out of Egypt. ![]() Christ himself, not promises to national Israel, unify Scripture and redemptive history. ![]() 31 For what it is worth, I agree that Matthew 1:21 is likely the key verse in Matthew: “You shall call his name Jesus, for it is He who shall save his people from their sins.” 32 That verse, however, along with Matthew 2:15, is among the several passages (e.g., Eph 2:14) which convinced me that Dispensationalism is a mistaken understanding of Scripture. In his preface to the anniversary edition of GAJ (2008), MacArthur tells the story of how this volume came to be-emerging from a series of 226 sermons in the Gospel of Matthew, over the span of seven and one-half years. ![]()
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