Matt. 2: 13-15

The angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, 

saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother,

and flee into Egypt,

and be thou there until I bring thee word…

When he arose,

he took the young child and his mother by night,

and departed into Egypt:…

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord 

by the prophet,

saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

As a safe-haven for the radical, Egypt was an intervening Savior, holding Israel back from its self-righteous desire to squash non-conformists. That Israel, who wanted to see itself as ever independent from heathen nations, would prove dependent on their ancestral captors for the safety of the Messiah teaches the interdependence of all nations and religions in God’s plan as it unfolds worldwide, not merely in isolated Israel. How thankful we should be for Egypt's role in bringing Salvation to the world!