Son of God, the Messiah coming out of Egypt.”15 Walvoord concurred with this interpretation saying “Matthew draws the contrast between Israel, as the Son of Jehovah going to Egypt and returning, to Christ, the greater Son who also came from Egypt. In both cases, the descent into Egypt was to escape danger. In both cases, the return was important to the providential history of the nation Israel.”16 Therefore, the usage of the Old Testament here is seen as a type of what literally occurred in the Old