Joseph's last recorded revelation is again a dream. The specifics are not given, just "warned of God in a dream." The effect of obeying his guidance is twofold. First (as with the other dreams in Matthew's infancy narrative), the Messiah and his family are safeguarded. The dream is after all a "warning." Second, the Savior arrives in the place he was meant to grow up in, Nazareth of Galilee - a fact that Matthew believes fulfills a centuries old prophecy.
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