Christ the True Israelite: The Real Roots of Christianity
Hebrew Roots and the Return to Bondage 1. Jesus: The Fulfillment of Israel’s Identity “When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt” (Hosea 11:1). Matthew 2:15 applies this verse not to the nation of Israel but to Christ Himself: “that it might be fulfilled…Out of Egypt have…