Reading Matthew 1-8, I’ve realized that it consists of Jesus’s journey. It begins with his birth and ends with many people following him in the end. I also realized how Jesus is trying to emulate God referring back to the Old Testament. In Genesis 6, verse 38 and Genesis 5, verse 21 and 27, there is a recurrent theme stating “Ye have heard that it was said by them of the old time” where Jesus uses the Old Testament as a foundation furthering each of the commandments that God once placed.  For example when it was mentioned that thou shall not kill, Jesus further explained that thou shall not also be angry at brethren. Also in Genesis 5, where it was mentioned that one shall not commit adultery, Jesus further mentions that if one looks at a women with lust then thou has committed adultery. Comparing to the work as a whole, Matthew 1-8 serves as an introduction to a prophecy. In favor of Matthew 1-8 serving as an introduction to a prophecy is because it replicates the story of a hero. Hero’s usually tend to face tragedies or is against a society where in the beginning in Genesis 2, King Herod wanted Jesus to be killed and then from there it progress as Jesus begins to escalate in fame as he defies what is the quota and is capable of gaining followers. Tying it back to the claim made in the beginning, Matthew 1-8 reflects Jesus’s journey