THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS

Then Jesus full of and controlled by the Holy Spirit,

Returned from the Jordan, and was led in (by) the (Holy) Spirit

For (during) forty days in the wilderness (desert),

Where He was Tempted (tried, tested exceedingly) by the Devil.

And He ate nothing during those days,

And when they were completed, He was hungry. [Deut. 9:9; 1 Kings 19:8.]

Then the Devil said to Him, if You are the Son of God,

Order this stone to turn into a loaf [of bread].

And Jesus replied to him,

It is written, Man shall Not Live and be Sustained by (on) bread alone

But by Every Word and Expression of God. [Deut. 8:3.]

Then the Devil took Him up to a High Mountain,

And showed Him All the Kingdoms of the habitable World

In a moment of time—In the twinkling of an eye;

And he said to Him,

To You I will give All this Power and Authority and their glory,

(That is, all their magnificence, excellence, pre-eminence, dignity and grace,)

FOR IT HAS BEEN TURNED OVER TO ME,

AND I CAN GIVE IT TO WHOM I WILL;

Therefore if You will do Homage to and Worship me (just once),

It shall All be Yours.

And Jesus replied to him, GET BEHIND ME, SATAN!

It is written, You shall do Homage to and Worship the Lord your God;

And Him Only shall you Serve. [Deut. 6:13; 10:20.]

Then he took Him to Jerusalem,

And set Him on a Gable of the Temple, and said to Him,

IF You are the Son of God, cast Yourself down from here;

For it is written, He will give His angels charge of you,

To Guard and Watch over you closely and carefully;

And on their hands they will bear you up,

Lest you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone. [Ps 91:11, 12.]

And Jesus replied to him,

[The Scripture] says, You shall Not Temp (try, test exceedingly)

The Lord your God. [Deut. 6:16.]

And when the Devil had ended every [the complete cycle of] Temptation,

H left Him—temporarily, that is Stood Off from Him

Until another more Opportune and Favorable time.

Then Jesus went back Full of and Under the Power of the (Holy) Spirit

Into Galilee,

And Fame of Him spread through the Whole region round about.

(Luke 4:1-14, AMP)

We learn important lessons from the Temptation of Jesus?

We realize that in the realm of man, people live by bread alone.

Feed them and they are happy.

America's extensive Welfare System demonstrates that reality.

After Jesus fed the Five Thousand, they followed Him,

Not because they had seen a great miracle,

But because they had been fed. (Matthew 14:13-21)

When the Devil Tempted Jesus,

Offering Him All the Kingdoms of the World,

In the Twinkling of and eye,

We understand the Supernatural Power of Satan.

We also understand

That He Controls All the Kingdoms of the World Today,

Just as he did then.

TODAY, Satan could give All the Kingdoms of the World

To whom ever he wished,

Because they have been Turned Over to him.

At this point God alone constrains him from doing so.

However, in the End, God allows him to take charge of the Whole World,

Through his son, the Beast of Revelation, the Antichrist,

Except those who be long to Christ Jesus,

And this is God's Great Delusion. (2 Thessalonians 2:9-12)

This is perhaps the Most Ignored Reality in the Church today,

And it has led to a Multitude of Problems for the Church.

The Propensity of the Church

Is always to get Comfortable with the Culture

And the Culture always belongs to Satan.

Today, the Wicked American Culture has turned Against the Church

And is seeking to Eradicate her,

Having FOOLED her with its Intentions.

Today, Satan gives his Power and Authority to his Servants,

Virtually All those who have Power and Authority belong to him.

This even extends to a significant portion of the Church,

As Corrupting the Church is his Primary Goal;

He Owns the rest of the World.

If he can Corrupt the Church, he Owns Everything.

In the End only the Elect are Not Fooled by him. (Matthew 24:24)