After Jesus was baptized the Holy Spirit led Him into the wilderness (desert); Jesus fasted for 40 days and nights; and was extremely hungry. It was when Jesus was in this weakened condition, the tempter came to Him. "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread." But he answered, "It is written, 'Man does not live by bread alone, but every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" (Deuteronomy 8: 3) Then the devil (tempter) took him to the holy city (Jerusalem), had him stand on the highest point of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written, 'He will command his angels concerning you' and with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'" Jesus said to him, "Once again it is written: 'You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.'" (Deuteronomy 6: 16). Again the devil took Jesus to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdom of the world and their grandeur. And he (devil) said to him (Jesus), "I will give you all these things if you throw yourself to the ground and worship me." Then Jesus said to him, "Go away, Satan! For it is written: 'You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'" (Deuteronomy 6: 13). Then the devil left him, and the angels came and began ministering to his needs. Matthew 4: 1 - 11.
Mark 1: 12 & 13. The Spirit immediately drove him into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness 40 days, enduring temptations from Satan. He was with wild animals, and angels were ministering to his needs.
You see a big difference between the Matthew and Mark accounts. Matthew wrote Jesus was tempted after 40 days in the wilderness. Mark writes Jesus was tempted during the 40 days, making it sound like Satan tempted him throughout the 40 days, instead of after the 40 days. Mark also mentions Jesus being with wild animals. Jesus would have had to deal with the animals he encountered in the wilderness; Jesus having created the animals would have a different relationship with them than just a regular man.
The Luke 4: 1 - 13, is very similar to the Matthew account I won't write it here, I gave you the Scripture Address,
It was necessary for Jesus to be tempted by Satan; Jesus had to withstand these temptations, he had to beat the devil to be worthy to become our "Perfect Sacrifice", our unblemished Lamb.
All of things Satan tempted Jesus with, would be things Jesus would take back by dying on the cross. If Satan succeeded in getting Jesus to worship him, the devil would have gotten God to do something ungodly. This would have made Satan God, and not God. This is very important to understand why Jesus had to be strong here; if He failed, we would be lost forever.
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