Luke.4 [5] And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
[6] And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
[7] If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
This was a real temptation. Everything was given to Satan by God, and it was his to give to Jesus. Satan challenged God in the garden of Eden. God basically said, "Okay wise guy, prove it."
Jesus didn't know the future. He had faith in the Almighty that it would be so. He was so afraid that he even prayed on the day of his death that God's will, not his own, take place. And don't forget, he could have a legion of angels at his side and the suffering ended if he asked for it.
We think we're so special when we endure a little suffering, but we can't actually ever stop it and might if we could... Jesus endured the worst and could have stopped it at any time. Think about that for a minute.
Our Constitution was written by people with basic values of right and wrong. If you put your hand on a Bible and swore to tell the truth, it was the truth. No one would lie. They would turn bright red and sweat and everyone would know it was a lie.
But we have people now that rape, mutilate, kill and eat children so it's a piece of cake to pull off a lie with a straight face.
I would like to offer a view that differs in some ways. Not to contradict your faith, but to offer a view that perhaps looks at certain other aspects that can be gleaned from scripture.
I suppose I'm not trying to contradict, but actually I strongly disagree with the view that God gave everything to Satan. That view is NOT held up by scripture.
Rather, the truth, I think is that God created Adam and Eve as his precious, pure children. God gave Adam the authority to "name all things", which indicates that essentially Adam was to be the king of the whole world, the Lord of all God's creation.
As God's son, he stood to inherit everything God had created, but like all wise father's, the Creator knew that without his own responsibility, and heir is not worth too much. That's one reason why God gave Adam the commandment - do not eat of the fruit.
In the state of immaturity, Adam and Eve would be susceptible to temptation. The commandment was to keep them on track. As long as they kept faith in God and his commandment, the devil would not be able to cause them to fall.
What happened? The Archangel Lucifer (symbolized by the "serpent") approached Eve and by lying to her, undermined her faith in God. So he tempted her to "eat" of the fruit. Two things happened. One, Lucifer fell in that moment to become Satan. Two, Eve was 'reborn' as Satan's daughter, now under his influence. Satan used Eve to then approach Adam, to tempt Adam via Eve. She did, and Adam also fell.
Adam was the one given the responsibility to grow to his completion, and then return everything back to God. Then, with Father and Son united, God would rule the world thru Adam. Instead, Adam actually handed over everything to Satan.
Because Adam was in that position, this is how Satan gained control and an illegitimate sovereignty over the world. "For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive."
Spiritual death is separation from God, and Satan became ruler over the world because the legitimate ruler, Adam, handed it over to him. This is why Satan has a claim.
God did not hand it over, Adam did. We, the descendents of Adam, must take it Back. This is why we must be reborn through Jesus. Jesus reclaimed it all spiritually by salvation through the cross, but because he had to hand over his body to Satan as the price, this is why Christ must return (to reclaim the sovereignty over the physical world, in addition to the sovereignty over the spiritual world that Jesus accomplished via the Cross).
This is why since Jesus, the world has continued under Satan's rule, despite the fact that spiritually, we can be reborn through Jesus & the Holy Spirit. But to be reborn, WE have to choose. Jesus offers us the door, but We must walk through it. Jesus restores what Adam did, but for each of us to escape Adam's (satan's) lineage, we too must choose and step through the door.
I expound some aspects of why this process takes so much time, in the post below:
I would add that The Almighty could have simply destroyed Lucifer, Adam and Eve and started over, but legions of angels were watching. The fact that 1/3 rebelled with Lucifer is telling. There's been plenty of time to prove The Almighty is the only way.
Luke.4 [5] And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. [6] And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. [7] If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
And his greatest trick is convincing mankind he doesn’t exist. 👈🏼
Keyser Soze!!!
I gotta rewatch Usual Suspects 👍🏽
I was thinking the same thing
This is such a turning point in the outlook on Jesus. He replied against the temptation of all earth and knew his kingdom was mightier
This was a real temptation. Everything was given to Satan by God, and it was his to give to Jesus. Satan challenged God in the garden of Eden. God basically said, "Okay wise guy, prove it."
Jesus didn't know the future. He had faith in the Almighty that it would be so. He was so afraid that he even prayed on the day of his death that God's will, not his own, take place. And don't forget, he could have a legion of angels at his side and the suffering ended if he asked for it.
We think we're so special when we endure a little suffering, but we can't actually ever stop it and might if we could... Jesus endured the worst and could have stopped it at any time. Think about that for a minute.
Our Constitution was written by people with basic values of right and wrong. If you put your hand on a Bible and swore to tell the truth, it was the truth. No one would lie. They would turn bright red and sweat and everyone would know it was a lie.
But we have people now that rape, mutilate, kill and eat children so it's a piece of cake to pull off a lie with a straight face.
Hi Relhok,
I would like to offer a view that differs in some ways. Not to contradict your faith, but to offer a view that perhaps looks at certain other aspects that can be gleaned from scripture.
I suppose I'm not trying to contradict, but actually I strongly disagree with the view that God gave everything to Satan. That view is NOT held up by scripture.
Rather, the truth, I think is that God created Adam and Eve as his precious, pure children. God gave Adam the authority to "name all things", which indicates that essentially Adam was to be the king of the whole world, the Lord of all God's creation.
As God's son, he stood to inherit everything God had created, but like all wise father's, the Creator knew that without his own responsibility, and heir is not worth too much. That's one reason why God gave Adam the commandment - do not eat of the fruit.
In the state of immaturity, Adam and Eve would be susceptible to temptation. The commandment was to keep them on track. As long as they kept faith in God and his commandment, the devil would not be able to cause them to fall.
What happened? The Archangel Lucifer (symbolized by the "serpent") approached Eve and by lying to her, undermined her faith in God. So he tempted her to "eat" of the fruit. Two things happened. One, Lucifer fell in that moment to become Satan. Two, Eve was 'reborn' as Satan's daughter, now under his influence. Satan used Eve to then approach Adam, to tempt Adam via Eve. She did, and Adam also fell.
Adam was the one given the responsibility to grow to his completion, and then return everything back to God. Then, with Father and Son united, God would rule the world thru Adam. Instead, Adam actually handed over everything to Satan.
Because Adam was in that position, this is how Satan gained control and an illegitimate sovereignty over the world. "For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive."
Spiritual death is separation from God, and Satan became ruler over the world because the legitimate ruler, Adam, handed it over to him. This is why Satan has a claim.
God did not hand it over, Adam did. We, the descendents of Adam, must take it Back. This is why we must be reborn through Jesus. Jesus reclaimed it all spiritually by salvation through the cross, but because he had to hand over his body to Satan as the price, this is why Christ must return (to reclaim the sovereignty over the physical world, in addition to the sovereignty over the spiritual world that Jesus accomplished via the Cross).
This is why since Jesus, the world has continued under Satan's rule, despite the fact that spiritually, we can be reborn through Jesus & the Holy Spirit. But to be reborn, WE have to choose. Jesus offers us the door, but We must walk through it. Jesus restores what Adam did, but for each of us to escape Adam's (satan's) lineage, we too must choose and step through the door.
I expound some aspects of why this process takes so much time, in the post below:
https://greatawakening.win/p/12izuPiIYz/why-judgment-takes-time-holding-/
I would add that The Almighty could have simply destroyed Lucifer, Adam and Eve and started over, but legions of angels were watching. The fact that 1/3 rebelled with Lucifer is telling. There's been plenty of time to prove The Almighty is the only way.
Amen
THIS 👆 The scriptures above say it ALL!