Precious is He that would lay down His life for the sins of all mankind. He is the King of all Kings. The devil is no match for the Lord. Happy to call Him my Lord and Saviour.
Do they mean that all the kingdoms of the world and their glory are owned by Satan? Or maybe just at that point in time? If he had the power to give them to Jesus then that would mean they were under Satans power correct? Though Satan could have been lying about having that ability.
OK I read this four times and still can't figure out who is saying what to whom or what is going on. Who is going to hit their foot on a stone? Who's hands are going to bear who up? Why is the word 'their' italicized? What does it mean to 'bear somebody up?' What is that about? Who wants to put God to the test? Or not. Why not? Why is it in all caps like some boomer wrote it?
Satan was offering Jesus all the kingdoms and glory? He's God's son, why would he need Satan to give him anything?
So Jesus just says to Satan, hey dude it is written here that you shall worship God.
And Satan doesn't reply and just kind of wanders off at that point. ???
Then the angels began to 'minister' to Jesus? What does that mean?
Why is 'began' italicized?
There must be some kind of meta-language that religious people learn, because this doesn't make any sense to me.
Familiarity helps, this section is from Matthew 4 when Jesus fasts in the wilderness for 40 days and then is tempted by Satan. The portions in all caps and quotes are references to Old Testament scripture. Capitalized He/Him refers to Jesus. The devil taunts Him with a quote from Psalm 91 saying the angels will hold (bear) Him up if He jumps off the building and He won't fall - this would be a 'test' of God's promise from the Psalm.
Satan is characterized as 'the ruler of this world'(John12:31) and the 'god of this world' (2Corinthians 4:4) based on his influence over unbelievers. Satan desires to be worshipped like God which is the reason he fell from heaven.(Isaiah 14:12-15) This is the final and ultimate temptation and Jesus refuses to worship him, so he leaves.
Typically words like 'began' are italicized when they were not in the original source document but were added for clarity during translation.
Precious is He that would lay down His life for the sins of all mankind. He is the King of all Kings. The devil is no match for the Lord. Happy to call Him my Lord and Saviour.
8 and 9 are particularly interesting.
Do they mean that all the kingdoms of the world and their glory are owned by Satan? Or maybe just at that point in time? If he had the power to give them to Jesus then that would mean they were under Satans power correct? Though Satan could have been lying about having that ability.
Before Christ—Satan had the authority over the Earth. Christ came and stripped Satan of his authority and gave the keys to His Children… the Church
Wow, well said!
OK I read this four times and still can't figure out who is saying what to whom or what is going on. Who is going to hit their foot on a stone? Who's hands are going to bear who up? Why is the word 'their' italicized? What does it mean to 'bear somebody up?' What is that about? Who wants to put God to the test? Or not. Why not? Why is it in all caps like some boomer wrote it?
Satan was offering Jesus all the kingdoms and glory? He's God's son, why would he need Satan to give him anything?
So Jesus just says to Satan, hey dude it is written here that you shall worship God.
And Satan doesn't reply and just kind of wanders off at that point. ???
Then the angels began to 'minister' to Jesus? What does that mean?
Why is 'began' italicized?
There must be some kind of meta-language that religious people learn, because this doesn't make any sense to me.
That is from Luke 4. Try the NLT translation, it is somewhat easier to understand.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+4&version=NLT
Familiarity helps, this section is from Matthew 4 when Jesus fasts in the wilderness for 40 days and then is tempted by Satan. The portions in all caps and quotes are references to Old Testament scripture. Capitalized He/Him refers to Jesus. The devil taunts Him with a quote from Psalm 91 saying the angels will hold (bear) Him up if He jumps off the building and He won't fall - this would be a 'test' of God's promise from the Psalm.
Satan is characterized as 'the ruler of this world'(John12:31) and the 'god of this world' (2Corinthians 4:4) based on his influence over unbelievers. Satan desires to be worshipped like God which is the reason he fell from heaven.(Isaiah 14:12-15) This is the final and ultimate temptation and Jesus refuses to worship him, so he leaves. Typically words like 'began' are italicized when they were not in the original source document but were added for clarity during translation.
Thank you very much for taking the time to explain that stuff. I was trying but completely lost.
You're welcome, fren.
Thanks, fren.
How do I match up the text in the image with stuff on that web page because they seem to be different.
Great post.