The tempter came to Him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell theses stones to become bread.” Matthew 4:3
The destiny of all creation rested on this moment.
Born to be fully man, our Savior came into this world a helpless child with only His mother Mary to tell Him of His origins. At His baptism the Holy Spirit fell on Him, Heaven opened and Jesus was restored to His pre-incarnation knowledge and power. Before He left Heaven He knew, now He knows again. As a human, the only way back to Heaven was through death, but now he had all the miraculous power of the universe to die His way….or He could fulfill God’s eternal plan.
Satan tempted with fame, power, the basic need of the body and proof that He was who He claimed to be. At this moment Jesus could have condemned us all, bound us to the hell we deserve and saved Himself from the horrible ending He knew would come. This was satan’s wish, because the ONLY hope for all that mattered was at stake and evil wanted it badly.
The will of the Savior and His Father became one; to heal, feed, comfort, rescue……love.
God is Faithful,
Gretchen