Why did Jesus is tempted by Satan (3)

『Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.  Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 』 (Matthew 4: 1-10)

The third temptation is that Satan saying, "Let him fall down and worship." Luke (4: 6-7) uses a different expression.『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. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.』 "Jesus gave the world to the devil," he says. Satan tells God (Jesus) to worship me. Does that make sense?
Jesus told the Pharisees, "Snakes, vipers, how can you escape the judgment of hell?" The Bible says in Matthew (23:15).『 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. 』 It is the devils who work for the devil.

Satan's purpose in testing Jesus is to hinder Jesus' work (the death on the cross). This is the temptation that Satan says, "Let the stones become loaves, jump out of the temple." The meaning of "worship", however, has a different purpose. This means control over the material world. When God created the heavens and the earth, why is Satan the king of this world? Jesus healed the sick. The Pharisees said that Jesus did this by the power of Beelzebub. So Jesus says in Matthew (12:26).

『And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand? 』 Jesus already knew that Satan wanted to build his kingdom. This is God's permission in Luke (4: 6). Why did God allow Satan to rule the world? Many people say that Adam and Eve were robbed of this world because they sinned in the Garden of Eden. This world created by God cannot be taken by Satan without God's permission. Words that are not even in the Bible are made by humans saying, "The world has been taken from Satan." Those who say this blasphemy.

『For that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. 』 Why did God surrender this world to Satan? Satan sinned in the kingdom of God. Satan wanted to leave God, thinking that he could be like God without God. God knew this and confined him to the material world. So the Bible says that Satan took power in the air. God imprisoned Satan in the material world. And God tells Satan to build up your kingdom that you want.

In Satan's third teptation to Jesus, there is no saying, "You are the Son of God." In Matthew, if you fall down and worship me, Luke says, If you bow to me. The object of you includes all who are associated with Christ, including Jesus. Satan knows well that Jesus is God. And Satan knows that "Jesus is not to be tempted". These words are Satan's own argument. For today, some worship Satan. Even in church people pray for things of the world. Whom the people pray to?

Those who worship Satan are those who want what Satan has. Those in Christ want God's things, and those in Satan want Satan's. God gives to those who want the things of the kingdom of God. Jesus said that the king of this world is Satan. The Bible says in John (12:31).

『Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. 』 In the book of Revelation, God said, "Satan is cast out of the air to this earth."

The Bible says in 1 John (2: 15-16).『 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 』 Everything in this world came from Satan, the king of the world.

God gives nothing but his kingdom. The Bible says in 1 Corinthians (15:50).『 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.』 If someone prayed to obtain the things of the world, and that was done, who would have given them? "All these things will I (Satan) give you』. " God tells the Saints: Satan's testing of Jesus will do the same to the Saints. Jesus told the Pharisees, "The Caesar is to Caesar and the God's to God." All the material of this world belongs to Satan, and the kingdom of God in this world belongs to God.

This world was created by God, but someday God will destroy it. This world is a temporary place. The end of this world comes when God's will, planned before creation, is accomplished. Satan uses all sorts of ways to stop this. So when Satan tempted Jesus, he said, "This is what you gave me, and I give it to those who want me," making the people of the world his children. Satan's temptation is not only to interfere with what Jesus accomplishes, but also to draw those from the cross who are trying to be united with Christ. Jesus speaks clearly to the Devil. Satan is not able to build his kingdom, but is under God's control. That is why he said, "I will worship your God and serve him. The meaning of `` “your God “ is  that even Satan cannot escape God, but must worship God.

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