Luke 4:1-2, And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil.
In this temptation Jesus was perfectly fulfilling everything Israel failed to do correctly during their forty years in the desert. Unlike Israel demanding bread and longing for the meat of Egypt, Jesus understood that man did not live solely on food but instead delighted Himself in the presence of God. Where Israel failed the Lord by worshiping golden calves and joining itself to Baal of Peor, Jesus held fast to the LORD and wasn’t tempted to use the devil’s means to get the rewards God had promised to give in His own time. And finally, where Israel, God's son, had constantly put the LORD to the test in the desert, Jesus refused to engage in such activities. Jesus is the perfect Israel, everything Israel was called to be but failed in miserably. Whereas Israel failed in constant faithlessness as the son of God, Jesus proved Himself the faithful and true Son and therefore the legitimate heir of God's promises. And it is through being grafted into the Perfect Israel that we too become inheritors of the blessings He won through His faithfulness! Praise the Lord for a perfect Savior, the true and faultless Son.
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