-Satan waited to find out who the woman and her Son would be
-Satan would engage them in a supernatural battle
-Jesus's divine and human natures were tempted by Satan in the desert
The devil was waiting to find out who the woman and her Son would be and by tempting Him in the desert he has begun to find out who Jesus really is and he has come closer to his plan.
Christ's final temptation was by Satan was that Jesus would have power and control of the whole world.
The priest in Maine's main emphasis is "Is Jesus the Son of God". Satan tempted Jesus by asking Him these questions. Satan also tempted Adam and Eve, but they gave into the temptation. All of Satan's temptations towards us are tempting our humanity. Satan has always tempted our humanity even way back during the times of the Israelites. But only Jesus was the one who's divinity was tempted. Satan tempted His divinity twice and if Jesus had given in then it would have seemed as though he would have wanted to prove something to Satan. But Jesus has nothing to prove to the devil. He has nothing to prove to any one. That is why when we sometimes ask God to show Himself to us, nothing happens. That is because he shouldn't have to do that. We should already believe in Him through our Faith and in what the Church has taught us.
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