Taming the Wild

The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert, and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan. He was among wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him.

Mark 1:12-13

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Paradise Restored

Christ, the second Adam, in a confrontation reminiscent of the temptation in the Garden of Eden, restores human nature through his steadfast union with the Father’s will. Fasting and praying for forty days, Jesus resisted the lure to use his power to feed himself, to test God, and to worship Satan (Matthew 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13).

At the exile, God cast Adam and Eve, clothed in garments of skin, out into the wild, appointing cherubim to guard the way to the tree of life. By contrast, wild beasts surrounded Christ the Victor without harming him, and angels ministered to him. In Christ, the Son of Mary, paradise is restored.

Traditional Chinese Translation

《馴服野者》
聖靈帶領進入曠野
神的兒子擊碎蛇頭。