Last Temptation Of Jesus

Submitted by kandis54 on 06/30/2008 05:21 PM

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Last Temptation Of Jesus

One Man can save the World
Jesus was tempted many times during his life. Like al humans Jesus was faced with temptation and forced to make a choice weather its consequences were good or bad. He was a strong man who let nothing temp him away from his fait of being our savior and cleansing the world free of sin. Jesus also learns that everything has two meanings.
One of his first temptations he faced was Mary Magdalene. They had cared for each other when they were younger. When he sees her in the whorehouse years latter he is tempted and waits his turn in line but when his time came around he turned it down. He did not give in to temptation because god makes himself known to Jesus and he knows that when he goes into the desert he has to be a virgin. He's afraid to rebel against god and that fear rules him.
The fear that is with in him escapes as two cobras. Which was a serpent that came out of him and cleared him from with in. And because of this he is no longer afraid and is now free of sin. Now he is tempted to share gods will and break the chain of evil. In order to do so he needs to go to the desert and talk to god.
He was in the desert for forty days and forty nights. While there the devil tempts him as a serpent that makes him question his own beliefs. Like why would god want you to pass up a wife and family? He still stayed he knew that he had a choice leave and he can have a family or stay and live for god. He stayed and after ten days of hunger went by his heart appeared as a lion that wanted power and greed. But he again gave up power and greed and waited in the dessert. The only Son of God appeared as fire and tempted him to eat fruit from the tree and Jesus ate it. After that he saw a vision and it was the guy who baptized him (John the Baptist) who told him he was the one. He was to spread the word of the lord around the world. To show god he is not tempted he ripped out his heart and he said on the...

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