Jesus was not tempted in a palace.
He was tempted in the wilderness.
After the baptism.
After hearing the Father’s voice.
After heaven opened.
And before beginning His ministry…
came the silence.
“And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, was led into the wilderness…” (Luke 4)
Forty days.
Solitude.
Fasting.
Physical weakness.
And then the temptation appeared.
The devil did not come with something dirty.
He came with something logical.
“If You are the Son of God, turn these stones into bread.”
Real hunger. Real...