seems to be a universal law that all human odyssey begins with a cycle of initiation. Jesus does not seem to escape this law. Before beginning his public ministry makes a withdrawal into the wilderness. And that's where he makes his appearance with sequined Satan horns and in the New Testament. And which is presented as "evil ago" or " which will do everything possible for man to do " but no show or hairy, or with horns and a tail. Nor will a trident. This image is later.
In fact we are not told as it appears to Jesus in the desert. The only thing that has come to us are the requests: make bread of stones, jump into the void and make a spectacle, and if you bow before me I'll make you powerful. Requests almost more characteristic of the circus of everyday life. But ultimately demands that we put in front of our daily dualism.
Two decades after the death of Jesus, Paul clinch the dualistic view of the world that had emerged from the late writings of the Old Testament. For example we know is part of our catechism that the armies of God are dressed in the armor of light while Satan rules the dark. The world we live in is dual and from small and teach us to see light / dark, hot / cold, up / down, health / illness, life and death, wealth and poverty. In other words, heaven / hell.
The villain in Matthew's account of the temptations that Jesus suffered in the desert is Satan, but also is the chief adversary of God, the personification of evil, the ancient serpent, as if all this were not enough to thicken a resume, from now on will be the personal tempter of Jesus, and why not, his disciples come by the day.
Early theologians Christianity did not hesitate to cling to dualism with the same force with which they clung to the dark figure of Satan. Since then the men and women are caught between God and Satan, in other words between good and evil.
people who accompanied me in Sunday school left me seated from very early that evil could master the fine for a while, but at the end of history God would destroy Satan and a new earth. all a happy ending. But where was their surety? The resurrection of Jesus from the dead.
But there's more. There's something wrong and told me I had to discover through the years: only We go to the desert, we can only confront evil, we can only call a spade a spade when we heard the voice from heaven says, you are my beloved son.
Being loved by God defines our identity and says more of us our diplomas. The ones we know ourselves fit to go to the desert. Listening to someone considers us prepares us to resist the desire to be effective, be professional, to be powerful. And is that love in some way that escapes me all logic is still the best weapon to confront evil.
In fact we are not told as it appears to Jesus in the desert. The only thing that has come to us are the requests: make bread of stones, jump into the void and make a spectacle, and if you bow before me I'll make you powerful. Requests almost more characteristic of the circus of everyday life. But ultimately demands that we put in front of our daily dualism.
Two decades after the death of Jesus, Paul clinch the dualistic view of the world that had emerged from the late writings of the Old Testament. For example we know is part of our catechism that the armies of God are dressed in the armor of light while Satan rules the dark. The world we live in is dual and from small and teach us to see light / dark, hot / cold, up / down, health / illness, life and death, wealth and poverty. In other words, heaven / hell.
The villain in Matthew's account of the temptations that Jesus suffered in the desert is Satan, but also is the chief adversary of God, the personification of evil, the ancient serpent, as if all this were not enough to thicken a resume, from now on will be the personal tempter of Jesus, and why not, his disciples come by the day.
Early theologians Christianity did not hesitate to cling to dualism with the same force with which they clung to the dark figure of Satan. Since then the men and women are caught between God and Satan, in other words between good and evil.
people who accompanied me in Sunday school left me seated from very early that evil could master the fine for a while, but at the end of history God would destroy Satan and a new earth. all a happy ending. But where was their surety? The resurrection of Jesus from the dead.
But there's more. There's something wrong and told me I had to discover through the years: only We go to the desert, we can only confront evil, we can only call a spade a spade when we heard the voice from heaven says, you are my beloved son.
Being loved by God defines our identity and says more of us our diplomas. The ones we know ourselves fit to go to the desert. Listening to someone considers us prepares us to resist the desire to be effective, be professional, to be powerful. And is that love in some way that escapes me all logic is still the best weapon to confront evil.
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