Our Gospel today is the story of Jesus’ temptation in the desert. There in the wilderness he submits to a threefold enticement corresponding to that from the Garden of Eden, one which also mirrors the threefold concupiscence in 1 John 2:16. We’ll discuss the nature of Satan’s temptations and the means by which their promises sought to entice Christ. Finally, we’ll compare Our Lord’s ordeal to the fall of Israel in the desert and the fall of Solomon upon the throne. When seen through the lens of Old Testament texts, we find Christ as the New Adam, the New Israel, and the New Son of David.

In this episode we’ll look at:

- The three Old Testament texts that Jesus quotes in his response to Satan’s temptations

- The Psalm that Satan quotes in his second temptation of Jesus

- The philosophical concept of telos and how it informs a Biblical view of morality

- The exact location of the pinnacle of the Temple (where Satan took Jesus)

- How Jesus’ response to temptation foreshadows his coming in the Eucharist