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the "Bread of Life" TEMPTATION

Matthew 4:4
"But He answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."

In these verses in the Gospel of Matthew; Jesus has gone into the wilderness and fasted for forty days and nights. FASTING is NOT just NOT eating food. It’s about FEASTING on the fullness of GOD. Fasting opens your heart to experience the presence of God. It attunes your soul to hear God's voice. Jesus's time here did not make Him more venerable. No, it made Him stronger and prepared Him for the temptations!

The Devil's TEMPTATION is for Jesus, the "Bread of Life," to turn rocks into bread! The God who became incarnate in Bethlehem, or in Hebrew "Bet Leḥem" which means the “House of Bread.” This is The Son of GOD, son of the GOD who made manna fall from the sky to feed the Israelites when they were hungry in the wilderness.  And! The devil knows it!! Don't you see how weak and pathetic the devil is?

Jesus responded with the words from Deuteronomy, chapter eight, verse three; "And He humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that He might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live." Jesus is modeling how to face the devil and the many temptations of this world; with The Word of God, Holy Scriptures, our beloved Holy Bibles.  Read them! Again and again! Be ready to give an answer when temptation comes to you. 
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