[AJourneyOf1000Miles]

After Jesus turned down Satan for control of earthly empires, Satan likely found people to run those empires in Satan's name.

[AppyPappy]

Eve said “Yes”.

[null and void]

The DNC. You know, those guys who threw God and Israel off their party's platform by voice vote.

Not just once, but THRICE!

And believe it or not, I just heard the neighbor's cock crow as I wrote that.

[circlecity]

Everybody other than Jesus said YES. That’s why we need a Savior.

[BipolarBob]

Another article about George Soros?

[dforest]

Hillary?

[Alberta's Child]

Remember that the conversation you describe was a TEST, not a negotiation. It wasn't even a "temptation" per se. My interpretation of that Gospel passage is that Satan put Jesus Christ to that "test" because he didn't know who Jesus was, and wanted Him to just come right out and say He was the Messiah.

[Jhadur]

Soros?

[Slyfox]

Said "yes" to Satan:

And God said "no."

[Old Yeller]

Hillary said yes.

[Ezekiel]

Smarter people than I have said that the biggest impediment one has to finding the truth is the firm belief that one already has it.

Luke 21

5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?
8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.

Jesus, definitely the anti-Establishment type. The fall of the political Establishment should be an obvious sign that no statist too-big-to-fail earthly temple (house of human dogma) is going to remain standing.

Red sky at night
Sailors' delight.
Red sky in morning
Sailors take warning.

Reads like election evening-morning.

After Jesus turned down Satan for control of earthly empires, Satan likely found people to run those empires in Satan's name.

Verse 8: beware those "end times" prophecy merchants saying "in Jesus' name".

First comes the political EQs, upheavals:

9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom...

Gotta luv the paradox of the time of the end being when all the bots are saying that the end is near, but those are the ones that are not to be followed.

[BEJ]

An area of influence is a kingdom which means we have power in that area. This can be good because we need to exercise power to survive. But are we doing Satan’s biding? It seems, at least according to Machiavelli, that to survive means doing evil to some extent. Machiavelli uses the idea of a Christian Prince who forgives his enemies and spares their children. The Prince is thought to be truly Christian. However, by sparing the children, the children go to the next kingdom, raises an army and invades, killing the Christian Prince. Safety and survival would dictate that the Christian Prince kills his enemy’s children.

Usually there is no perfect solution for morality in this world and we might have to choose the lesser of two evils. Our choice will always be tainted and sometimes we don’t even know the evil we do. Such is the nature of this world. If we really are too good for this world then we will suffer Christ’s fate and perhaps die horribly trying to do good. This is truly imitating Christ, but many of us cannot or will not do this. Many feel that the standards of going good are too high and it opens us up to a needless world of pain. Others feel that doing good gives us dignity and salvation.

Satan gets our help one way or another, but if we can minimize it that is great.