Why then did Jesus spend 40 days and 40 nights in the desert? Why did John the Baptist wander in the wilderness and why did Moses spend 40 days and nights atop Mt. Sinai in fasting and prayer?
Do you believe every person capable of accomplishing in an equal span of time the things these men accomplished in 40 days? Perhaps there is a place for contemplative prayer and solitude in Christianity.
Wow. You believe Christ was in the wilderness for 40 days because he enjoyed the monastic life? lol.
Anything to defend the indefensible priestcraft.
Jesus spent 40 days of fasting and prayer to God in the wilderness to consecrate His ministry.
He did not remain in the wilderness. He returned to be among society and those He would serve.
Ohh Mercy
Scripture tells us 2 things.. 1) That Christ was the second Adam and 2) that He was tempted as we are
Please look at the 40 days
In them Christ endured the exact temptations that Adam did
The Holy Spirit led Christ to the wilderness to be tempted
Think back to the fall
Gen 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food,[Lust of the flresh}
and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, {lust of the eyes]
and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise,{ pride of life] she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Please now look at the temptation of Jesus
Mat 4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
Mat 4:3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
Lust of the Flesh
Mat 4:5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
Mat 4:6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in [their] hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Lust of the eyes
Mat 4:8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
Mat 4:9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Pride of Life
1Jo 2:16 For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.