Along with the settings there is a conflict. Satan is the one causing the conflict. …show more content…
There are three main characters in this story the first being the Spirit. The Spirit is portrayed as a leader because he is the one leading Jesus to the wilderness. The next character is Jesus and Jesus is portrayed as a very pious man. Pious means that he is very religious in what he does. This would explain why Jesus is fasting. The final character is Satan. Satan is portrayed as a very cunning person. Satan is very smooth in his attempts to try to get Jesus to sin. Satan tries to get Jesus to sin by using his human side against himself. For example when he tries to get Jesus to make bread out of rocks. This would be feeding his human side because Satan is trying to get Jesus to feed his temporary human body rather than his spiritual body.
Many authors use symbolism to symbolize certain ideas without actually saying them. Matthew uses symbolism when talking about the forty days. The 40 days is symbolizing Jesus religious side, and God testing him. Fasting is the testing of the spiritual body. Along with symbolism Matthew uses metaphors. One them being the words of God. The words of God are spiritual …show more content…
The first being the theme of Jesus being the new Moses. In the past Moses spent time in the wilderness before he lead people out of Egypt. Just like Moses Jesus is spending time in the wilderness before he goes out into the world to lead people in the word of God. The second theme would be the inclusion of the Gentiles. Jesus was not brought into the world to spread the word of his father to just Israel but he was put into this world to share the words of his father to everyone including the Gentiles. Satan knew this which is why when they were on top of the mountain Satan showed Jesus all of the kingdoms not just Israel. The final theme would be Jesus being the new Messiah. This is shown by Jesus not falling to any of the temptation to sin presented by