#yeshua literally went out into the desert without food in Matthew 4 and was literally tempted by the devil to do tricks to prove his identity.

But there's a lot more going on in this passage than the literal meaning of the words. See vs 3-4, for example. Stones aren't always stones and bread isn't always bread. Sometimes they're people, and waiving a magic wand to turn hard hearted people into faithful servants of the Kingdom wasn't in his mission plan. It takes time, trials, and every word that comes from the mouth of YHWH."
#jesus #discipleship #torah