The Temptations of Jesus

Genesis 3 and Matthew 4 are really two halves of a whole, like the two halves of a pecan shell.  In Genesis we see the opening of the shell to sin, and in Matthew we see the closing of the shell through Christ’s righteousness.

If we look at Genesis, we see the fall of Adam and Eve into sin.  God had created all the world through the power of His Word and then made man and woman and placed them in the Garden of Eden.  God dwelt with them as they lived in His presence, and He allowed them to ea...