“The desert is that place in Scripture where we go to figure out who is who and what is real. It is the place where souls are revealed. There, Jesus meets Satan and so do we, for this is not Jesus’ story alone. This is our story too, for Jesus carries the fullness of humanity into his divine appointment with the Tempter. This is a confrontation with the powers and principalities that have colonized the imaginations of the world. We are not dealing here with merely personal temptations of the flesh or the pride of life… Jesus is naming the economic, religious and political realities that claim godlike powers for themselves. He meets with Satan to contend about things of ultimate significance.”
-Kris Rocke and Joel Van Dyke, Geography of Grace
