![]() ![]() After all, who, after being presented with the facts, wants to appear unreasonable? We use this approach every time we sin. It is no surprise that Satan uses this approach with Jesus. Satan begins by trying to convince Jesus that he is a friend and that his bad reputation is undeserved. ![]() This is not The Temptation, but rather introductory banter between Christ and Satan with the promise of something greater to come. ![]() Upon hearing this he decides to watch Jesus and eventually follows him into the desert where he confronts him. ![]() He happens to be near the Jordan when he witnesses the baptism of Jesus and hears the Father's proclamation that this is the Son of Man. Satan has been wandering the earth since the fall of man. It is the story of the man who undid the work of Satan, not with destruction and violence, but with obedience. This is a collection of some of the best lines and arguments from Paradise Regained. His meditations are surprisingly similar to Milton's story and the same can be said of writings by Bishop Fulton Sheen. Pope Benedict XVI writes about Christ's temptation in the wilderness in his book Jesus of Nazareth. Composed of only 4 books, it is a much shorter work than Paradise Lost and considered to be of much lesser value.Įven so, it offers valuable insights into the temptation of Christ and helps to give us answers to the enticements still offered by the world today. Paradise Regained is the sequel to Paradise Lost by John Milton published in 1671. ![]()
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