Summary of Matthew 4, 1-11 and Luke 4, 1-13
Ieshoua`, full of the sacred breath, returns from Iarden.
He is led in the breath to the wilderness, forty days tested by the devil. He fasts forty days and forty nights. Afterward, he is hungry.
1 The “tester” approaches him and says:
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“If you are son of Elohims, tell these stones to become loaves.”
Ieshoua` answers and says:
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“It is written: ‘man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes out of the mouth of Elohims’.” (Deuteronom 8, 3: “man does not leave on bread alone: the human lives on everything that comes out of the mouth of Adonai.”)
2 Then the devil takes him with himself and leads him to Ierushalaim; he sets him on the ridge of the sanctuary and says to him:
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“If you are son of Elohims, throw yourself down from here. Yes, it is written: ‘He advises his messengers to keep him.’ And: ‘With their hands, they will lift you, so that your foot does not strike a stone’.” (Psaumes 91, 11-12: “Yes, he orders his messengers to keep you on all your roads. They carry you on both palms, so that your foot does not strike any stone.”)
Ieshoua` answers and says to him:
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“It is written, on the other hand: ‘Do not test Adonai, your Elohims’.” (Deuteronom 6, 16: “You will not test Adonai, your Elohims.”)
3 The devil takes him again with himself to a very high mountain. He shows him all the kingdoms of the universe and their glory. He says to him:
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“I will give you any authority on them and their glory. Yes, it has been delivered to me and I give it to whom I want. For you thus, if you bow and prostrate yourself before me, it will be yours, all.”
Ieshoua` answers and says to him:
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“It is written: ‘Prostrate yourself before Adonai, your Elohims. Serve him, only him!’.” (Deuteronom 6, 13: “Quiver before Adonai, your Elohims, serve him, swear by his name.”)
Having exhausted every test, the devil leaves him and withdraws until fixed time.
And then, messengers approach him; they serve him.
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Material life is lack and concern: one must feed one's body, ensure one's security, have power over things. Everything must always be done again and again.
Spiritual life is fed generously by itself (“out of the mouth of Elohims”), entered through faith (“Do not test”), maintained by gratitude (“Prostrate yourself... Serve him, only him!”).
The material world may obstruct the flow of spiritual life, but it never stops it. And as soon as the obstacle is removed (“Having exhausted every test”), it starts flowing again (“And then, messengers approach him; they serve him.”)
Faith, “adherence” is a way of being, a way of living in which generosity and gratitude are one, me and life are one: it only concerns children and fools.
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“Come to me, you all, the tired ones, the overworked ones; I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you, learn from me that I am humiliated and small-hearted: you will find comfort for your beings.
Yes, my yoke is useful, my burden is light.”(Matthew 11, 28-30)
I take your yoke, your light burden to get out of my cage and to embrace whole life.
