What did Satan do with Jesus in the third temptation?
Satan took Jesus up into an exceeding high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world. From the spiritual realm he could show past and future empires. Satan then offered Jesus control over all these nations if He would fall down and worship him.
Les explains that in this third temptation Satan took Jesus up into an exceeding high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world. Because Jesus and Satan are both spiritual, Satan could let Jesus look back to Nebuchadnezzar or David’s great kingdom and forward to all the great empires yet to come. Satan told Jesus that if He would fall down and worship him, He could have control over all these nations, and they would bow at His feet. Les also notes Satan apparently did not know that these same nations will one day be under Christ’s rulership when He rules and reigns in sovereignty.
Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
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How was Satan able to show Jesus all the kingdoms of the world?
Because Jesus and Satan are both spiritual, Satan could show Jesus all the kingdoms of the world, from Nebuchadnezzar and David's kingdom to future empires.