Every year, millions of people celebrate Easter as the day commemorating the resurrection of Jesus three days after he was crucified and buried. Instead of looking at the horror of Jesus on the cross, though, I would like to remember a moment from the life of Jesus, one that both reveals his humanness and exemplifies the Christ-like attributes worthy of embodying. This is only my limited interpretation of a very complex subject. The Temptation of Christ As the story goes, Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist before going into the Judaean Desert to fast for 40 days and 40 nights. During his fast, Jesus becomes hungry and is met by Satan who tempts him three times. The first temptation suggests that Jesus turn stone into bread so that he may eat and satisfy his hunger; another temptation is to jump from the highest point of the temple and have …
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