The temptation in the wilderness

Three offers in the wilderness. The third: all the kingdoms of the world, for one act of worship freely given.

In plain words

In the wilderness the tempter offers Jesus all the kingdoms of the world in exchange for one act of worship: terms published two thousand years early. The tempter asks rather than seizes, because worship taken by force is worthless to him.

The mechanism

THE TERMS SHEET, PUBLISHED TWO THOUSAND YEARS EARLY — he asks rather than seizes, because coerced worship is worthless to him. The same constraint forces the endgame to arrive as relief rather than conquest

Scripture

Matthew 4:8–9

How it was checked

• EvidenceT3 SCRIPTURE; Status: COMMITTED
• Letter eraTHE PAYMENT c. 30 AD
• Plate — James Tissot, The Life of Christ, c. 1886–94 · Brooklyn Museum · Public domain · source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Museum_-_Jesus_Tempted_in_the_Wilderness_(Jésus_tenté_dans_le_désert)_-_James_Tissot_-_overall.jpg
• SourcesSCRIPTURE — Matthew 4:8–9