Thank you, Pastor John, for the reply to my earlier questions. I was curious as to what form Satan took on when he tempted Jesus in the wilderness. In scripture, it mentions just that Satan came to Jesus, but I wonder in what form?
Thank you for all that you do for us!
Best,
Kevin
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Hi Kevin.
The short answer is, I don’t know. But here are a couple of things you might want to think about.
At the time of the Temptation, Satan had not yet left his beautiful body to possess Judas’ body. That took place during the last supper:
John 13
26. Jesus answered, “It’s the one I will give this bit of bread to, after I’ve dipped it.” And when he had dipped the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, son of Simon.
27. And after the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to him, “What you do, do quickly.”
So, during the Temptation, Satan was still in the body with which he was created. He may have had power to appear in various forms, but we are not told that he changed his form to meet with Jesus.
This is another one of those questions we’ll have to ask Jesus when he comes. He knows the answer to them all.
Thanks for writing,
Pastor John