Day 287 - Matthew 4, Luke 4

It is fitting that it be recorded that the first Adam was cast out of Paradise into the desert, [Gen 3:23-24; 1Co 15:45.] that you may observe how the second Adam returned from the desert to Paradise.… Adam brought death through the tree. Christ brought life through the cross. Adam, naked of spiritual things, covered himself with the foliage of a tree. [Gen 3:7.] Christ, naked of worldly things, did not desire the trappings of the body. Adam lived in the desert. Christ lived in the desert, for he knew where he could find the lost. With their error canceled, he could recall them to Paradise.…So Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, is led into the desert for a purpose, in order to challenge the devil. If he had not fought, he would not have conquered him for me—St Ambrose of Milan