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man, and expected Him to bow or accept or acknowledge the offer. Satan didn’t realize the prophecy, “and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone,” applies to a mere man. He would not be sufficiently graced to stand toe to toe with Satan [until after Jesus’ resurrection], so he will be protected just as the scriptures foretold. The words in the Scriptures are true, but not Satan’s application of them in reference to Jesus. Jesus did strike His foot against a stone—I was much worse, so was this prophecy misstated or does it applied to another. The truth was spoken, but Satan did not clearly understand. Jesus responded, “Do not put the Lord your God to the test,” clearly states that He was God! Satan did not comprehend then, but he knows now who will not strike their foot against a stone! To know this difference and why the spiritual forces are in constant conflict, we must review what was given to understand in the beginning. “Lucifer [“sense of brightness” according to a Hebrew meaning] how you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’ But you are brought down to the grave, to the depths of the pit. Those who see you stare at you, they ponder your fate: ‘Is this the man who shook the earth and made kingdoms tremble, the man who made the world a desert, who overthrew its cities and would not let his captives go home?’” (Isaiah 14:12-17) The stage was set, and God’s Plan For Man began to reveal itself in the garden: throughout the ages it remained hidden, then it was unveiled one part at a time. You already possess wisdom to understand and comprehend the plan, as you rise above the limitations of knowledge: “Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.” (Matthew 13:12) The battle with Satan from the beginning of human existence, it is a battle of the mind. Satan used and uses knowledge, to program the mind to misunderstand, while deception convinces the mind that it understands accurately.

The grace of wisdom—a precious gift—is available to any human being at

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