Comments on: Carter: missing the point? http://adventures-in-mormonism.com/2008/02/04/carter-missing-the-point/ Correcting the incorrigible Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:02:08 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Zator http://adventures-in-mormonism.com/2008/02/04/carter-missing-the-point/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Zator Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:38:36 +0000 http://adventures-in-mormonism.com/2008/02/04/carter-missing-the-point/#comment-71 The problem with Carter's viewpoint, I think, is that Christ's mission to the earth wasn't to rule, or even to be a judge. It was to be the savior of mankind. He was already a ruler - or at least would be in the future. He'd been given that already. So, one could speculate that Satan's temptation wasn't really a temptation at all. Proviso's aside, Jesus knew with a certainty what his mission was, and it most definitely was not to serve his own ends, but the Father's. The problem with Carter’s viewpoint, I think, is that Christ’s mission to the earth wasn’t to rule, or even to be a judge. It was to be the savior of mankind. He was already a ruler – or at least would be in the future. He’d been given that already.

So, one could speculate that Satan’s temptation wasn’t really a temptation at all. Proviso’s aside, Jesus knew with a certainty what his mission was, and it most definitely was not to serve his own ends, but the Father’s.

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