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Matthew 4: 2 - 4 (RSV)

[2] And he fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterward he was hungry.
[3] And the tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread."
[4] But he answered, "It is written, `Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'"

"...command these stones to become loaves of bread."

Same relationship of Symbolism.

In the Torah written long before Herod existed we find strong parallels pointed to by Yeshua himself between the 40 days and nights of fasting/testing of Moses/Israel in the wilderness vs the 40 days and nights of fasting/testing of Yeshua in the wilderness with symbolic links between stones and bread in both cases:

Yeshua’s fasting 40 days and nights in the wilderness:

And after He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry. (Mat 4.2 NAU)

Moses’ fasting 40 days and nights in the wilderness:

"When I went up to the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which the LORD had made with you, then I remained on the mountain forty days and nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water. (Deu 9.9 NAU)

Instead of bread Moses was given the word on tablets of stone from God prefigured by Israel given manna from heaven to sustain them (both reflected in Yeshua as the Word and manna from heaven who is the bread of life) which is also recalled by Moses in the same discourse:

“He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD.” [Targum Onkelos: every forth-coming word (מֵימַר) from before the Lord] (Deu 8.3 NAU, notes in brackets)

Yeshua reiterates this passage during his own fasting and testing, drawing our attention to these typological parallels and OT fulfillments:

And the tempter came and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."
But He answered and said, "It is written, 'MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.'" (Mat 4.3-4 NAU)

As Moses was given the commandments in the wilderness during the 40 days and nights of fasting, during the 40 days and nights of fasting Yeshua shows it was he, as YHWH Elohim, who gave the commandments to Moses:

   Then the devil [Peshitta: אכלקרצא lit. consumer of pieces/destruction; idiom for informer or accuser] took Him into the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written, 'HE WILL COMMAND HIS ANGELS CONCERNING YOU'; and 'ON their HANDS THEY WILL BEAR YOU UP, SO THAT YOU WILL NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.'"
   Jesus said to him, "On the other hand, it is written, 'YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD [יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם (Deu 6.16 MT); למריא אלהך (Mt 4.7 Peshitta)] TO THE TEST.'" (Mat 4.5-7 NAU, my notes in brackets)

Likewise the Israelites were tested during the same 40 days and nights in the wilderness but by the intercession of one man, Mosses, a remnant were saved, and by the intercession of one man, Yeshua, the faithful are saved.

Yeshua was tested in the wilderness for 40 days after he was brought out of the water of the Jordan river just as Israel was tested in the wilderness for 40 days (40 years overall) after they were brought out of the Red Sea (Yam Suph).

Further parallels with Noah coming out of the flood and raining 40 days can also be drawn. 40 is associated with trials/birthpangs, birth out of the dark waters of the womb after 40 weeks of human gestation (avg) when the child is born with a loud cry/shout and the breath/ruach enters as the Spirit/bird or dove figure present in all cases. Genesis 1.2f has similar elements syncing up thematic of Rosh Hashanah/Feast of Trumpets and the birthpangs of the Messiah’s return on the last trump with a shout as prefigured in the star map depicted in Rev 12.1-2 on his first coming on Rosh Hashanah 3/2 BCE.

Verse 10 continues: "Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent".  A nod to the Story of Moses and the Staff.

If this is a contrasting statement parallel to bread (to eat) and a stone (not to eat), then the nod would more likely be to the fiery serpents (not to eat vs a fish to eat.. like bread, hence fish and loaves) sent to attack the rebellious Israelites.

This allusion is included in the same speech again quoted above which Yeshua nodded to already with a quote.

"He led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents [Westminster Morph gives a variant: נָחָ֤שׁ cf Gen 3.1] and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water; He brought water for you out of the rock of flint. (Deu 8.15 NAU, notes in brackets)

Mark’s gospel includes a similar element (wild creatures) when touching on Yeshua’s testing in the wilderness:

And He was in the wilderness forty days being tempted by Satan; and He was with the wild beasts [חיותא animals, creatures, beasts; cp Gen 3.1 nachash = chayyah (creature, beast, etc): וְהַנָּחָשׁ֙ הָיָ֣ה עָר֔וּם מִכֹּל֙ חַיַּ֣ת הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה], and the angels were ministering to Him. (Mar 1.13 NAU +notes)

Yeshua’s tempter in the wilderness is called Satan in this verse. Interestingly, when we read the Aramaic paraphrase we find Satan is also mentioned in Israel’s testing during the same 40 day trial in the wilderness, in the midst of the ‘festivities’ around the golden calf as if leading the crowd:

And it was when Mosheh came near the camp, and saw the calf, and the instruments of music in the hands of the wicked, who were dancing and bowing before it, and Satana among them dancing and leaping before the people, the wrath of Mosheh was suddenly kindled… (Exo 32.19a PJE)


PS - Pray we do not let the tempter steal our faith with endless deceptive contrivances, ploys, distractions and with tribulations that will increase and not just in the Middle East or Asia as our media covers it up with silence, as with the apostles and martyrs ever since then to today, lest any of you should be disheartened by these afflictions; for ye know, that we are appointed thereto. For also when we were with you, we forewarned you, that we were to be afflicted; as ye know did occur. Therefore also I could not be quiet, until I sent to learn your faith; lest the Tempter should have tempted you, and our labor have been in vain. (1Th 3.3-5 MRD);

My beloved, be not dismayed at the trials that befall you, as if some strange thing had come upon you; for these things are for your probation. But rejoice, that ye participate in the sufferings of the Messiah, that so ye may also rejoice and exult at the revelation of his glory. And if ye are reproached on account of the name of the Messiah, happy are ye: for the glorious Spirit of God resteth upon you. (1Pe 4.12-14 MRD)

The rabbis teach that in the reversal of fortunes, the western powers (ie, Edom/Aram/Rome/US/Christianity -- "Armillus" Judaism's answer to the antichrist) will be destroyed as Jerusalem becomes the new world power center with their expected Messiah — the controlled demolition of the west and the US embassy move to Jerusalem are steps in this direction. Prepare yourselves for very very grievous times and what many signs point to a fiery take down of the US capitol hill (capitoline Jupiter temple) as would appear to be the Freemasonic plan from the foundations of the country like the phoenix -- once a candidate for the national bird -- to rise from the ashes with a Freemasonic temple in Jerusalem.

Now is not the time to hide but be bold. Study the scriptures because Satan's plan is laid out and we have prophetic previews of what to expect from the apostles who went through very similar situations leading up to the sacking of their temple and nation when the Jews revolted expecting their messiah to overthrow Edom/Rome or he who restrains if you will; be ye built up anew, in your holy faith, through the Holy Spirit, while ye pray. And let us keep ourselves in the love of God, while we wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus the Messiah unto our eternal life. And some of them, snatch ye from the fire. (Jud 1.20-22 MRD)