1 Chronicles 4:24-5:26; Ezekiel 7:1-27; John 1:19-51
And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts. Mark 1:13
He was with the wild beasts, but there was no peril. Adam had been given dominion over the animal kingdom but lost that position when he sinned in the garden (Ps. 8:3-9). But there is another Man and He has ever had dominion over creation for He is the Creator. Presently, “We see not yet all things put under him. But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man” (Heb. 2:8-9). The Creator has tasted death for us and soon will be crowned with glory! “What manner of man is this!” (Luke 8:25). —L. Cain
Jesus, the Conqueror, reigns, in glorious strength arrayed;
His kingdom over all maintains, and bids the earth be glad. —C. Wesley