In the Gospel story of the temptations, Jesus is engaging the powers of this world--the underbelly of human existence, that is embodied for the purpose of telling the story in the figure of the devil. The powers of this world are the great resistant forces, largely uncontrollable, that hold people hostage, captive to the institutions and systems that carry us along, the forces that drive the spirit of the age promising life but leading to death. The powers of this world seek to render us powerless, before the immensity of the world's problems.
- These are the powers that say, "No one really wants war, but the bodies keep piling up."
- That say, "No one really wants homelessness, but we can't seem to do anything about it."
- That say, "No child needs to die of hunger anywhere, but especially in the wealthiest nation on earth, and yet they do."
- These are the powers that say, "I am not really living, but simply being driven along by forces beyond my control."
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