Here Satan showed Jesus the kingdoms of the world. They were presented in the most attractive light. He offered them to Jesus if He would there worship him. He told Jesus that he would relinquish his claims of the possessions of earth. Satan knew that his power must be limited, and finally taken away, if the plan of salvation should be carried out. He knew that if Jesus should die to redeem man, his power would end after a season, and he would be destroyed. Therefore it was his studied plan to prevent, if possible, the completion of the great work which had been commenced by the Son of God. If the plan of man’s redemption should fail, he would retain the kingdom which he then claimed. And if he should succeed, he flattered himself that he would reign in opposition to the God of heaven (Redemption: or The First Advent of Christ, pages 50, 51).{5BC 1119.12}

Her viste Satan Jesus verdens riger. De blev bragt frem i det mest attraktive lys. Han gav dem til Jesus hvis Han vil tilbede ham. Han fortalte Jesus at han ville opgive hans krav på jordens ejendomme. Satan vidste at hans kræfter måtte begrænses, og til sidst tages bort, hvis frelsesplanen skulle gennemføres. Han vidste at hvis Jesus skulle dø for at genløse menneskene, ville hans kraft afslutte om en sund, og han ville udslettes. Derfor var det hans tilsigtede plan at forhindre, hvis det var muligt, fuldendelsen af det store arbejde som Guds Søn havde begyndt. Hvis menneskets genløsningsplan svigtede, ville han bibeholde det rige som han gjorde krav på. Og hvis han havde heldet med sig, smigrede han sig selv med at han ville regere opposition til himlens Gud. (Genløsningen, eller Kristi første komme, s. 50, 51).