Luke 4:1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
Under no circumstances is Christ going to eat, or provide bread outside of His Father’s will. And He is not going to almost eat bread either. His response is a firm, and non-negotiable no, Period! When we too, find ourselves between a rock and a hard place, and satan comes peddling alternatives that are contrary to God’s revealed will, like Jesus, we are to say a firm non-negotiable no, and let the chips fall where they may.
[Confrontation pp 55] After Satan had ended his temptations, he departed from Jesus for a little season. The foe was conquered, but the conflict had been long and exceedingly trying, and Christ was exhausted and fainting. He fell upon the ground as though dying. Heavenly angels who had bowed before Him in the royal courts, now came and ministered unto Him. They prepared Him food and strengthened Him, for He lay as one dead.
The mark of the beast is scheduled to put the saints between a rock and a hard place, and like Jesus, we too will have the promises of God at our backs, but the waiting period for fulfillment might be open- ended in some instances. The faith of Jesus and the patience of the saints that we read about in Revelation 14, is not your ordinary, or generic type of faith. It is the most radical form of trusting in God with no holds barred, no deadlines, and no ultimatums.
Revelation 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!