Table of Temptation

One of the goals of this series in small group is to try to show how the scriptures tie together.  Below is a table that illustrates the parallels of the temptation of Adam & Eve, Israel in the wilderness, Jesus, and Christians.  The Bible views Israel as a corporate Adam and, like Adam, Israel fails to resist temptation.  Jesus wins a victory over Satan by not succumbing to temptation.  As Jesus followers we can resist temptation and we can also take comfort by John's point in 1 John 2:1 that even if we do sin we do not face an accuser in the form of Satan, but an advocate in the form Jesus Christ.