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Old 10-16-2006, 06:39 PM
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I am not sure about the programmatic shcema, but certainly the third temptation leaves Satan at the temple in Jerusalem awaiting another season. Jerusalem fulfils a dual purpose in NT theology, an idealist centre as the fulfilment of God's redemptive purpose and a realist force of opposition to the kingdom of God.
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