Confrontation - Ellen G. White

God. He had once a full appreciation of the glory
that enshrouded the Father, and knew that there
was no limit to His power.
Satan knew what he had lost. He now feared
that his empire over the world was to be contested,
his right disputed, and his power broken. He knew,
through prophecy, that a Saviour was predicted and
that His kingdom would not be established in
earthly triumph and with worldly honor and
display. He knew that ancient prophecies foretold a
kingdom to be established by the Prince of heaven
upon the earth, which he claimed as his dominion.
This kingdom would embrace all the kingdoms of
the world, and then his power and his glory would
cease and he would receive his retribution for the
sins he had introduced into the world, and for the
misery he had brought upon man. He knew that
everything which concerned his prosperity was
pending upon his success or failure in overcoming
Christ with his temptations in the wilderness. He
brought to bear upon Christ every artifice and force
of his powerful temptations to allure Him from His
allegiance.
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