A selfportrait “Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. ‘All this I will give you,’ he said, ‘if you will bow down and worship me.’ Jesus said to him, ‘Away from me, Satan! For it is written: Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’” — Matthew 4:8–10 This piece captures the moment of divine defiance when Jesus, standing above the world’s temptations, chose obedience over glory. Satan offers power, riches, and empires in exchange for a single bow. But Jesus, grounded in truth, rejects it all.