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At this point in the story, T'Challa has come to the States to investigate the murder of a young girl at one of his charities. Unfortunately between tracking down the girl's murderer and the unrest going on in Wakanada, T'Challa's enemies, led by the villain Achebe, take over his country and exile him to America. Behind these enemies is Mephisto, who makes his move mentally against T'Challa in this issue. Mephisto tries to put T'Challa off-balance by creating visions that make T'Challa jump back and forth in his memories. In one of these moments, T'Challa is back in time with his ex-fiancée Monica Lynne, an American singer who once saved T'Challa's life. It is at this point that Mephisto tells T'Challa all his problems in Wakanda can go away, if only T'Challa agrees to serve Mephisto. All of us face temptation from time to time, especially in our lowest moments. Temptation is part of being human. In fact, Jesus also faced temptations, one in particular being similar to what T'Challa deals with here. In Matthew 4:1-11 and Luke 4:1-13, Satan tempts Jesus by offering to make him the ruler over all nations, and all Jesus has to do in return is worship the devil.
Neither Jesus nor T'Challa accept the evil one's offer. T'Challa, however, is shaken by Mephisto's visions just as we are often disturbed by our own bouts of spiritual warfare in our lives. T'Challa's path through his trials by Mephisto is to realize he his not alone. That will be the focus of the next two posts, starting with Baptism in the Black Panther film and ending with T'Challa's victory over Mephisto in Black Panther (vol. 3) #5. Disclaimer: unless otherwise stated, the majority of images produced here are not owned or created by me. Commenting is encouraged. Please use discretion leaving comments below, letting the love of God guide you.
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