Disclaimer: this post discusses a comic rated T+ Previously, we saw T’Challa’s bout with temptation by Mephisto, Marvel’s version of Satan, at the start of Christopher Priest’s run on Black Panther (vol. 3). This time, we’ll look more at T’Challa’s confrontation with Mephisto and how he succeeds in beating him in Black Panther (vol. 3) #5. It turns out that Mephisto’s whole plan was to try and make a deal for T’Challa’s soul because T’Challa has a noble soul. Mephisto continues to try different tactics and make different deals with T’Challa for this valuable prize.
The first is that T’Challa is a good man. This sacrifice is very similar to what Paul states in Romans 9:3: For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my own people, my kindred according to the flesh. Paul says this out of love for his people. He is saying that if he could sacrifice himself for the sake of others knowing Christ Jesus the way he does, he would do it. T'Challa gets the opportunity to do that here. Would that we all could be so bold. The second reason is that T’Challa knows he is not alone. Thanks to the heart-shaped herb, T’Challa is connected to the panther god Bast, as well as all the other Black Panthers that have come before him, as discussed in the post on Baptism. We too are not alone. We are bound to the Holy Spirit through Baptism, binding ourselves to Christ Jesus and uniting us to each other. Even though we might not always feel this way, in our battles with evil, we always have the support and presence of God with us.
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