Is Jesus' defeat of Satan merely an allegory to the ability of mankind to rise above their animal nature?

Question

For example, it is enough to not commit adultery, you must also not even think about it.

Resist hunger (temptations of Jesus in the wilderness)

Resist the desire for power (same as above)

Basically, resist egoism in a sense.

Jesus seems to be telling us we need all to be altruists.

That is to be like God is to be like Jesus. Jesus apparently was supposed to rise above his passions.

No wife, no kids to speak of, denied himself of wealth, etc.

I think Jesus is the Jewish Plato.

Deny yourself and pick up the cross, that is, deny your human nature and strive to be this idea of God.

At least that is how Paul portrays him.

What do you all think?

Answer 1

It is easy to discern many lessons from Jesus, and from all the circumstances surrounding his defeat of Satan. Interestingly, the very first prophecy in the Bible refers to Jesus' impalement and human death at the hands of Satanic forces, and that same prophecy goes on to foretell Jesus' fatal deathblow against Satan (see Gen 3:15).

Yet the frankness with which the Bible discusses Satan's demise seems to refer to a real person who will really have an end.. ..