The inclination to do things which are known to be wrong or unhelpful, particularly the desire to resist what God wants. In the Garden of EdenGarden of Eden Original idyllic home of humankind at the creation, which was thought be located in Mesopotamia. the Devil in the form of the serpent tempted Eve to disobey God by eating from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. The Gospels describe how the Devil tempted JesusJesus (Greek form of Hebrew 'Joshua' meaning 'Yahweh [God] is salvation') Also given the title Christ, meaning 'anointed one' or Messiah. His life is recorded mainly in the Four Gospels although he is also mentioned by the Jewish historian Josephus (c. 37-c.100) and the Roman historian Tacitus (c.110). in the wildernessWilderness In the Bible and in Christian spirituality the wilderness can be both a place of trial and tribulation and of encounter with God..