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- Embed this notice@mimorinka @Omega_Variant @latein >even a most faithful person couldn't stand against fear of hunger
Speaking for myself, I think that was part of the point. Hebrews 4:15 says "we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin". This is a reassurance to me. If I am hungry, even if I starve to death in the wilderness, I will know that I am not outside God's care.
From another perspective, I can never say "I am suffering. God has never known what it is to suffer like this, because whenever he was hungry he turned rocks to bread. He does not understand the difficulty of what he asks of me. He is an unjust God, and he is treating me unjustly, he is not worthy of my worship". Jesus does know what it is like to suffer, and to bear it far better than I.
If you have not read it, you may be interested in Dostoevsky's "The Grand Inquisitor", which includes a lot about the temptations. He argues that Christ's rejection of the temptations was related to the "freedom" aspect of salvation, and that the salvation Christ offers us is better than what would have come through accepting the temptations.