God is not one of many gods. Rather, He is the only Creator, the only One worthy of worship. The main theme of the Torah reading עקב Ekev/Eykev (“consequence,” “because,” Deuteronomy 7:12–11:25) is explanation of the First Commandment, “Have no other God’s before me.”
And there are key lessons we can get from comparing what Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus the Christ) experienced after His baptism and during His three temptations in the wilderness with what Israel experienced between the Exodus and 40 years of judgment in the wilderness before entering the Promised Land.