Three Areas of Temptation

There are three areas of temptation that can kill the witness of God. They are "Egypt," "Sodom," and "Jerusalem."
Egypt represents the antichrist spirit of the world.
Sodom represents the lusts of our flesh.
Jerusalem represents self-will in religion.
Let's consider the first area—the antichrist spirit of the world.
The earth and its resources, the world, and they who live therein, are of God. They were created by Him and belong to Him.
However, the spirit of the world is not good. It is evil. It is filled with the antichrist spirit. It is against Christ. Whoever loves the world spirit is the enemy of God.
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does—comes not from the Father but from the world. The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever. (I John 15-17)
This is why Christians in the United States have such a difficult time trying to serve the Lord. The values of the world are impressed on us continually by the television, the Internet, and the newspapers.