Sort of, Kind of, Like A Trial By Ordeal (a process of ascension)
There are over three hundred ascending stages of belief through proof¹ involved in the forty days temptation test². It is administered by a Godlike being of incredible power, intelligence, and a sense of humor.

 

[1] How do you convince a well grounded person that they are the most impossible thing that there ever could be?

[2] It's not a test nor could anyone ever fail it. I simply feared not, tried to do the right thing, and fought on. I didn't make the association with the Bible's Forty Days until well after it was over.

"How high would you ascend? Is your concept of God big enough? I've come here to expand it!"