[3] While wandering and praying in the desert, Yeshua finds himself unable to speak with his father and questions his plan for him, while he is frequently taunted by a Demon, who assumes his appearance.

The Demon reveals to Yeshua that he can see the future, but whenever he intervenes he cannot predict the outcome, and his frustration to understand his father's plan, as he keeps restarting the universe only with little differences.

The boy tells Yeshua of his conflict between appeasing his father and his desire to leave the desert and see Jerusalem.

On February 1, 2014, the cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki told Deadline Hollywood that he was going to work on a film in the desert with his friend Rodrigo García and Ewan McGregor.

Davey and Zach Seivers completed the original sound design and mix as well as the Dolby Atmos remix.

Skip Lievsay, who won the Academy Award for Best Sound for his work on Gravity, served as a mentor to Davey and Seivers for the Atmos remix.

The site's critics consensus reads, "Last Days in the Desert offers enough stately grandeur and spiritual exploration to offset an occasionally ambiguous narrative.