Thus, in the act of baptism and the affirmation of the Father, we have Jesus presented as the Davidic king who inaugurates God’s kingdom, the suffering servant and representative of his people, and the “Son” of God both functionally and ontologically. That Jesus realized he was fulfilling God’s promises and bringing with him the messianic age, at least from the time of his baptism, should not be disputed. As Wells comments: “It was visibly signaled and audibly declared. And the Synoptic authors plainly