King and Servant
Following his baptism, the voice from Heaven identified Jesus as God’s Son and the ‘Suffering Servant of the LORD’ . The promises of God are fulfilled in Jesus, the Son of God, who was sent to redeem Israel and “ to shepherd the nations .” Peter, for example, confirmed that he was the “ Messiah ” but failed to understand how Christ would undertake that role as the ‘ Servant of Yahweh <…> who carried the sins of many .”
