". . . Jesus" testing in the wilderness of Judea is one of the most significant indicators of His uniqueness. In fact it may not be stretching the point to say that the very purpose of the temptation narratives is to underscore His uniqueness." [1][source]
Jesus" genealogy and virgin birth prove His legal human qualification as Israel"s King. His baptism was the occasion of His divine approval. His temptation demonstrated His moral fitness to reign. The natural question a thoughtful reader of Matthew"s Gospel might ask after reading God"s attestation of His Son ( Matthew 3:17) Isaiah , Was He really that good? Jesus" three temptations prove that He was. [source][source][source]
"By the end of the baptismal pericope, the Jesus of Matthew"s story stands before the reader preeminently as the Son of God who has been empowered with the Spirit of God. So identified, Jesus is led by the Spirit into the desert to engage the devil, or Satan, in conflict in the place of his abode ( Matthew 4:1-11).... Ultimately, the substance of each test has to do with Jesus" devotion, or obedience, to God. The intent of Satan in each test is to entice Jesus to break faith with God, his Father, and thus disavow his divine sonship. Should Satan succeed at this, he succeeds in effect in destroying Jesus. In testing Jesus, Satan cunningly adopts God"s evaluative point of view according to which Jesus is his Son ( Matthew 4:3; Matthew 4:6)." [2][source]