Status Updates From Exile: A Conversation with ...

...to say the kingdom has drawn near is to make a christological claim; it is to say the kingdom is now present in Jesus. (McKnight, 216)

Jesus told the parable of the good Samaritan to demonstrate that a neighbor was every fellow human being, precisely because the eschatological promise was that YHWH was becoming king of the entire world. (Wright, 51)

The prophets...interpreted the exile as the punishment for Israel's sin; the end of exile would, therefore, be "the forgiveness of sins." It would mean Israel's redemption, evil's defeat, and YHWH's return. (Wright, 45)