Bird argues that Jesus was attempting to achieve and enact the
restoration of Israel, and in continuity with other strands of
Jewish belief, Jesus conceived of the restoration of Israel as
resulting in the salvation of the gentiles. Jesus' mission was
Israel-centric, but he espoused a view of restoration that was
indebted to certain strands of Israel's sacred traditions where the
gentiles are implicit beneficiaries of Israel's salvation. Since
this restoration was already being partially realized in Jesus'
ministry, it was becoming possible for gentiles to begin sharing in
Israel's salvation in the present. Additionally, Jesus understood
himself and his followers to be the new temple and the vanguard of
the restored Israel who would appropriate for themselves the role
of Israel and the temple in being a light to the nations. Thus, a
gentile mission has its germinal roots in the aims and intentions
of Jesus and was developed in a transformed situation by adherents
of the early Christian movement.
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