Sixth, the evangelists, in telling the story of Jesus as the climax of Israel’s story, are thereby implicitly saying that this story is not the absolute end. It cannot be. It is, rather, that which enables the final end now to come into sight. It is the end of the central section of the story, which brings it into its home straight, though not yet to the finishing-line itself. There is now a further task, that of bringing the world into subjection to its creator, through the redeemed Israel; and this further task is as yet unrealized.
