The Church Is the Community of the Reclaimed Kingdom of Israel

The idea is that both jesus himself and then the church is a fulfilment of the hebrew bible promise. This is, you might say, the opening up of the jewish community to the gentiles. And so the church becomes the community that gathers around the memory of jesus,. hopefully lives in the spirit of jesUS. That's attractive, i think, that's the best way to draw that a connection - or make that leap.