““Bishop N. T. Wright of Durham has written, “The whole point of what Jesus was up to was that he was doing close up, in the present, what he was promising long-term in the future. And what he was promising for that future and doing in the present was not saving souls for a disembodied eternity but rescuing people from the corruption and decay of the way the world presently is so they could enjoy, already in the present, that renewal of creation which is God’s ultimate purpose — and so they could thus become colleagues and partners in that large project.””
![“I do not know much about this man [Jesus], but I do know that his whole life conveys one message: 'anyone at any moment can start a new future.” quote by Roger Garaudy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9f9/roger-garaudy-51039_life_i-do-not-know-much-about-this-man-jesus_822630.jpg)
![“[Jesus'] resurrection is therefore God's promise of new creation for the whole of the godforsaken reality which the crucified Jesus represents. It is therefore an event of dialectical promise: it opens up a qualitatively new future, which negates all the negatives of present experience. It opens…” quote by Richard Bauckham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dc1/richard-bauckham-18561_hope_jesus-resurrection-is-therefore-god-s-pr_566748.jpg)
