Wright: Jesus fulfils the mission of God

In the NT this divine will to be universally known is now focused on Jesus.  It is through Jesus that God will be known to the nations.  And in knowing Jesus they will know the living God.  Jesus, in other words, fulfills the mission of the God of Israel.  Or to put it the other way round: the God of Israel, whose declared mission was to make Himself known to the nations through Israel, now wills to be known to the nations through the Messiah, the one who embodies Israel in His own person and fulfills the mission of Israel to the nations.  Thus, the fact that the NT so carefully details all the ways that Jesus shares the identity and functions of YHWH now comes into even sharper significance in this missional perspective.  For it will be precisely in knowing Jesus as Creator, Ruler, Judge and Saviour that the nations will know YHWH.  Jesus is not merely the agent through whom the knowledge of God is communicated (as any messenger might be).  He is Himself the very content of the message.  Where Jesus is preached the very glory of God shines through - 2COR.4:4-6

The Mission of God p122-123.