... made the empirical church virtually dispensable as an agent of divine mission, and in some cases even a hindrance.... (christianitytoday.com)
However, the modern return of the Jews to Zion («his mountain») requires rethinking the divine mission of dwelling in God's land. (religion-online.org)
If Israel views itself as caretaker of the land — its divine mission, in Buber's view — whose owner always makes space for those who need it (for those who choose to live with the same inclusive spirit), the religious precept of imitatio dei would require us as Jews to share that space, even the holy city of Jerusalem, to make it a «divine place» — the place «God intended to have made of it.» (religion-online.org)