This distinction between the faithful and the eschatological remnants is helpful and relevant in another sense. Whereas the eschatological remnant is of necessity inclusive in that it is not only composed solely of the faithful but consists of all the faithful at the end of time, the faithful remnant, in contrast, features a tension between exclusivism and non-exclusivism, a tension that is exhibited in the post-exilic community’s remnant self-understanding. On the one hand, as the exclusive heirs