Editing Jewish eschatology (section)

===Early Second Temple period (516 BCE – c.220 BCE)===
{{Main|Second Temple period}}
Early in the Second Temple period hopes for a better future are described in the Jewish scriptures.<ref name="ZW" /> After the return from the Babylonian exile, [[Cyrus the Great]] was called "[[Messiah in Judaism|messiah]]" in Isaiah, due to his role in the return of the Jews exiles.<ref name="ZW" />