Peter is both reaffirming and elaborating upon a long-held Jewish conviction that the Messiah will return things “to their original state, the universal renewal of the world which reestablishes the original integrity of creation.”4 Thus, Wright argues that “it is not we who go to heaven, it is heaven that comes to earth . . . the final answer to the Lord’s prayer, that God’s kingdom will come and his will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”5
