12/12/2023
"The New Testament, true to its Old Testament roots, regularly insists that the major central, framing question is that of God’s purpose of rescue and recreation for the whole world, the entire cosmos. The destiny of individual human beings must be understood within that context — not simply in the sense that we are only part of a much larger picture but also in the sense that part of the whole point of being saved in the present is so that we can play a vital role . . . within that larger picture and purpose. . . .
The question ought to be:
How will God’s new creation come? and then, How will we humans contribute to that renewal of creation and to the fresh projects that the creator God will launch in his new world?"
- Wright, Surprised by Hope, 184-85.