" But if Jesus is raised from the dead, then the scriptures have reached their goal in him, and it’s now time for the moment the psalmists and prophets longed to see, when the nations of the earth will bring their treasures in loyalty and obedience to God’s anointed king, Israel’s Messiah. The "

― N.T. Wright , Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church