The arc of Peter’s story from declaring Jesus as Messiah to denying him three times over to being restored by the resurrected Jesus is a window into the story of the Church itself – past, present, and future. Bumbling and broken, God has reclaimed and restored His people for the purpose of remembering and putting into practice the death and resurrection of Jesus. Ultimately, the Church becomes the geography in which God joins heaven and earth, fulfilling the prayer of Jesus that the kingdom come on earth as it is in Heaven.