Peter’s argument in his first letter is that everything is already looking towards, and participating in the dawning. The salvation light has already been given, and even as the prophets saw that light coming- having already received the spirit of Christ in them, by which they saw that future plan and action-so we having the Holy Spirit in us, can see the spiritual continuum–the stream of God’s plans. We can already be knowing that He is returning. We base our actions on earth, upon standing in this continuum. We act accordingly–in short, we live according to our amount of vision. It is because we have a clear view of what is to come, and we ourselves are living proof , and a continuation, of what came before us, that what is to come, is already pressing in on us. Peter’s basic argument in this epistle is that there is throughout history a spiritual continuum, and that if we live in this continuum, we will be able to make sense of our lives.