The promised return of Michael after his bestowal on Urantia = Maitreya, the future Buddha whose arrival will renew the Dharma

Mahayana and Theravada traditions agree on the coming of Maitreya, the future Buddha whose arrival will renew the teaching and usher in a new age. Jesus' teaching in the Gospels, expanded in the UB, includes the promise of his return to complete the work begun in the bestowal life. Both traditions preserve the same structure: a spiritual figure whose mission is understood to be partial, and whose return will complete what was started. The pattern may reflect a broader pre-Christian expectation, present throughout Asia, that monotheistic reformers consistently pointed toward a future consummation.