Posted on 05/20/2019 3:53:06 AM PDT by metmom
“‘“Your kingdom come’’” (Matthew 6:10).
“Kingdom” is not so much a geographical territory as it is a sovereign dominion. When Christians pray “Your kingdom come,” they are asking God to rule through Christ’s future enthronement, His coming reign over the earth. The Greek for “come” indicates a sudden, instantaneous coming and here refers to the coming millennial kingdom (Rev. 20:4). Jesus is not speaking of some indirect effort by human good works to create a godly society on earth.
God’s coming kingdom will be a kingdom on earth but not a kingdom of this present world system. Jesus told Pontius Pilate, “My kingdom is not of this world” (John 18:36). No human kingdom fits with God’s, which is why even the best measures to improve society are mere holding actions that only retard sinful corruption until Christ returns to establish His perfect kingdom.
Jesus came to “preach the kingdom of God” (Luke 4:43), and there is no other gospel but the good news of His kingdom. Even during His final days on earth He was faithful to teach the apostles things concerning that kingdom (Acts 1:3).
Yes, the kingdom has a past element that encompasses the Old Testament patriarchs (Matt. 8:11). The kingdom was also present during Jesus’ earthly ministry because He, its king, was “in [people’s] midst” (Luke 17:21). In a sense that is true today as believers are members of God’s invisible kingdom. But the particular focus of our prayers regarding the kingdom should be future, as we hope for the visible one to come.
Ask Yourself
What will you miss the least about earthly life when the fullness of His kingdom becomes your forever reality? Doesn’t that give you something to really look forward to? Let the genuine hope of this occurrence bolster your hope as you live through the coming day.
Studying God’s Word ping
I will miss least the LIES. I will miss LEAST the entire world constructed out of nothing but LIES and B/S.
Next to that, I will miss LEAST all those people selling those lies and selling the things of this world built out of lies.
What an incredible load will be lifted off us when God ushers in His world of Truth and Substance and Righteousness.
I like Dr. Michael Heiser’s description regarding God’s kingdom being here:
Already, but not yet. It’s been here since Jesus’ Resurrection, but it has not been completed.
Almost 95% of what encompasses this present hell-hole of a world will not have a place in The Lord’s Kingdom.
Lies, strife, drama, wars, weapons, politicians, egos, money, and just about every other insanity that mankind has invented with the help of demons.
We can’t even begin to envision what His Kingdom will look like and be. Seeing through the glass dimly.
Well said. Amen.
The kingdom came on the day of pentecost but Jesus said you must
be born of the spirit to see it, so we have been living in the
kigdom for almost two thousand years.
I think we are awaiting the harvest at the end of the world when
the elements melt with feverent heat, where the saved and unsaved
go then is beyond my imagination.
It can sort of be likened to the advent of a brick building: all the materials for the project are brought to the site of the project, then are combined in such a way that a new creation emerges in a totality.
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