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Thy Kingdom Come. Thy Kingdom Come. The phrase “kingdom of God” occurs 68 times in 10 different New Testament books People in the Kingdom are influenced by the governing reign of the King. The Kingdom of God.
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Thy Kingdom Come The phrase “kingdom of God” occurs 68 times in 10 different New Testament books People in the Kingdom are influenced by the governing reign of the King
The Kingdom of God The visible and physical reign of Jesus during the millennium after the second coming. The perfect universal reign of God in Heaven after the last judgment
The Kingdom Come • Anticipating the Kingdom This is a revolutionary prayer
Matthew 9:35 “And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction”
Matthew 6:33 “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”
Isaiah 65:25 “The wolf and the lamb shall graze together; the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and dust shall be the serpent's food.They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain,”
The Kingdom Come • Anticipating the Kingdom This is a revolutionary prayer
Isaiah 65:20 “No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, Or an old man who does not live out his days;”
Isaiah 65:19 “I will rejoice in Jerusalemand be glad in my people;no more shall be heard in it the sound of weepingand the cry of distress.”
Thy Kingdom Come • Anticipating the Kingdom This is a revolutionary prayer 2. Representing the KingdomThis is a transforming prayer
Thy Kingdom Come God seeks to establish His Kingdom on Earth through human representation
Thy Kingdom Come • Jesus has inaugurated the Kingdom • Jesus is using the church to usher in the Kingdom • Jesus will finalize the Kingdom
Thy Kingdom Come God seeks to establish His Kingdom on Earth through human representation
Isaiah 35:5-6 “Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped;then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing for joy.”
Matthew 10:6-8 “but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And proclaim as you go, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers,cast out demons.”
Thy Kingdom Come God seeks to establish His Kingdom on Earth through human representation
Thy Kingdom Come • Anticipating the KingdomThis is a revolutionary prayer 2. Representing the KingdomThis is a transforming prayer 3. Proclaiming the KingdomThis is a missionary prayer
Matthew 24:14 “And this Gospel of the Kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all the nations”
Romans 5:10 “For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.”
C. S. Lewis “I did not then see what is now the most shining and obvious thing; the Divine humility which will accept a convert even on such terms. The Prodigal Son at least walked home on his own feet. But who can duly adore that Love which will open the high gates to a prodigal who is brought in kicking, struggling, resentful, and darting his eyes in every direction for a chance of escape?... The hardness of God is kinder than the softness of men, and His compulsion is our liberation“.
Isaiah 65:17 “For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth,and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.”
Isaiah65:24 ”Before they call I will answer; while they are yet speaking I will hear”
The Kingdom Come Anticipate it, because we are children of the King Represent it, because we are ambassadors of the King Proclaim it, because we are advocates of the King