Thy Kingdom Come
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We pray because we sense a deep need in our faith for intimacy with our Creator.
One illustration that modern Bible interpreters use to describe the mysterious already-but-not-yet nature of God’s reign is the distinction between “D-Day,” the operation whereby the Allied forces in World War II secured a foothold in France in 1944, and “V-E Day,” or “Victory in Europe Day,” which came some eleven months later when Nazi Germany offered its unconditional surrender.27 Historians looking back now recognize that the war was effectively won when the Allies landed on Normandy’s beaches. The D-Day invasion hearkened the end of the Nazi regime, even though the death camps kept running and many more lives of combatants and civilians alike were lost before Germany’s surrender in May of the following year.His kingdom is established as His will is being done. Thy Kingdom come-Thy will be done.
Aorist Imperative- A decision that leads to a long term commitment. You are compelled to a choice.
Aorist Imperative- A decision that leads to a long term commitment. You are compelled to a choice.
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
Let Your glory be above all the earth.
Be exalted, O God, above the highest heavens!
May your glory shine over all the earth.
The Greek word that Mark and the other Gospel writers use to summarize Jesus’ message—basileia—is probably better translated with a word that indicates activity. A word like “rule,” “reign,” or even “kingship” is closer to the original meaning of basileia—which means that when Jesus says “the kingdom of God has come near,” He is proclaiming that God is asserting His rule in the world in and through Jesus’ ministry. Jesus is heralding the fact that God—like a king who has been abroad and absent from his native land—finally is returning to take back His throne.
“But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come to you” (Luke 11:20). Where you see people being delivered from oppression, in other words, there you see God’s reign in action. Jesus made His followers into emissaries of God’s saving rule; “he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal” (Luke 9:2). Where you see healing and the restoration of what sin and death have disfigured, there you see God’s kingship displayed.
We are not trying to convince God to do something He would not do.
We are not trying to convince God to do something He would not do.
Our prayers change us- Not God
Our prayers change us- Not God
Thy will be done is the same prayer Jesus prayed in the Garden- Word for Word!
Thy will be done is the same prayer Jesus prayed in the Garden- Word for Word!
As we live out His will for us and declare His will over our world, His Kingdom continues to be established.
As we live out His will for us and declare His will over our world, His Kingdom continues to be established.
But the Lord continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers,
and is faithful to their descendants,
to those who keep his covenant,
who are careful to obey his commands.
The Lord has established his throne in heaven;
his kingdom extends over everything.
Praise the Lord, you angels of his,
you powerful warriors who carry out his decrees
and obey his orders!
Praise the Lord, all you warriors of his,
you servants of his who carry out his desires!
Praise the Lord, all that he has made,
in all the regions of his kingdom!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
For no word from God shall be void of power. And Mary said, Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.