And so, when our Lord prays "thy kingdom come" he is asking that we pray that his kingdom, which is not a p[resent reality, come in its fullness at some point yet ahead in the future. I’ll take it one step further- I’ll bet it was a personal story the preacher told on himself. What is the most memorable sermon illustration you’ve ever heard? ... Thy Kingdom Come. "Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." ... “God I pray that you would use this sermon to draw people to faith in Christ, but your will be done.” ... We pray that his kingdom would come in the lives of those who are currently in rebellion against the one true and righteous king. It is mentioned dozens of …

Thy Kingdom Come commits the Church to share the joy and the beauty of Jesus Christ / Venha o Teu Reino compromete a Igreja a partilhar a alegria e a beleza de Cristo.' Sermon Series contributed by Jeff Strite. Thy Kingdom Come. And if you missed the last one, don’t worry because each sermon in this series will be totally “self-contained” and understood easily by itself. The kingdom of God was something the Jews were expecting. 'Celebrating Thy Kingdom Come the Church proclaims Christ’s hope to a world in need / Celebrando Venhoa o Teu Reino a Igreja proclama a Esperança de Cristo a um mundo necessitado. And when we pray, "thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven", we are saying to God, "Even so, Lord Jesus, come."

The kingdom of God was central to the teaching and mission of Jesus. So when Jesus, in the Sermon on the Mount, teaches His disciples to pray, “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven,” there is a lot of Old Testament background to this concept. Those influenced by dispensationalism, with its untenable doctrine of a pre-tribulational rapture, anticipate the removal of believers from the earth before the great seven-year tribulation period supposedly begins. We pray that the kingdom of God may be expanded from heaven to earth, that his will be done here just as it is done there. So praying for the kingdom to come is more than saying words. It is an open invitation to God to do His will in your life at whatever the cost, because you are living for one thing: to see the kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven. I’m pretty confident that the first thing that came to mind was a story.

Benjamin Hutson. “Thy Kingdom Come” In our last message for this series, we talked about the invocation and the first petition of the Lords’ Prayer.