What does the second petition mean?
Text: CRC/RCA 2011 · Read it at the source
“Your kingdom come” means: Rule us by your Word and Spirit in such a way that more and more we submit to you. Preserve your church and make it grow. Destroy the devil’s work; destroy every force which revolts against you and every conspiracy against your holy Word. Do this until your kingdom fully comes, when you will be all in all.
Scripture proofs
- 1
- Ps. 119:5, 105; 143:10; Matt. 6:33
- 2
- Ps. 122:6-9; Matt. 16:18; Acts 2:42-47
- 3
- Rom. 16:20; 1 John 3:8
- 4
- Rom. 8:22-23; 1 Cor. 15:28; Rev. 22:17, 20