Question 113

Modern Adaptation

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Scriptural References

Matthew 6:10 (ESV)

¹⁰Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Psalm 68:1-18 (ESV)

¹God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered; and those who hate him shall flee before him! ²As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away; as wax melts before fire, so the wicked shall perish before God! ³But the righteous shall be glad; they shall exult before God; they shall be jubilant with joy! ⁴Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the LORD; exult before him! ⁵Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation. ⁶God settles the solitary in a home; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land. ⁷O God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness, ⁸the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel. ⁹Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad; you restored your inheritance as it languished; ¹⁰your flock found a dwelling in it; in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy. ¹¹The Lord gives the word; the women who announce the news are a great host: ¹²“The kings of the armies—they flee, they flee!” The women at home divide the spoil— ¹³though you men lie among the sheepfolds— the wings of a dove covered with silver, its pinions with shimmering gold. ¹⁴When the Almighty scatters kings there, let snow fall on Zalmon. ¹⁵O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan; O many-peaked mountain, mountain of Bashan! ¹⁶Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain, at the mount that God desired for his abode, yes, where the LORD will dwell forever? ¹⁷The chariots of God are twice ten thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary. ¹⁸You ascended on high, leading a host of captives in your train and receiving gifts among men, even among the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.

Romans 10:1 (ESV)

¹Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.

2 Thessalonians 3:1 (ESV)

¹Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you,

Matthew 9:37-38 (ESV)

³⁷Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; ³⁸therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

Revelation 22:20 (ESV)

²⁰He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!

Traditional Formulation

Question: What do we pray for in the second petition?

Answer: In the second petition, which is “Thy kingdom come,” we pray that satan’s kingdom may be destroyed, and that the kingdom of grace may be advanced; ourselves and others brought into it, and kept in it, and that the kingdom of glory may be hastened.

Adaptation Commentary

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