Thousands of Jewish prayers for the Messiah to come were answered.  Jesus was the answer to their prayers as well as the biggest mega-dose of “Thy Kingdom come” in history.  Talk about seeing the Kingdom come, can you say JESUS?  Right before their eyes, the power, presence, authority, rule and order of Heaven on earth were embodied in the Christ!  However, they had prayed from a different and specific expectation.  They prayed for a Messiah who would improve their customs and culture and cause them to rise to the top in power and politics.  They weren’t praying for their beliefs, priorities, traditions and life-style norms to be disturbed or destroyed.  They were thoroughly shaken, agitated and stirred up about this religious shift from regimen to relationship, and they definitely didn’t want relationship with this Jesus.

The thing about seeing “Thy Kingdom Come” is that it carries the order and priorities of God, even if that shocks or contradicts or shakes current theology, current cultures, current belief-systems or even our interpretation of “Church”.  Those three words, “Thy Kingdom Come”, give God access to every level of our lives that must change to align with His Kingdom.  Just as He sent the Last Adam, the Redeemer to bring His original intent and order of the garden into reach once again, so He intends to bring our core values into His original intent and order.  That will mean major shaking in our thinking, in our conditions, in our priorities and in our earth . . . as it is in heaven.        

(This is the last excerpt from Kathy’s article “Thy Kingdom Come“ which was published in SEEC Magazine [Marty and Kathy’s ministry magazine]. More excerpts will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Previous excerpts may be read by scrolling down this page.)

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