“Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” (Matthew 6:10)

Jesus taught His followers to pray for the very thing the prophets foretold: the coming of God’s kingdom on earth. 

Jesus did not teach about a coming escape from the earth, but the heavenly invasion of it. 

Not merely an invisible reign in the hearts of believers, but the full execution of God’s will, justice, righteousness, and peace, within all of creation itself.

This prayer is apocalyptic. It longs for the day when the Messiah will sit on David’s throne, judge the nations, and restore all things (Isaiah 9:6–7; Acts 3:21).

Jesus never contradicts biblical, Jewish expectations; He confirms them. -Joel Richardson