123. What is the second petition?
“Thy kingdom come” that is, so govern us by Thy Word and Spirit, that we submit ourselves to Thee always more and more;[1] preserve and increase Thy Church;[2] destroy the works of the devil, every power that exalts itself against Thee, and all wicked devices formed against Thy Holy Word,[3] until the fullness of Thy kingdom come,[4] wherein Thou shalt be all in all.[5]
[1]Ps. 119:5; 143:10. [2]Ps. 51:18; 122:6-7. [3]I Jn. 3:8; Rom. 16:20. [4]Rev. 22:17, 20; Rom. 8:22-23. [5]I Cor. 15:28; *Ps. 102:12-13; *Heb. 12:28; *Rev. 11:15; *I Cor. 15:24.
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