"Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I give you praise, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike." (Luke 10: 21).
Abba Father has revealed the mysteries of the Kingdom to the childlike. What are these mysteries? Since Jesus spoke incessantly about the Kingdom of God in His public ministry, may be these mysteries have to do with the inner workings of the Kingdom.
What do we know about the Kingdom? The Kingdom is already here and now. The seed of the Kingdom is in the Church. Jesus Christ is the King of the Universe and we know His Kingdom is everlasting. Citizens of that Kingdom will be anointed by the Spirit of the LORD: a Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, a Spirit of counsel and of strength, a Spirit of knowledge and of fear of the Lord, and all shall delight in the fear of the Lord.
We know too that in that Kingdom, there will be no death, sickness, wars, hunger, any type of weather catastrophes, etc. Isaiah captures the perfect peace and serenity that will permeate life in the future Kingdom in these verses:
"Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat; the calf and the young lion shall browse together, with a little child to guide them. The cow and the bear shall graze, together their young shall lie down; the lion shall eat hay like the ox. The baby shall play by the viper’s den, and the child lay his hand on the adder’s lair.
(Isaiah 11: 6 - 10).
When you pray "Thy Kingdom Come!" you understand that
Yes, it is the Father's gracious will to give us such a wonderful Kingdom. (Cf Luke 10: 21).
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