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Today's Turning Point with Dr. David Jeremiah

The Right to Rule

August 12, 2025

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Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Matthew 6:10

Jesus taught His disciples to pray that God’s Kingdom would come and would be realized “on earth as it is in heaven.” “Kingdom” can be understood in two different ways in Scripture. 
 
First, a kingdom can represent a geographical domain such as “the kingdom of Judah” (2 Chronicles 11:17). Christ’s Millennial Kingdom will one day cover the entire earth and will therefore be a physical Kingdom. Second, kingdom can refer to the right to rule rather than a place to rule. Psalm 22:28 says, “The kingdom is the Lord’s, and He rules over the nations.” Jesus told a parable about a noble who traveled to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself—meaning he was given the right to rule over an area by a higher authority (Luke 19:12). And when Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, He said, “The kingdom of God is within [or among] you” (Luke 17:20-21). 
 
Yes, pray for God’s physical Kingdom to be established on earth as it is in heaven. But until that happens, also pray for His right to rule to be established in your heart. 
 
Before we can pray, “Lord, Thy kingdom come,” we must be willing to pray, “My Kingdom go.”
Alan Redpath

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