God's Kingdom

Jesus taught his disciples to pray thy kingdom come when he taught them The Lord’s Prayer. To understand the meaning and purpose of it, we must examine what Jesus meant when He instructed them to say, "thy kingdom come"! To begin, let us look at the meaning of the word ‘kingdom’. It comes from the Greek word ‘basilica,’ which means ‘royal palace.’ A quick search of the Bible reveals that it occurs 162 times in the New Testament alone. The Kingdom of God is the rule and the dominion of God, as the Creator of the Universe,