In part 1 we learned that the Kingdom of God was a concept in Second Temple Judaism, the religion of Jesus' day, that was understood by the Jewish people. We saw that Moses states that God will reign forever and ever (Exod. 15:18). Thus, if God reigns, He is king. If God is King then He has a Kingdom. But, His Kingdom does not have a territory or borders or a palace or castle. In Jesus' day the Kingdom of God meant only that God rules and reigns over His creation, the heavens and the earth, the universe. It is like what the Jewish people say in their daily blessings that Adonai is King of the Universe. Here's the blessing over bread ...
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳ אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם הַמּוֹצִיא לֶחֶם מִן הָאָרֶץ
Baruch ata Adonai Eloheinu melech ha’olam hamotzi lechem min ha’aretz.
Blessed are you, Lord our God, KING of the universe who brings forth bread from the earth.
So, in the first century A.D. in Israel, God's Kingdom was and is and will always be. So, as we continue to study the phrase in Matt. 6:10, "Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven," we ask then if His Kingdom was and is and will always be why are we praying that His Kingdom should come? Are we missing something? Again, we are. We are disconnected from how the disciples of Jesus understood the Kingdom of God 2000 years ago when Jesus taught this prayer. We need again to reconnect to those days to expand our understanding of the Lord's Prayer and what it all means to them and to us today.
I mentioned I would link several articles that are examples of my resources that I have accessed to develop these podcasts on the Lord's Prayer and on the Kingdom of the Lord. These links are shown below. The links that have a "*" before them will take you to the website www.JerusalemPerspective.com
which has an annual fee to access the entire article and the remaining 100's of articles available from highly credible Christian and Jewish scholars. I highly recommend this website for any of you who are serious students of the Bible. This is one resource that is worth paying the annual fee for real scholarship and study.
* The Kingdom of God: God’s Power Among Believers. Robert L. Lindsey
https://www.jerusalemperspective.com/2445/
* Literary Languages in the Time of Jesus. Shmuel Safrai
https://www.jerusalemperspective.com/2563/
* Jesus and the Oral Torah: The Unutterable Name of God. David Biven.
https://www.jerusalemperspective.com/2087/
* The Lord's Prayer. David Biven.
https://www.jerusalemperspective.com/769/
* The Lord’s Prayer 1: Introduction. Brad Young. (Note: this is part 1 of 10)
https://www.jerusalemperspective.com/2229/
The following articles are accessed for free at the amazing website www.EnGediResourceCenter.org
including articles by Lois Tverberg on the Lord's Prayer and the Kingdom of God.
Articles on the Lord's Prayer - https://engediresourcecenter.com/tag/lords-prayer/
Rev. Ferret - who is this guy? What's his background? Why should I listen to him? Check his background at this link - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ortnret3oxcicu4/BackgrndTeacher%20mar%2025%202020.pdf?dl=0
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