Ques. 20.-What kingdom is meant in the prayer the Lord taught His disciples?

Ans.-It is the Father who is addressed in that prayer, and the kingdom therefore is His. But this does not seem to be in contrast with the kingdom of the Son of man, but rather with that of man and Satan as then existing. In Matt. 13:41, 43, we have the two expressions, "His kingdom" (of the Son of man) and kingdom of their Father, put closely together. The kingdom of the Father is a wider expression, aud links with eternity. Thus, in the petition the desire is for the Father in heaven's kingdom, rather than man's. That petition will be realized in the Millennium, when the Son shall have received the kingdom from the Father, but goes on fully to the eternal slate, when the Son shall have delivered it up again to the Father.