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An Earthly Promise
Thy kingdom come, upon earth as it is in heaven…UPON EARTH. Here Jesus speaks of
an earthly kingdom, as well as one in heaven. Where did the promise of a kingdom on
earth, as well as in heaven come from?
We can trace this promise all they way back to Abraham. God had told him “in thy seed
shall all the families of the earth be blessed…In blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying
I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven…and as the sand upon the seashore.”
(Genesis 12:3; 22:17) The Gospel, which God preached to Abraham (Galatians 3:8) was
about a kingdom which has two parts: one likened to the sand, that is, a kingdom on
earth, and one likened to the stars, a kingdom in heaven.
Jesus had come to begin the fulfillment of that promise, for he was the promised “seed”
of Abraham. Jesus invited his disciples to become part of the seed of Abraham – the
Kingdom in heaven. And so Paul also tells us that, “if ye be Christ’s then are ye
Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.” (Galatians 3:29) It is this
heavenly seed that will bless all the families of the earth.