After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. Matthew 6:9-13
And when He was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, He answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. Luke 17:20,21
Other references referring to the kingdom of God or kingdom of Heaven:
Belongs to the poor in spirit – Matthew 5:3
A man that sowed good seed in his field - Matthew 13:24
Mustard seed – Matthew 13:31
Leaven – Matthew 13:33
Treasure hid in a field – Matthew 13:44
A merchant man, seeking goodly pearls – Matthew 13:45
Net – Matthew 13:47
A man that is an householder bringing our treasure new and old – Matthew 13:52
King’s treatment towards debtor – Matthew 18:23
Made up of those who are like little children – Matthew 19:14
Householder hiring labourers to work in his vineyard – Matthew 20:1
A king who made a marriage feast for his son – Matthew 22:2
Wise & Foolish Virgins – Matthew 25:1-13
Man who while travelling to a far country entrusted talents to his servants – Matthew 25:14
Man who sowed seed into the ground and it grew. First the blade, then the ear – Mark 4:26
Transfiguration – Mark 9:1
Start of Jesus' ministry began – Luke 16:16
Within you – Luke 17:20,21
Not of this world – John 18:36
Righteousness, peace, joy in the Holy Ghost – Romans 14:17
In power not in word – 1 Corinthians 4:20
A sceptre of righteousness – Hebrews 1:8
In many of His parables Christ uses the expression “the kingdom of heaven” to designate the work of divine grace upon the hearts of men. GC 346
Jesus answered, “The kingdom of God cometh not with outward show; [margin]: neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.” The kingdom of God begins in the heart. Look not here or there for manifestations of earthly power to mark its coming. DA 506
The kingdom of God comes not with outward show. It comes through the gentleness of the inspiration of His word, through the inward working of His Spirit, the fellowship of the soul with Him who is its life. The greatest manifestation of its power is seen in human nature brought to the perfection of the character of Christ. 7T 143
Who are the subjects of the kingdom of God?—all those who do His will. They have righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. The members of Christ's kingdom are the sons of God, partners in His great firm. The elect of God are a chosen generation, a peculiar people, a holy nation, to show forth the praises of Him who hath called them out of darkness into His marvelous light. They are the salt of the earth, the light of the world. They are living stones, a royal priesthood. They are in copartnership with Jesus Christ. These are they that follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth... TM 422
And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with Him an hundred forty and four thousand, having His Father's name written in their foreheads…And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God. Revelation 14:1-5
“Let us strive with all the power that God has given us to be among the hundred and forty-four thousand.” RH March 9, 1905, and to have the kingdom of God formed within us now, so that we can spend eternity with our LORD and Saviour, Jesus Christ in His kingdom.
