Let your kingdom come. Let your will take place, as in heaven, also upon earth.’”​—Matthew 6:9-13.

“Let Your Kingdom Come”

Jesus also told his followers to pray: “Let your kingdom come.” Prayers for the coming of God’s Kingdom will definitely be answered. The Kingdom is Jehovah’s sovereign rulership as expressed through a heavenly Messianic government in the hands of his Son, Jesus Christ, and associated “holy ones.” (Daniel 7:13, 14, 18, 22, 27; Isaiah 9:6, 7) Jehovah’s Witnesses have long proved from the Scriptures that Jesus was enthroned as a heavenly King in the year 1914. Why, then, should anyone pray for the Kingdom to “come”?

Praying for the coming of the Kingdom actually means requesting that it come against all opposers of divine rulership on earth. Soon now “the kingdom [of God] . . . will crush and put an end to all these [earthly] kingdoms, and it itself will stand to times indefinite.” (Daniel 2:44) This development will contribute to the sanctification of Jehovah’s holy name.

“Let Your Will Take Place”

Jesus further instructed his disciples to pray: “Let your will take place, as in heaven, also upon earth.” This is a request that Jehovah act in harmony with his will for the earth. It is similar to the psalmist’s declaration: “Everything that Jehovah delighted to do he has done in the heavens and in the earth, in the seas and all the watery deeps. He is causing vapors to ascend from the extremity of the earth; he has made even sluices for the rain; he is bringing forth the wind from his storehouses, he who struck down the firstborn ones of Egypt, both man and beast. He sent signs and miracles into the midst of you, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh and upon all his servants; he who struck down many nations and killed potent kings.”​—Psalm 135:6-10.

Praying that Jehovah’s will take place on the earth is a request that he carry out his purposes toward this globe. This includes the permanent removal of his opposers, even as he removed them on a small scale in ancient times. (Psalm 83:9-18; Revelation 19:19-21) Prayers for Jehovah’s will to be done throughout the earth and the universe surely will be answered.