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      with the prayer which He taught us "Thy Kingdom come.
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      Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth."  Luke 11 :2.
      Earthly kingdoms are corrupted by the deception of Satan.
      But in the Millennial Kingdom he will not deceive them,
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      for he shall be bound.
       There is nothing essentially sinful in matter. Adam was
     sinless before his fall and he had a material body.  Christ
      has a material body and  is without sin.  The earth was
     cursed because of sin and the spirit of the world clings to
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     sin.   But when the curse  is removed,  all things
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     that offend are gathered  out of the kingdom,  then shall
     things which  are  above, where  safely:  and  this  is  his name
     Christ sitteth on the right hand  whereby he shall be called, THE
     of God.                  LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
       2. Set your affection on things  (11)  Rev.  20:1.  And  I saw
     above,  not  on  things  on  the  an  angel  come  down  from
     earth.                   heaven, having the key  of the
       3. For ye are dead, and your  bottomless pit and a great chain
     life is hid with Christ in God.  In his hand.
       4. When  Christ, who  is  our  2. And  he  laid  hold  on  the
     life, shall appear, then shall ye  dragon, that old  serpent, which
     also appear with him in glory.  Is  the  Devil,  and  Satan,  and
       Gal.  4 :26.  But  Jerusalem  bound him a thousand  years,
     which is above  is  free, which is  3. And cast him into the bot-
     the mother of us all.    tomless  pit,  and  shut him  up,
       (10) Dan. 2:44.  And in the  and  set a  seal upon him,  that
     days  of  these  kings  shall  the  he should deceive the nations no
     God of heaven set up a kingdom,  more,  till  the  thousand  years
     which shall never be destroyed :  should  be  fulfilled  :  and  after
     and  the kingdom  shall  not be  that he must be  loosed a  little
     left to other people, but  it shall  season.
     break in pieces and consume all
                                (12) Rom. 1:32.  Who, know-
     these  kingdoms,  and  it  shall  ing  the judgment  of God,  that
     stand for ever.
                              they which commit such things
       Dan. 7:18.  But the saints of  are worthy of death, not only do
     the  Most High  shall  take  the  the same, but have pleasure  in
     kingdom, and possess the king-  them that do them.
     dom for ever, even for ever and         And
                                (13) Rev.  22:3.  there
     ever.                    shall be no more curse  : but the
       Jer. 23 :5.  Behold,  the days  throne of God and of the Lamb
     come, saith the Lord, that I will  shall  be  in  it  ;  and  his  serv-
     raise  unto  David  a  righteous  ants shall serve him.
     Branch, and a King shall reign  (14)  Mat.  13:41.  The  Son
     and  prosper, and  shall  execute  of man shall send forth his an-
     judgment  and  justice  in  the  gels , and they shall gather out
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     earth.
                              of  his kingdom  all  things that
       6. In his days Judah shall be  offend, and them which do  in-
     saved,  and  Israel  shall  dweli  iquity.
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