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Today is special: Palm Sunday, the last day of Lent, the beginning of Holy Week that ends with Good Friday and then Resurrection Sunday. Today we look at a the last phrase of the Lord’s Prayer, fitting for such a day as this: “Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory.”
Although this phrase is not found in the best of the ancient manuscripts of the New Testament, but it does seem to be rooted in the Bible…especially in a prayer by David in a doxology, a prayer of praise to God.
David praised the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly, saying, “Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.”
1 Chr 29:10-11
David was overwhelmed by God’s greatness and his willingness to share his bounty with his children….some beautiful thoughts to be sure, and very well may be the source of this last
phrase of the Lord’s prayer.
But these thoughts and this phrase are not fully embraced by the power brokers of yesteryear or today. “Mine is the kingdom, mine is the power, and mine is the glory” may be more like it for the Pilate’s of the past and present.
Jesus’s rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, a symbol of humility and peace…a sign that this was the kingdom of God (Matt 18:1-5). His power was reflected in weakness (2 Cor 12:9). His glory was the cross (Jn 17:1).
These words: “Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory” will help us break through to the Other Side if we let them do their work inside of us.