Westminster Shorter Catechism – Lord’s Day 47
Q & A 102
Q What do we pray for in the second petition?
A In the second petition, which is, Your kingdom come, we pray that Satan’s kingdom may be destroyed;1 and that the kingdom of grace may be advanced,2 ourselves and others brought into it, and kept in it;3 and that the kingdom of glory may be hastened.4
*1 Matthew 12:25-28; Romans 16:20; 1 John 3:8.
*2 Psalm 72:8-11; Matthew 24:14; 1 Corinthians 15:24-25.
*3 Psalm 119:5; Luke 22:32; 2 Thessalonians 3:1-5.
*4 Revelation 22:20.
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