11. Of what can we be assured? Matthew 6:13, last part. Compare 1 Chronicles 29:11, 12.
NOTE: ‘He who slumbers not, who is continually at work for the accomplishment of His designs, will carry forward His own work. He will thwart the purposes of wicked men, and will bring to confusion the counsels of those who plot mischief against His people. He who is the King, the Lord of hosts, sitteth between the cherubim, and amid the strife and tumult of nations He guards His children still. He who ruleth in the heavens is our Saviour. He measures every trial, He watches the furnace fire that must test every soul. When the strongholds of kings shall be overthrown, when the arrows of wrath shall strike through the hearts of His enemies, His people will be safe in His hands.’ Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, page 121.
12. How long will God’s kingdom, power and glory last? Matthew 6:13, final part. Compare Psalm 145:13.
NOTE: ‘The kingdom is the Lord’s, and it includes the whole universe. Nothing is outside His jurisdiction. Every creature in the heavens and on earth rightfully belongs to His dominion. But a king without power is king only in name. God is really King, and therefore to Him belongs power. “God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this: that power belongeth unto God.” Psalm 62:11. We must not fall into the error of limiting God, by thinking that power is divided, and that He has merely a share of it, even though it be the largest share. “Thine is the kingdom and the power.” “His kingdom ruleth over all;” and wherever His kingdom is, His power is supreme. God alone has power. What wonderful joy comes with the recognition that all power is God’s! “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is a gift of God.” Ephesians 2:10. Our salvation depends on Him, and He has the power. His kingdom is in our hearts, but His enemy has been allowed to come in and raise the standard of rebellion. Nevertheless, as soon as we definitely choose the Lord for our King and our Lawgiver, He will save us by His mighty power. Isaiah 23:22. He has power to drive out every enemy. What comfort to rest confidingly in the almighty power of our God. His is the glory. Not only ought it to be, but it is. The last message before the coming of the Lord, calls loudly upon men to “fear God, and give glory to Him,” as the One who “made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.” Revelation 14:6, 7. We are to give glory to Him, because it belongs to Him. His is the glory, because His is the power. Whoever takes glory to himself for anything that he possesses or has done, thereby robs God.’ E. J. Waggoner: Present Truth, September 10, 1896.
13. To whom is this everlasting kingdom promised? Daniel 7:27.
NOTE: ‘A little work yet remains to be accomplished, and “then shall the end come.” Then “the saints of the most the Most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever.” Daniel 7:18. That is the kingdom of the Son of David, the Seed of Abraham, to whom the promise of inheritance was made. The prophet beheld the time when “there was given Him dominion, and glory, and the kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve Him.” Daniel 7:14. This kingdom and dominion His saints will share with Him. Verse 27. Then the heirs of the world will enter upon their inheritance, the new earth purified from sin and every trace of the curse, and enjoy with faithful Abraham the rest which has so long been promised.’ E. J. Waggoner: Present Truth, September 14, 1893.