"LORD'S Prayer." Prophetic?

We often hear the phrase, "The Lord's Prayer".

One day I read that Jesus first said,  "Matthew 6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions,". 

And just before that He said,  "Mat 6:6 -But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret;".

I had grown up always hearing for everyone to say it together.  The whole group then obediently all said the "Lord's Prayer" in robotic harmony. That seems vain repetition'y and definitely not alone in "thy closet".

One day while saying it I thought.. wait a minute,  had this come to pass at Pentecost?

Here are the two spots in the Bible that it is mentioned :

"Luke 11:1 - And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. 

11:2 - And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.

11:3 - Give us day by day our daily bread.

11:4 - And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil."

And in Matthew :

"Mat 6:9 - After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

6:10 - Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

6:11 - Give us this day our daily bread.

6:12 - And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

6:13 - And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen."

As I started to look into this,  I found quite a few people saying that Jesus taught them the prayer that John the Baptist taught - because they asked, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples".  That was a new angle.

So, what if it IS a prophetic prayer that Jesus shared, that very soon would be fulfilled?

I looked closer :

"Our Father which art in heaven".

After Pentecost Paul writes to the Ephesians:

"Ephesians 1:3 "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ" 

Ephesians 2:6 "And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus"

"Hallowed be thy name."

After Pentecost Paul writes to the Colossians:

"And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him." Colossians 3:17

"Thy kingdom come."

Later Jesus said that later to Believers, from Penrecost onward, that "Luk 17:21 - Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you."

"Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth."

This sounds very similar to Paul writing the Colossians after Pentecost, "To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:" Colossians 1:27-28

"Give us this day our daily bread."

Which Jesus said He would do after Pentecost. He said, "But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." Matthew 4:4 "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you." John 14:26

So our daily bread is God revealing His Word to us each day that we let God.

"And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors."

"And lead us not into temptation,"

"1Corinthians 10:13 - There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it."

1Corinthians 10:13

"but deliver us from evil"

"For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever." 

All within the true Believer.  Kingdom is within. God's Power is within.. ie. Power to overcome. 1John5:4 Those who God has justified.. has God already glorified. Romans 8:38

"Amen."

So be it.

So, was this the prayer that John the Baptist taught that would be fulfilled when the Lamb arrived and then Pentecost?  Don't know. 

Maybe this was a prayer that Jesus gave His Disciples to prepare themselves for Pentecost.

I do know that it was never said that we should make it a memorized prayer that we all do as a group. That's like a Wife telling her husband she loves him by reading a pre-written script over and over.  He would think she lost her marbles. Not too romantic.

I'm not against doing group 'prayers'. They do fell chant'y to me. 

But if I look at it as a prophetic foreshadowing, then by remembering how each sentence was fulfilled from Pentecost forward, it makes it more interesting. If I'm with a group,  I usually change the words for myself to fit current fulfillment. 

The rest of the lines I didn't post Scriptures with speak for themselves.  I may add to those later. 

This is what I believe.. comma,

T.H.Tatman

GodComma.com 

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