“Hallowed Be Thy Name”

Joseph F. McConkie, Robert L. Millet

The name of God is hallowed, made holy, held in reverent esteem by any who aspire to goodness and happiness here and hereafter. It is interesting to note that the phrase “thy kingdom come,” found in the Galilee sermon, is noticeably absent in the Bountiful address.

Perhaps this is because the kingdom of God is about to be established among the Nephites in its eternal fulness, a kingdom which will result in a mini-millennium of almost two hundred years of peace and prosperity. In our own day we implore one another:

“Call upon the Lord, that his kingdom may go forth upon the earth, that the inhabitants thereof may receive it, and be prepared for the days to come, in the which the Son of Man shall come down in heaven, clothed in the brightness of his glory, to meet the kingdom of God which is set up on the earth. Wherefore, may the kingdom of God go forth, that the kingdom of heaven may come, that thou, O God, mayest be glorified in heaven so on earth, that thine enemies may be subdued; for thine is the honor, power and glory, forever and ever. Amen.”

(D&C 65:5-6.)

Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 4

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