EVENT: Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be DoneT
SPEAKER: Wan Lai Meng
DATE: 12 Jan
TIME: 7:30 - 10:00pm

FEE: $10 (includes $5 voucher)

VENUE: ALBY Events  #05-09
             111 North Bridge Road, Peninsula Plaza (City Hall MRT)
             (Parking available at Capitol Piazza. $3 per entry after 6pm) 

"Did Jesus promise the Church a kingdom? Or was it promised to Israel?

In Matthew 5 & Luke 11 Jesus taught His Jewish disciples what we often refer to as The Lord’s Prayer. One important aspect in this prayer is to pray for God’s (Father’s) kingdom to come (to earth). The prayer was part of Jesus’s teaching in The Sermon on the Mount found in Matthew 5 – 7. This has been understood as a model for our prayer: adoration; acknowledging God’s will; presenting our petitions; finally ascribing praise and requesting His protection from evil.

What is missing is perhaps the most important aspect of this prayer: petitioning God to bring His Kingdom, which is in Heaven, to earth.

Wan will especially emphasise the “Thy Kingdom come…” aspect often overlooked by the Church. We have allegorised and spiritualised this to mean the inner state (will) of the believer that is conformed to God's will. Did Jesus teach us to pray for a literal coming of His Kingdom? While not dismissing the spiritual aspect of the "Lord's Prayer" he will peel away the layers of misunderstanding accreted over the centuries, where the most important aspect has been overlooked.

The Lord taught us to pray for God's Kingdom to come down to earth literally. This has immense repercussion on the believer's life.

About Wan Lai Meng

Born and educated in Singapore, Wan Lai Meng moved to Perth, Australia with his family in 1998. For nearly 30years he held senior executive positions in several multi-national companies. 

He became a born-again Christian in 1986, and served in various capacities in the church in Singapore. After taking up seminary studies to improve his understanding of the Bible and to minister more effectively in his church, he decided to exit the business world to focus more intensely on the study of God's Word, the Bible, in 1997. Now ministering in small groups he is involved in preaching and teaching in both Singapore and Perth, Australia.

He has spent the last ten years in an intensive study of the Bible and has developed a great love for Israel and the Jewish people. Out of which led him to writing the book ISRAEL A LIGHT UNTO THE NATIONS to illuminate the Church's understanding of Israel and to support and pray for her.