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The Lord Jesus taught His disciples to pray, beginning with “three petitions.” This not only shows that Christians should hold such desires, but it also emphasizes God's own heartfelt expectations. God anticipates that all people will hallow His name, that all people will recognize His reign and rule (the coming of God's kingdom), and that all people will live according to His will. When people live in opposition and rebellion, God Himself makes efforts to fulfill these “three petitions” by sending His beloved Son to preach the gospel, accomplish the salvation of the cross, and send His disciples to evangelize everywhere, even to the ends of the earth. This reveals that our God is truly a missionary God, and that the subjects of His mission are all people in the world, every nation and every tribe, so that all people may hallow God's name. The focus of the mission is the gospel of the Kingdom of God, that God will save the lost and bring them back under His authority. The scope of the mission is the entire world, so that God's will may be done on earth as it is in heaven.