Jesus shares with us his experience of God as Abba. This is the Kingdom of God.
"Abba" is how Jesus begins his heartfelt prayer in the Garden of Gethsemene the night before he dies. (Mark 14:36)
"As you are children, God has sent into our hearts the Spirit of his Son crying, 'Abba.'" (Galatians 4:6)
"All who are guided by the Spirit of God are children of God....you received the spirit of adoption, enabling us to cry out, 'Abba!'" (Romans 8:14-15)
The name expresses well the intimacy between Jesus and his Father. Jesus shares that intimacy with us. That's what we pray for when we pray, "Thy Kingdom come."
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