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claim to represent him, you might conclude that he
proclaimed some kind of social gospel. Or perhaps you
would get the impression that he advocated political reform
or that he stressed personal salvation above all else.
However, as previously noted, Jesus said plainly: “I must
declare the good news of the kingdom of God.” Just
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11 Remember, Jesus was present in heaven when Satan
first challenged the rightness of Jehovah’s sovereignty.
How it must have pained Jesus to see his righteous Father
slandered and accused of being an unjust Ruler who
withholds good from His creatures! How hurt God’s Son
must have been when Adam and Eve, the future parents
of humankind, gave heed to Satan’s slander! The Son
saw that the human family was infected with sin and
death as a result of that rebellion. (Romans 5:12) How
thrilled he must have been, though, to learn that his Father
would one day set matters straight!
12 Above all else, what needed to be set straight? Jehovah’s
holy name needed to be sanctified, cleared of
every trace of reproach heaped upon it by Satan and all
who have sided with him. The rightfulness of Jehovah’s
sovereignty, his way of ruling, needed to be vindicated.
Better than any other man, Jesus understood these vital
issues. In the model prayer, he taught his followers to
ask first for his Father’s name to be sanctified, next for
his Father’s Kingdom to come, and then for God’s will
to be done on earth. (Matthew 6:9, 10) God’s Kingdom,
with Christ Jesus as its Ruler, will soon rid the earth of
Satan’s corrupt system and confirm Jehovah’s righteous
rulership for all time.—Daniel 2:44.
12, 13. God’s Kingdom will set straight what injustices, and how did
Jesus make the Kingdom central to his ministry?