The reward in store for those whom Christ shall acknowledge in the day of his glory, is a participation in the "glory, honour, and power" of the kingdom in the sense of being his associates and coadjudicators (as kings and priests) in the work of ruling the world in righteousness.

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. (Matthew 6:10).

Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth (Matthew 5:5; Psalm 37:11).

Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. (Isaiah 32:1).

To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. (Revelation 3:21).

If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: (2 Timothy 2:12).

And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. (Revelation 5:10).

And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. (Revelation 2:26,27).

But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever 1 and ever... And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. (Daniel 7:18, 27).

To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD. (Psalm 149:7-9).

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom... And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. (Luke 12:32, 36).

I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; (2 Timothy 4:1).

Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. (2 Timothy 4:8).

And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. (Luke 22:29-30).

There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and ye yourselves thrust out. And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.(Luke 13:28-29).

Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. (Mark 14:25).

And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today 2 shalt thou be with me in paradise.3 (Luke 23:42-43).

Therefore say I unto you, the kingdom of God shall be taken from you (Scribes and Pharisees) and given to a nation Christ's true followers. See 1 Peter 2:9) bringing forth the fruits thereof. (Matthew 21:43).

1 "For ever, even for ever and ever," fails to give the meaning conveyed by the original words. Dr. Thomas says, "The Hebrew and the Chaldee nouns are derived from the verb olaham, to hide, to conceal; hence an olaham, in relation to time is a period hidden of concealed." The literal rendering in Daniel is an olaham, even an olaham of olahams," or hidden period or age of hidden periods, referring to that period of 1,000 years as revealed in the Apocalypse, and which corresponds to the Greek tous aionas ton aionon "for the age of ages" (Revelation 22:5). He further remarks that the Mosaic dispensation (a period of 1,695 years) was an "olaham of olahams, one long period containing many lesser ones." - (Eureka: An Exposition of the Apocalypse. Vol. 1, pp. 125-131).

2 What "today" is this? The clue is found in the fact that the thief's question, to which Christ's words were an answer, introduced a particular day to attention. He asked: "Lord remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom." The word "today" contained in the Lord's answer is given as semeron in the Greek, elsewhere rendered this day, and so rendered by Rotherham, Parkhurst and other authorities. Such a rendition would align this word with the day of the Lord's coming. However, many Greek scholars believe that the punctuation mark has been wrongly placed in the Authorized Version of the Bible, and that the answer should read: "Verily I say unto thee today (i.e. in the day of my humiliation), thou shalt be with me in paradise." Punctuation, as we have it today, is entirely absent from the Greek text of the N.T., and therefore rests entirely upon human authority. The Companion Bible declares that "in the absence of hoti (that), the relation of the word 'today' must be determined by the context" and thus should be related to the day of Christ's coming.- Editor.

3 The word "paradise" is of Persian origin, and signifies an enclosed garden, a park etc. In the Septuagint (The Greek Old Testament) it is found in Nehemiah 2:8; Jeremiah 29:5; Ecclesiastes 2:5; Song of Solomon 4:13. It is also used therein for the garden of Eden; and, prophetically, of Israel as restored in the future (Isaiah 51:3). In this place it is aligned with the restoration of the Kingdom of the future, a belief to which the thief had made reference (Luke 23:42). It is obvious, therefore, that the Lord had the restored nation of Israel in mind when he delivered his answer. The Lord did not "go to paradise" on the day of his death, but was interred in the sepulchre, the "hell" or grave of Acts 2:31. - Editor.