Five "now" benedictory statements of the New Testament writers challenge the application of scriptural teachings in the reality of the present kingdom of Jesus Christ.
"Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before His majesty with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, power, and authority before all time, now and forever."
"Now may the God of peace who brought you again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever."
"Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages but has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according tot eh command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith - to the only wise God be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ!"
"Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it. Brothers, pray for us. Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss. I put you under oath before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you."
"Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all."
Dallas Willard, author of The Divine Conspiracy, notes that "when Jesus directs us to pray, 'Thy kingdom come,' he does not mean we should pray for it to come into existence. Rather, we pray for it to take over all points in the personal, social, and political order where it is now excluded: 'On earth as it is in heaven.' With this prayer we are invoking it, as in faith we are acting it, into the real world of our daily existence."
And so it is that the kingdom is presently revealed, to be fully revealed at His coming, and with great implications for the "now."
