I.　Psalm 102 unveils Christ's death and His eternal andunchanging existence in His resurrection:

A.　In typology, this Psalm first refers to Christ's suffering, especiallyto His death:

1.　Christ's suffering was for redemption, and His redemptionwas to produce the church as the house of God and the cityof God—vv. 6-8.

2.　Verse 7 is a particular verse concerning Christ's suffering,which was related to His zeal for God's house—John 2:17;Psa. 69:9:

a.　In Psalm 102:7 Christ is likened to a lone sparrow on ahousetop, referring to the flat roof of a Jewish house,where people would often go to pray—Acts 10:9.

b.　This indicates that when the Lord Jesus was on earth,probably there were times when in the night He, like alone bird on a housetop, would watch and pray, caringnot for His own interest but for the interest of God andof God's house—Matt. 14:23; Luke 6:12.

B.　Psalm 102:23-28 unveils Christ as the One who is everlastingin His resurrection:

1.　Verses 25 through 27, quoted in Hebrews 1:10-12, speak ofChrist's continuing existence in His resurrection.

2.　Christ's existence is unchanging throughout all generationsbecause of His resurrection—Acts 2:24; Rev. 1:18; Heb. 13:8.

3.　The resurrected Christ is no longer bound by any limitations;when He resurrected, nothing could hold Him back—John 20:1-18; Acts 2:24:

a.　Resurrection means that the Lord Jesus has brokenthrough all barriers, even the greatest barrier of all—death; death has been nullified, and the resurrectedChrist lives forever and ever—Heb. 2:14; 2 Tim. 1:10;Rev. 1:18.

b.　In His resurrection Christ has transcended everything,including space and time; as the resurrected One, He isomnipresent, and space and time cannot limit Him—Eph. 1:19-23.

4.　Because of His eternal and unchanging existence in Hisresurrection, Christ is the key that turns the earth to theLord—Psa. 102:12-27; Rev. 1:18; Heb. 13:8.

II.　The product of Christ's death and resurrection is thechurch, typified by Zion with God's house and God's city—Psa. 102:13-16, 21; Heb. 12:22-23:

A.　In Psalm 102 Zion, the center of the city of Jerusalem, typifiesthe church as the center of God's kingdom—48:2; Matt.16:18-19.

B.　The stones typify the believers as the building materials ofthe church, and the dust, the soil, typifies the ground of thechurch—Psa. 102:14; 1 Pet. 2:5; Rev. 1:11:

1.　We should take pleasure in all the members of the church—Psa. 102:14.

2.　We should favor the ground of the church, which is theground of oneness—Deut. 12:5-28; 14:23-25; John 17:11,21-23; 1 Cor. l:10-13a; Eph. 4:3-6; Rev. 1:11.

C.　In Psalm 102:16 the rebuilding of Zion typifies the rebuildingof the church:

1.　It is through the established, restored Zion, signifying thechurch, that all the nations and kingdoms will be broughtinto the praise and worship of Jehovah-vv. 21-22.

2.　The rebuilding of the devastated church, typified by therebuilding of Zion, will turn all the nations to the Lord,and the kingdom of the world will become the kingdom ofGod and of Christ—v. 16; Rev. 11:15.

III.　It is in Christ's resurrection, by Christ's resurrection, andthrough Christ's resurrection that the church continuesits existence—Psa. 102:21-28; Matt. 16:18; Eph. 1:19-23; 2:6:

A.　Christ's resurrection enables the church to continue its existence—Matt. 16:18; Acts 1:22; 2:31; 4:2, 33.

B.　The church, the Body of Christ, is absolutely in resurrection—Matt. 16:18; Eph. 1:19-23; 2:6:

1.　The golden lampstand, typifying the church as the Body ofChrist, portrays Christ as the resurrection life, growing,branching, budding, and blossoming to shine the light—Exo.25:31-40; Num. 17:8; Rev. 1:11-12.

2.　The church is a new creation in Christ's resurrection andwas created by the resurrected Christ—Gal. 6:15; Heb.2:10-12:

a.　We are the Body of Christ only in the new creation germinatedby Christ's resurrection life—2 Cor. 5:17; Eph.1:19-23.

b.　The reality of resurrection is Christ as the life-givingSpirit—John 11:25; 20:22; 1 Cor. 15:45b: 1)　If we do any work that is not in resurrection, thelife-giving Spirit will not honor it. 2)　The Spirit honors only what is in resurrection—vv. 45b, 58.

3.　In order to be in the reality of the Body of Christ, we needto be absolutely in the resurrection life of Christ—John11:25; 1 Cor. 15:45b; 2 Cor. 1:9:

a.　When we do not live by our natural life but live by thedivine life within us, we are in resurrection; the issue ofthis is the Body of Christ—Phil. 3:10-11; 2 Cor. 1:9.

b.　Our natural strength and ability need to be dealt withby the cross to become useful in resurrection for ourservice to the Lord—Phil. 3:3.

C.　The church is "resurrectionly"; that is, the church is an organicentity absolutely in resurrection, a new creation created inChrist's resurrection and by the resurrected Christ—Eph.1:19-23; 2:6; 2 Cor. 5:17:

1.　"God sees the church as a being that can endure death. Thegates of Hades are open to the church, but the gates ofHades cannot prevail against her and cannot confine her;thus, the nature of the church is resurrection" (The Orthodoxyof the Church, pp. 21-22).

2.　The church is the vessel that holds the resurrected Christ;the church is the place where God demonstrates the operationof the might of His strength, according to the powerwhich He caused to operate in Christ when He raised Himfrom the dead—Eph. 1:19-23; 2:6.

3.　The church is the same as the resurrected Lord not only innature but also in power—John 11:25; Matt. 16:18; Acts4:33; Rev. 1:11, 18; 2:8.

4.　Just as God broke through all barriers in the resurrectedChrist, He is breaking through all barriers in the church;therefore, the church should be the same in life and poweras the resurrected Christ—Eph. 1:19-23; 2:6:

a.　The church should be as powerful, as free, and as unfetteredby any limitation as the Lord Jesus is—Rev. 1:18.

b.　The might of God's strength not only operated in Christ,but it continually operates in the church as well—Eph.1:19-20; Col. 1:29.

c.　The power of the church is the resurrection power ofChrist—Phil. 3:10.

5.　The Holy Spirit is manifesting the resurrection power ofChrist through the church—Acts 1:8; 2:24; 4:33:

a.　The church is the depository and storehouse of the resurrectionpower of Christ—Eph. 1:19-23.

b.　Hades represents death, and the church represents resurrection—Matt. 16:18.

c.　As Christ is in resurrection, the church also is in resurrection;therefore, the church continues its existencein the resurrection of Christ—Eph. 1:19-23; 2:6; Rev.1:18, 20.