I.　It is crucial that we have a clear understanding of the extract,the spirit, of the Psalms—2:6-8; 26:8; 36:8-9; 46:4; 48:1-2;72:8, 19:

A.　The spirit, the reality, the characteristic, of the divine revelationin the book of Psalms is Christ as the centrality and universalityof the eternal economy of God—Luke 24:44.

B.　Christ is first the embodiment of the Triune God, then thehouse, the habitation of God (signified by the temple), the kingdomof God (signified by the city of Jerusalem), and the Rulerof the entire earth from the house of God and in the kingdomof God—Psa. 2:6-8; 36:8-9; 46:4; 48:1-2; 72:8, 19.

C.　God desires to have an organic habitation on earth, and thishabitation is the aggregate of the saints gained by God throughthe terminating death and germinating resurrection of the all-inclusiveChrist—22:22; 26:8:

1.　The saints will be the eternal manifestation and expressionof the processed and consummated Triune God, andHe will be everything to them in His all-inclusive Christ—Rev. 21:2, 11, 23.

2.　The Triune God will reign on the earth through such anorganism in the new universe—11:15; 22:1-5.

II.　God created a corporate man to express Himself with Hisimage and to represent Him by exercising His dominionover all the earth—Gen. 1:26-28:

A.　God's intention in giving man dominion is to subdue God'senemy, Satan, who rebelled against God; to recover the earth,which was usurped by Satan; and to exercise God's authorityover the earth in order that the kingdom of God may come tothe earth, the will of God may be done on the earth, and theglory of God may be manifested on the earth—Matt. 6:10, 13b;Rev. 11:15.

B.　Man is especially related to the earth, and the area where Goddesires man to rule is the earth; God needs man to recover theearth from the usurping hand of Satan, causing Satan to sufferloss on the earth—Gen. 1:26-28; Psa. 8:1.

C.　God's intention that man would express God in His imageand represent God with His dominion is fulfilled not in Adamas the first man, the old man, but in Christ as the secondman, the new man, comprising Christ Himself as the Headand the church as His Body—Eph. 1:22-23; 2:15; 4:15-16, 24;Col. 3:10-11.

D.　The Lord Jesus, the King, taught us to pray, saying, "Yourkingdom come; Your will be done, as in heaven, so also onearth"—Matt. 6:10:

1.　The kingdom is a realm in which God exercises His authorityso that He can express His glory—v. 13.

2.　After the rebellion of Satan, the earth fell under his usurpinghand; thus, the will of God could not be done on earthas in heaven; hence, God created man with the intention ofrecovering the earth for Himself—Ezek. 28:17; Isa. 14:13-15;Gen. 1:26-28.

3.　After the fall of man, Christ came to bring the heavenly ruleto earth so that the earth would be recovered for God'sinterest and so that the will of God could be done on earthas in heaven—Matt. 2:2; 27:11; 4:17; 12:28.

4.　The church brings in the kingdom; the work of the churchis to bring in the kingdom of God—6:10; 12:22-29; Rev.11:15; 12:10.

5.　The believers must pray for the coming of the kingdomuntil the earth is fully recovered for God's will in the comingkingdom age—Matt. 18:18-19.

III.　The book of Psalms unveils the recovery of the earththrough God's reigning in Christ and His kingdom—2:8-9;22:27-28; 48:1-2; 72:8, 19; 93:1; 97:1; 145:1, 11-13:

A.　Christ will set up His universal kingdom with the nationsas His inheritance and the ends of the earth as His possession;He will rule the nations with an iron rod—2:8-9; Rev.11:15.

B.　In Psalm 8 the name of the incarnated, crucified, resurrected,ascended, and exalted Jesus is excellent in the earth accordingto the divine revelation.

C.　The church ushers in Christ's kingdom for Christ to rule overthe nations—22:27-28:

1.　The church, produced by Christ's resurrection, is the realityof the kingdom and a precursor to the manifestation of thekingdom in the millennium—Matt. 16:18-19; Rom. 14:17.

2.　Jehovah as Christ will rule over the nations in the millennialkingdom—Psa. 22:28; 2:8-9; Rev. 19:15; 20:4, 6.

D.　In Psalm 24 Christ is the King who will regain the entire earththrough the church, His Body:

1.　At His second coming Christ will take possession of theearth, which has been given to Him as His possession—2:8; Rev. 10:1-2.

2.　He will establish God's kingdom on the whole earth, thusrecovering God's right over the earth, which has beenusurped by His enemy, Satan—Dan. 2:34-35; Rev. 11:15.

E.　When the church is enlarged to a city, in which we enjoy Godas our everything, God will subdue the peoples and the nationsthrough the city and rule over all the earth in Christ as thegreat King—Psa. 46:4, 10; 47:2; 48:1-2.

F.　Psalm 89 unveils God's intention that Christ, His Anointed,would possess the entire earth—vv. 3-4, 19-29, 34-37:

1.　In verses 19 and 20 Christ, the unique One in God's record(87:6), has become God's Holy One, God's mighty One,God's anointed One (Acts 2:27; Isa. 9:6; Matt. 1:16).

2.　He has become the Firstborn and "the highest of the kingsof the earth"—Psa. 89:27; Rom. 8:29; Rev. 1:5a.

3.　God will extend the territory of this unique One so that Hewill possess the entire earth, setting "His hand on thesea / And His right hand on the rivers"—Psa. 89:25; cf. Rev.10:1-2.

4.　The fact that Christ's territory will be extended to all therivers indicates that Christ will possess the whole earth—Psa. 2:8.

G.　Psalms 93—101 shout joyfully that God will recover His fulltitle and right over the whole earth through the reign ofChrist:

1.　These psalms reveal that Christ's reign is through the houseand city of God—93:5; 96:6; 99:1-2; 100:1-4; 101:8.

2.　God has the right over the earth because the earth withall its fullness—all the different peoples of all races andcolors—was created by Him—93:1:

a.　Thus, He is the Possessor of the earth and holds thetitle deed—24:1.

b.　He has the full right to claim the earth, and He will doit through the reign of Christ—2:8; Rev. 10:2; 11:15.

3.　Psalm 95 unveils that Jehovah as Christ is a great Kingwho possesses the earth—vv. 4-7.

4.　Psalm 96:3-13 indicates that Jehovah as Christ will cometo judge the earth, the world, and the peoples with righteousnessand truth and that He will reign over the nations;the word peoples in verses 3, 5, 7, 10, and 13 indicates thatpeople of every race and color will be judged by Christ inHis reign over the nations—cf. Matt. 25:31-46.

5.　According to Psalm 97:1-2, 4-6, 8-9, and 11, Jehovah asChrist will reign, and because of this the earth will be gladand rejoice.

H.　In Psalm 145:1 and 11-13 David praises God for His reigningin Christ and His kingdom—cf. 1 Chron. 29:10-13.