Psalm 48

The Glory of God in Zion
 A psalm of sons of Korah.

Here the psalmist explains the beauty of Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is the city of God.



Beautiful in elevation
         God has placed Jerusalem on top. and in its elevation it looks beautiful.
         Ephesians 2:6
And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus

God has raised the Church and made the Church to sit in heavenly places.

It is not like how the world lives, but Church is beautiful because Its seated in heavenly places.

Joy of the Whole earth
         Why is Jerusalem the joy of whole earth,because God chosen Church to show His grace to the whole world through the Church.
         It is the Church, where lives are changed.
         It is the Church, where sinners are made to saints.
         If there is any hope for this world, it is Church because God chose Church to fulfill His purposes.

God is in her palaces, He is known as her refuge.  -  
        Why Jerusalem is beautiful is because God is in its midst. Any trouble in the world, God is its refuge.

Verse 9:
we have thought of your loving kindness in your temple. Church is beautiful because the meditation of loving kindness of God .

Here we see that Church is beautiful because it is centered around God s grace, centered on Gods meditation.

Verse 8:

This phrase "As we heard it, so we see it"
The world hears and knows lot about Church , Christianity but when they come and see in person do they find what they heard.
They know christian is all about love, merciful, grace and truthful.

Can the outside world declare this about the Church
" Yes, As we have heard about the Church, now we see they are indeed full of love, full of mercy,compassion. Indeed God is in their midst"