诗二七4 有一件事，我曾求耶和华，我仍要寻求；就是一生一世住在耶和华的殿中，瞻仰祂的荣美，在祂的殿里求问。

　　四六4~5 有一道河，这河的支流，使神的城快乐；这城就是至高者支搭帐幕的圣处。神在城中；城必不动摇；到天一亮，神必帮助这城。

　　殿的主要方面说到神的同在，而城的主要方面显示神的权柄，神治理的能力，神的掌权。因此，殿是为着神的彰显，城是为着神的管理。神的殿和城完成了神造人的定旨，正如在创世记一章二十六节所表明的：“神说，我们要按着我们的形像，照着我们的样式造人，使他们管理……。”形像是为着彰显，管理是为着权柄。最终，借着基督并同着基督，有殿为着神的同在，作为神的彰显；也有城为着神的权柄，作为神的管理。神永远的定旨是借着殿和城完成的。在殿里，神是父；在城里，神是王。殿和城都是召会，或者可以说是地方召会。一面，地方召会必须是神的殿；另一面，地方召会也必须是神的城（李文集一九六九年第三册，二七○页）。

　　Psa. 27:4 One thing I have asked from Jehovah; that do I seek: to dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Jehovah, and to inquire in His temple.

　　46:4-5 There is a river whose streams gladden the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High. God is in the midst of her; she will not be moved; God helps her at the dawn of the morning.

　　The main aspects of the house speak of God’s presence, whereas the principal aspects of the city bespeak God’s authority, God’s ruling power, God’s reigning. Hence, the house is for the expression of God, and the city is for the dominion of God. The house and the city of God fulfill the purpose of God in the creation of man as expressed in Genesis 1:26….The image is for the expression, and the dominion is for the authority. Eventually, through Christ and with Christ we have the house for God’s presence, as God’s expression, and we have the city for God’s authority, as God’s dominion. God’s eternal purpose is fulfilled by the house and the city. In the house God is a Father, and in the city God is a King. Both the house and the city are the church, or we may say, the local churches. A local church, in one sense, must be the house of God, and in another sense it must also be the city of God. (CWWL, 1969, vol. 3, “Christ and the Church Revealed and Typified in the Psalms,” p. 198)

　　城显然比殿坚固得多，也大得多。因此我们说，殿扩大了，就成为城，正如新耶路撒冷。圣经告诉我们，在新耶路撒冷里没有殿（启二一22），只有城。这是因为整个新耶路撒冷城就是殿的扩大。殿扩大成为城。城比殿更大，更坚固，更稳妥。

　　我们能把殿和城的原则这样应用到地方召会：如果我们中间有神的同在，如果人来到我们的聚会中，就敬拜说，“神真是在你们中间，”这就是殿。另一方面，如果人来到我们中间，领悟这里不但有神的同在，也有一种神圣的治理和权柄，这就不仅是殿，也是殿同着城。

　　有时在一个地方召会中，我们感觉到神的同在，但没有感觉多少神的权柄。我们感觉到神在他们中间，但另一方面缺了神圣的秩序。这意思是在那个地方召会中，有殿的实际，但没有多少城的实际。在别的召会中，我们不但感觉到神的同在，也感觉到神圣的管治和属天的权柄，那就是城。如果一个地方召会在这样的光景中，那个召会就相当坚固、稳妥。她是更居高、更得着建立并扩大的。这不但是殿，乃是殿同着城。

　　诗篇给我们看见，神的心意是要借着基督在召会中，借着基督在殿里，借着基督在城里，恢复祂对全地的主权，祂合法的权利。因此，需要锡安圣山；我们不但需要基督，也需要在锡安的基督，圣山上的基督。因此，我们看见神接管地的桥头堡，踏脚石，就是召会。召会的建造不是一件小事，这对神的定旨是个关键。这是祂的工作，不是我们的工作，我们在这件事上没有野心。但今天我们有负担，神必须得着祂的关键。没有殿，没有城，就没有桥头堡，让神回来恢复地（李文集一九六九年第三册，二七一、二七四页）。

　　参读：诗篇中所启示并预表的基督与召会，第二十四章；基督为父用神圣的荣耀所荣耀的结果，第三至五章。

　　A city is much stronger and larger than a house. Therefore, we say that when the house is enlarged, it becomes the city, just as the New Jerusalem. We are told that in the New Jerusalem there will be no temple (Rev. 21:22), no house, but just the city. It is because the entire city of the New Jerusalem is the enlargement of the temple. The temple enlarged becomes the city. It is larger, stronger, and safer than the house.

　　We can apply the principle of the house and the city to the local churches in this way: If the presence of God is among us, if when people come to our meeting, they worship and say, “God indeed is among you,” this is the house. If, on the other hand, when people come among us and realize that there is not only the presence of God but some kind of divine rule and authority, this is not only the house but the house with the city.

　　Sometimes in a local church we sense the presence of God but not much of God’s authority. We sense that God is among them, but that on the other hand there is a shortage of divine order. That means that in that local church there is the reality of the house but not much of the city. In other churches we sense not only the presence of God but also something of divine government and heavenly authority. That is the city. If a local church is in this kind of situation, that church is considerably stronger and safer. It is more elevated, more established, and more enlarged. It is not only the house but the house with the city.

　　The Psalms show us that God’s intention is to recover His title, His legal rights, over the whole earth through Christ in the church, through Christ in the house, through Christ in the city. Hence, there is the need of the holy mountain of Zion. We not only need Christ, but Christ in Zion, Christ in the holy mountain. Thus, we have seen that the beachhead, the steppingstone, for God to take over the earth is the church. The building up of the church is not a small matter; it is the key to God’s purpose. This is His work; it is not ours, and we have no ambition in this affair. But we are burdened today that God must have His key. Without the house, without the city, there is no beachhead for God to launch back and recover the earth. (CWWL, 1969, vol. 3, “Christ and the Church Revealed and Typified in the Psalms,” pp. 198-201)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1969, vol. 3, “Christ and the Church Revealed and Typified in the Psalms,” ch. 24; CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “The Issue of Christ Being Glorified by the Father with the Divine Glory,” chs. 3-5