PSALM 102 Cry to the LORD

Psalm 102:25-27 NRSV
25 Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth
            and the heavens are the work of your hands.
26 They will perish, but you endure;
            they will wear out like a garment.
27 but you are the same, and your years have no end.


Hebrews 1:10-11 NRSV
10 And, In the beginning, Lord, you founded the earth,
            and the heavens are the work of your hands;
11 they will perish, but you remain;
            they will all wear out like clothing;
12 like a cloak you will roll them up,
            and like clothing they will be changed.
     But you are the same, and your years will never end.


The word of God, in Hebrews, is saying that
Jesus is the "LORD" of Psalm 102:25-27.
He is the Creator, the eternal one who never changes.
He is Yahweh of Psalm 102.


Psalm 102:12 NRSV
But you, O LORD, are enthroned forever ;
       your name endures for all generations,


The God who is "enthroned forever"               v12
and outlasts heaven and earth                    v25-27
"will regard the prayer of the destitute,
and will not despise their prayer,"                    v17

So when we are afflicted......
However bad things seem.......
However impossible the situation looks.......
This is the Lord before whom we pray:

The Triune  God of the Old testament
who is the Triune God of The New Testament
and is also the Triune God of our prayers
who inhabits our worship.


Psalm 102:27 but you are the same, and your years have no end.
Hebrews 1:12 But you are the same, and your years will never end

Our Saviour Jesus Christ is eternal God.

Romans 6:23....but the gift of God is eternal life
                          through Jesus Christ our Lord.