In The Word Read: Nehemiah 8 Ezra Reads the Law 8 And all the people gathered as one person at the public square which was in front of the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses which the Lord had given to Israel. 2 Then Ezra […]
Time To Serve
In The Word Read: Nehemiah 7 Census of First Returned Exiles 7 Now when the wall was rebuilt and I had installed the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites were appointed, 2 then I put Hanani my brother, and Hananiah the commander of the citadel, in charge of Jerusalem, for he was a […]
What Does Scripture Say?
In The Word Read: Nehemiah 6 The Enemy’s Plot 6 Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and to the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall, and that no breach was left in it, although at that time I had not installed the doors in the gates, […]
Free From Bondage
In The Word Read: Nehemiah 5 Charging Interest Abolished 5 Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers. 2 For there were those who said, “We, our sons, and our daughters are many; therefore let’s get grain so that we may eat and live.” 3 And there were […]
Defeat The Enemy
In The Word Read: Nehemiah 4 Work Is Ridiculed 4 Now it came about that when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became furious and very angry, and he mocked the Jews. 2 And he spoke in the presence of his brothers and the wealthy people of Samaria and said, “What are these feeble […]
God’s Mission Requires Work
In The Word Read: Nehemiah 3 Builders of the Walls 3 Then Eliashib the high priest arose with his brothers the priests and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and installed its doors. They consecrated the wall to the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel. 2 And next to him the men […]
Faith And Patience
In The Word Read: Nehemiah 2 Nehemiah’s Prayer Answered 2 And it came about in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, that wine was before him, and I picked up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence. 2 So the king said […]
Here I Am, Send Me
In The Word Read: Nehemiah 1 Nehemiah’s Grief for the Exiles 1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in Susa the capitol, 2 that Hanani, one of my brothers, and some men from Judah came; and I asked them about […]
United Together In Christ
In The Word Read: Ezra 9-10 Mixed Marriages 9 Now when these things had been completed, the officials approached me, saying, “The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, as to their abominations, those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, […]
A Good Decision, Or A God Decision?
In The Word Read: Ezra 8 People Who Went with Ezra 8 Now these are the heads of their fathers’ households and the genealogical enrollment of those who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of King Artaxerxes:2 of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of […]