Posted on Sep 27th, 2009 | Comment on This | Read This Article »
Well we are at the final chapter of Nehemiah and it is a pretty interesting one. Nehemiah has left the city because he promised the king he would return. While he is gone, everything he had put into place had started falling apart. God had made a rule not to allow Ammonites or Moabites into [...]
Posted on Sep 26th, 2009 | Comment on This | Read This Article »
I think it would be pretty cool to have your name mentioned in the Bible, but at the same time it’s kinda like having your name mentioned in the credits of a movie. Nobody reads these parts in depth. We are seeing a renewed emphasis on the Levites in Nehemiah’s new Jerusalem and that is [...]
Posted on Sep 25th, 2009 | Comment on This | Read This Article »
Well it’s time to move back into Jerusalem, but not everyone is terribly excited about moving into a rundown city. Its like someone asked you to move back to Berlin after WW2. Not many people are excited about it, but it needs to be done for the continuance of the nation. Nehemiah is smart enough [...]
Posted on Sep 24th, 2009 | Comment on This | Read This Article »
This chapter surprised me a little because look at the first section…it’s made up of 27 verses. I’m not exactly sure why it was decided to split every three or four names into a separate verse, but I guess if you want to brag about memorizing a big chunk of verses then this would be [...]
Posted on Sep 23rd, 2009 | Comment on This | Read This Article »
This chapter should be titled “The Faithfulness of God” because look at how many times the people disobey yet God remains faithful. I count at least 4 or 5 times in the story when the Jews disobey God yet each and every time He restores them when they cry out to Him. We see the [...]
