Nehemiah 7
The wall was finished in just 52 days, but what appeared to be the end of the work was really only the beginning. The real work of preserving what God had started, of protecting the people of God, and of building the Kingdom of God required at least 3 more necessities.
Nehemiah 6:1-19
God’s enemy and ours throws many obstacles in the way of our accomplishing the building of Christ’s Kingdom. The first step in overcoming them is recognizing them as not of God. Nehemiah took 3 more steps in overcoming his obstacles.
Nehemiah 6
The building of God’s Kingdom is always beset by problems, both from within and from without. The first step in handling those problems is recognizing the root of the problems.
Nehemiah 5:1-19
The Jews who returned from exile knew and understood God’s Law concerning money, but they were not living by it. The work on the wall came to a stop so that Nehemiah could deal with the problems this caused the fellowship of the people of God. Whatever project we undertake for the sake of Christ’s Kingdom, we do so as the fellowship of God’s people, and there are aspects of that fellowship we need to understand.
Nehemiah 5
With the wall halfway up, Nehemiah and the people encountered the external problems of ridicule, attack, and discouragement, all of which they handled. But when confronted by a problem from within, a problem having to do with money…we need first to understand the Biblical background.