Slide 2 X 6 clicks Sanballat and Tobiah… Sanballat raised 5 he was were questions…and because angry…verse 1…they cynical and mocking in their tone…in verse 2…he asks… What are these feeble people up to? Will they actually manage to do this? Will what they build fulfil its intended function? Will they build Rome in a day? (Metaphorically speaking) Can they revive something apparently dead? Before we think of the enemies and questions that we to evaluate face…its good the enemies and questions raised in the historical context… Sanballat is backed up by his side-kick…Tobiah…verse also ridicules 3…who the work… A second external threat comes in verse the persistence of the people 7…when seems to be keeping things with other surrounding moving…Sanballat…plots people groups to to stir up fight…and trouble…. Stirring up of course a good that can lead to all sorts trouble…is ploy…because of can deter the enemy by internal problems…it affecting moral…and sowing seeds of doubt which intensify into fear… And verse us that the labourers faced an internal enemy in their 10…tells strength giving this is no doubt a to their low out…now physical problem…due numbers for the huge task… no verse 11 by threats and enemies …but doubt…as implies…being surrounded would have added to the problems…
Slide 2 X 6 clicks Sanballat and Tobiah… Sanballat raised 5 questions…and because he was angry…verse 1…they were cynical and mocking in their tone…in verse 2…he asks… What are these feeble people up to? Will they actually manage to do this? Will what they build fulfil its intended function? Will they build Rome in a day? (Metaphorically speaking) Can they revive something apparently dead? Before we think of the enemies and questions that we face…its good to evaluate the enemies and questions raised in the historical context… Sanballat is backed up by his side-kick…Tobiah…verse 3…who also ridicules the work… A second external threat comes in verse 7…when the persistence of the people seems to be keeping things moving…Sanballat…plots with other surrounding people groups to fight…and to stir up trouble…. Stirring up trouble…is of course a good ploy…because that can lead to all sorts of internal problems…it can deter the enemy by affecting moral…and sowing seeds of doubt which intensify into fear… And verse 10…tells us that the labourers faced an internal enemy in their strength giving out…now this is no doubt a physical problem…due to their low numbers for the huge task… …but no doubt…as verse 11 implies…being surrounded by threats and enemies would have added to the problems…