Nehemiah’s personal vigilance and work was an incredible example to the rest. V.23 shows how obsessively Nehemiah and his brethren worked. How does Rev.16:15 tie into this and what is the lesson for us? Any other interesting scriptures on this that you can find? Oppression from within For the time being, the enemies of the Jews had been held off but Nehemiah and the rest of the – builders were on constant watch against them in case any surprise invasions should happen while they were still vulnerable without a fully functional wall. The trumpet was at the ready. But all was not good within the walls. Nehemiah 5 shows us that, just when we think things may be bad enough, there is still more things to go wrong - at least according to what WE consider These ‘wrong’. pressures and difficulties of life are the very things God uses to shape our character so that we manifest His glory. Let’s take a look at the other side of the wall the inside. – What we have in v.1 is an from the people against their Jewish brethren. What does this ‘outcry’ word mean and where else does it occur? (Hint: Gen.27:34; Psalm 9:12) In v.2-5 we have two main problems the poor Jews are crying out (we will come back to these in a bit): Debt and Usury v.2-4 What does the law tell us about this? – – Slavery v.5 What does the law say about this? Even more sinister and against the law is – – what is being conveyed in this: of our daughters have been brought into slavery.’ This ‘some time the word slavery is different what does it mean and what is the implication? (Hint: – Est.7:8) Stimulus GAP - Response – As soon as Nehemiah hears about this, he is incredibly angry as v.6 says. His emotions probably were telling him to throttle whoever these rich Jews were that would be so ungodly and unmerciful towards
Nehemiah’s personal vigilance and work was an incredible example to the rest. V.23 shows how obsessively Nehemiah and his brethren worked. How does Rev.16:15 tie into this and what is the lesson for us? Any other interesting scriptures on this that you can find? Oppression from within For the time being, the enemies of the Jews had been held off – but Nehemiah and the rest of the builders were on constant watch against them in case any surprise invasions should happen while they were still vulnerable without a fully functional wall. The trumpet was at the ready. But all was not good within the walls. Nehemiah 5 shows us that, just when we think things may be bad enough, there is still more things to go wrong - at least according to what WE consider ‘wrong’. These pressures and difficulties of life are the very things God uses to shape our character so that we manifest His glory. Let’s take a look at the other side of the wall – the inside. What we have in v.1 is an ‘outcry’ from the people against their Jewish brethren. What does this word mean and where else does it occur? (Hint: Gen.27:34; Psalm 9:12) In v.2-5 we have two main problems the poor Jews are crying out (we will come back to these in a bit): Debt and Usury – v.2-4 – What does the law tell us about this? Slavery – v.5 – What does the law say about this? Even more sinister and against the law is what is being conveyed in this: ‘some of our daughters have been brought into slavery.’ This time the word slavery is different – what does it mean and what is the implication? (Hint: Est.7:8) Stimulus – GAP - Response As soon as Nehemiah hears about this, he is incredibly angry as v.6 says. His emotions probably were telling him to throttle whoever these rich Jews were that would be so ungodly and unmerciful towards
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