Nehemiah chapter 3 (Cross posted on the CGA David’s Mighty men forum)
Chapter three listed all the people who worked on the rebuild. It amazed me to read about how many people were already living there and who had not done anything to try and repair the walls (at least its not listed) and suddenly rallied behind Nehemiah.
Of course, with the way the guys were talking in chapter 2, its no wonder people were afraid. Fear is the strong tool any dictator has over people…
Sorry guys, I don’t have much more to add to this chapter.
Well… I do have a few things.
If you read the chapter, think of exactly how many people were working. Could you oversee such a project? Without God’s help I know I would fail. Yet Nehemiah got all these people into it, even the daughters were helping out as much as they could. (Verse 12)
One thing I would like to point out is the state of the walls…
You have four walls for Jerusalem, on the Eastern and southeastern side of the city, the wall had to be totally rebuilt from the ground up.On the Northwest and Southwest side, all you ahd to do was repair the wall. *they built things to last then, according to the little research I have done, archaeologists found parts of that wall and it was eight feet thick!)
Still, I think the hand of God being on Nehemiah was awesome to get all these people working together so quickly.
What are your thoughts?
until next week,
Eskimo
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