1. Nehemiah
Rubble Removal

2. 2 Chronicles 7:11-14 “11 Thus Solomon finished the house of the Lord and the king's house. All that Solomon had planned to do in the house of the Lord and in his own house he successfully accomplished. 12 Then the Lord appeared to Solomon in the night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice. 13 When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, 14 if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

4. Matt 28:19-20 “19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

5. Timeline 70 yrs 70 yrs 586 BC Destruction of Jerusalem Nebuchadnezzar
537 BC 1st Exiles Return Cyrus
535 BC Temple Reconstruction Begins
516 BC Temple Reconstruction Completed
445 BC Wall Rebuilt Artaxerxes
520 BC Haggai Zechariah
548 BC Ezra Nehemiah

6. 1. Don’t build the wall before you rebuild the temple. Psalm 127:1

7. 2. Staying changed requires Moral Maintenance. Philippians 2:12

8. DISCIPLESHIP

9. Jeremiah 29:10-11 “10 For thus says the Lord: When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will visit you, and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place. 11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”

10. A Wall without other stones is called a stone.

11. Heb. 10: “24 … let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.”

12. Nehemiah Chapters Nehemiah’s Prayer. Nehemiah’s commission.
The People become the builders.
Opposition to building the wall.
Nehemiah helps the poor.
More opposition to building the wall.
Record keeping after the work.
Ezra reads the Law (followed by Worship & rejoicing)
Israel Confesses their sin
The people pledge themselves
Record keeping after Law, Confession, & Pledge
Dedication of the wall
Failure and ongoing corrections

13. Nehemiah 1:1-11