1. Bible Survey Nehemiah

2. Bible Survey - Nehemiah Title Hebrew: hy"ßm.x,n> yrEîb.DI Greek: Esdraj Deuteron Latin: Liber Secundus Esdrae Liber Nehemiae

3. Bible Survey - Nehemiah Author Nehemiah

4. Bible Survey - Nehemiah Date of Writing ~ 444 BC

5. Bible Survey - Nehemiah Theme Jerusalem as the City of God’s People

6. Bible Survey - Nehemiah Purpose of Writing Nehemiah describes the rebuilding of the city walls as the signal of the rebirth of Jerusalem as a legitimate city. Together with Ezra, this book records the restoration of the city as the center of the Jewish nation. Nehemiah emphasizes divine providence in the reestablishment of the city, starting with his record of his own release from the service of the king of Persia in the opening chapters of his book.

7. Bible Survey - Nehemiah Christ in Nehemiah 1. Nehemiah 2. The Wall of Jerusalem 3. The 69 Weeks of Daniel

8. Bible Survey - Nehemiah Christ in Nehemiah He relinquished a high position … Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself …. Philippians 2:5-8 … Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself ….

9. Bible Survey - Nehemiah Christ in Nehemiah He came with a mission For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. John 3:17 For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.

10. Bible Survey - Nehemiah Christ in Nehemiah He is the corporate head of Israel Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? Matthew 2:2 Where is He who has been born King of the Jews?

11. Bible Survey - Nehemiah Christ in Nehemiah He relies on God in prayer It was at this time that He went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God. Luke 6:12 It was at this time that He went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God.

12. Bible Survey - Nehemiah Christ in Nehemiah Zechariah 9:8 But I will camp around My house because of an army, Because of him who passes by and returns; And no oppressor will pass over them anymore, For now I have seen with My eyes.

13. Bible Survey - Nehemiah Christ in Nehemiah So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of distress. Daniel 9:25 So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of distress.

14. Bible Survey - Nehemiah Christ in Nehemiah 69 weeks = 483 years Calculating from the time of the decree of Artaxerxes in Nehemiah 2, we arrive at right about the time of Christ’s ministry, death and resurrection in or around 33 AD.

15. Bible Survey - Nehemiah Place in the Canon Historically, Nehemiah captures the rest of the record of the return to Jerusalem which was begun by Ezra. Theologically, Nehemiah emphasizes God’s movement upon the human rulers of the world to accomplish his purposes. Devotionally, Nehemiah reminds us that we need to turn to God in prayer when we are faced with opposition to his work.