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So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.
Even through opposition the work was completed
What If?
And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel.
“And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the water gate.
“They told Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the Law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel”
Who was Ezra?
Ezra was the second of three key leaders to leave Babylon for the reconstruction of Jerusalem. Zerubbabel reconstructed the temple (), Nehemiah rebuilt the walls (Nehemiah chapters 1 and 2).
Ezra restored the worship. Ezra was a scribe and priest sent with religious and political powers by the Persian King to lead a group of Jewish exiles from Babylon to Jerusalem (, ).
Ezra renewed the celebration of festivals and supported the rededication of the temple and the rebuilding of the Jerusalem wall.
describes a shaping of the community in accordance with the Torah.
What if you your life was one? (Illustration)
Marriage -God’s Word / Singleness - God’s Word / Parents and God’s Word
So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, on the first day of the seventh month. And he read from it facing the square before the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women and those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law. And Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden platform that they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand, and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam on his left hand.
Nothing New
‘Nothing New
And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people, and as he opened it all the people stood. And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” lifting up their hands. And they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
Nehemiah
“Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people”
In a corporate worship setting the word should always be read!
“Amen” - Why do we say it?
Amen!, “surely it is true!,” i.e., a strong affirmation of what is declared, acceptance clearly implied, sometimes doubled for emphasis
A picture of worship - “Lifting up their hands” / “They bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground”
Image Church #1 Goal
They read from the book, from the Law of God, clearly, and they gave the sense, so that the people understood the reading.
Sense - Interpretation
And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people wept as they heard the words of the Law.
Amen!, “surely it is true!,” i.e., a strong affirmation of what is declared, acceptance clearly implied, sometimes doubled for emphasis
God words is not to condemn and bring sorrow
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
John
Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
joy (emotion) n. — the emotion of great happiness and pleasure.
“Eat the fat and drink sweet wine” - “Send portions to anyone who has nothing ready”
Wait!!! I’m going to celebrate and I’m not doing it by myself…
Don’t b e grieved!
“For the Joy Of The Lord Is Your Strength”
“For The Joy Of The Lord” Joy (emotion) n. — the emotion of great happiness and pleasure.
joy (emotion) n. — the emotion of great happiness and pleasure.
“Is Your Strength” - protection, formally, place of refuge, i.e., the means of being safe in a situation of danger as a figurative extension of a fortress
protection, formally, place of refuge, i.e., the means of being safe in a situation of danger as a figurative extension of a fortress
