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(The views expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
Nehemiah 1:1–4, “The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,”
Once the Temple was rebuilt, the city needed to be restored as well. This meant that the Temple was kept in a secure place and all the people involved in serving the Lord through the Temple ceremonies could live in comfort and security. The Samaritans wanted to come and join the Jews thus leading the Jews into an impure religion that was a combination of the true religion and false religions. In order to keep order, dignity and sanctity about the Temple and its procedures, it had to be set apart. Nehemiah, was a senior man in the Persian government and he worked in the palace, in the Persian capital. He heard from some of his fellow Jews that the Jews in Jerusalem were in deep trouble. He prayed to the Lord God to save his people because he was deeply sad about the state of the Jews in their ancient homeland.
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