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“should you not walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?” Nehemiah 5:9b When Nehemiah hears the outcry of the Jews being taken advantage of financially by fellow citizens we are told he became “Very Angry”. This is what we call “righteous indignation”! But notice how he […]

“When I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.” Nehemiah 1:4 News arrives in Persia to Nehemiah; “the wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates are burned with fire.” When we read this Book, we are right

“Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God to seek from Him a safe journey for us, our little ones, and all our possessions.” Ezra 8:21 Ezra is about to lead the 2nd wave of Jews back to Palestine. The 1st order of business

“But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not stop them until a report could come to Darius, and then a written reply be returned concerning it.” Ezra 5:5 The Jews have been ordered to stop work on the Temple, but through the prophesying of Haggai and

“So they set up the altar on its foundation, for they were terrified because of the peoples of the lands; and they offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord, burnt offerings morning and evening. ” Ezra 3:3 As the early captives returned to Jerusalem, they found the city in ruins. The City wall had

“There had not been celebrated a Passover like it in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet;” 2 Chronicles 35:18a Josiah, the last of the Good Kings, was the most fervent in his desire to please God and bring his people back to Him. Today’s verse makes that abundantly clear in the celebration of

“”With him is only an arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people relied on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.” 2 Chronicles 32:8 Hezekiah is such an inspiration! From Day 1, he devoted himself to the reform of Judah

“Now in the time of his distress this same King Ahaz became yet more unfaithful to the Lord.” 2 Chronicles 28:22 Ahaz was one of the 1st Apostate Kings of Judah. Though both his father, Jotham, and grandfather, Uzziah, were Good Kings, he started bad and ended worse. Early on in his reign, Aram had

“Joash did what was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest.” 2 Chronicles 24:2 King Ahaziah has died, and his mother, Athalia, puts to death all the heirs to the throne; so she thinks. One son has been spared, and when 7, installed to his rightful position as

“He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab did (for Ahab’s daughter was his wife), and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.” 2 Chronicles 21:6 As I mentioned yesterday, King Jehoshaphat, as faithful as he was, sinned by aligning himself with Ahab. He had