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Hebrew: hy"ßm.x,n> yrEîb.DI

Greek: Esdraj DeuteronLatin:Liber Secundus Esdrae

Liber Nehemiae

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Nehemiah

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Date of WritingDate of Writing

~ 444 BC

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ThemeTheme

Jerusalem as the City of God’s People

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Purpose of WritingPurpose of WritingNehemiah 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.

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1.Nehemiah2.The Wall of Jerusalem3.The 69 Weeks of Daniel

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He relinquished a high positionHe relinquished a high position

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

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He came with a missionHe came with a mission

John 3:17 For God did For God did not send the Son into the not send the Son into the world to judge the world, world to judge the world, but that the world might but that the world might be saved through Him. be saved through Him.

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He is the corporate head of IsraelHe is the corporate head of Israel

Matthew 2:2 Where is He who Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? has been born King of the Jews?

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He relies on God in prayerHe relies on God in prayer

Luke 6:12 It was at this It was at this time that He went off to time that He went off to the mountain to pray, and the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night He spent the whole night in prayer to God. in prayer to God.

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

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

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69 weeks = 483 years69 weeks = 483 years

Calculating from the time of the Calculating from the time of the decree of Artaxerxes in Nehemiah 2, decree of Artaxerxes in Nehemiah 2, we arrive at right about the time of we arrive at right about the time of Christ’s ministry, death and Christ’s ministry, death and resurrection in or around 33 AD.resurrection in or around 33 AD.

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Place in the CanonPlace in the CanonHistorically, 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.