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Ezra And Nehemiah: Chapter Analysis

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The essence of the coming of the Lord Jesus into the world was to rebuild the foundation and gates which were broken. The subject of the books of Ezra and Nehemiah is rebuilding. Nehemiah was a layman who's divine assignment was rebuilding of the wall and gates of Jerusalem. Ezra was a priest, his emphasis was rebuilding the temple and the restoration of the religious foundation of God's people. These are symbolic of the spiritual and physical realities of foundation and gates. The economic- political and religious life of God's people cannot be separated. If the a person, family or nation can make any significant progress or achieve their destiny the broken foundation and gates has to be fixed. Before anything significant or long-lasting can …show more content…

People were encouraged to give freewill offering.
Chapter 3 reveals that the Israelites were literally ecstatic about the rebuilding of the temple. All the people shouted with a great shout, and they praised the LORD, when the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid. Contrarily in chapter 4, we see how much the devil hates to see the rebuilding of the foundation, the walls and the gates because that means that they were closing in on the devil that they were about keeping him out of his wicked job and out of his evil control. This is so obvious in that chapter.
The moment the foundation was laid and the people shouted for joy, and the sound was heard far away (Ezra 3:11-13), their enemies responded immediately. The intense and sustained opposition spanned over two Kings. Ezra gives a very interesting …show more content…

We alone will build it for the Lord, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, commanded us.” 4 Then the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building. 5 They bribed officials to work against them and frustrate their plans during the entire reign of Cyrus king of Persia and down to the reign of Darius king of Persia.
6 At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes, they lodged an accusation against the people of Judah and Jerusalem. 7 And in the days of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of his associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. The letter was written in Aramaic script and in the Aramaic language" (Ezra 4:1-7 NIV).
From verse 11 we read the content of the letter of petition:
" 11 (This is a copy of the letter they sent him.)
To King

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