Nehemiah Lesson-12: Organized for Life Under God (Part II)

This Week’s Lesson

Today we are in Lesson-12 in the series “Rebuilding the Covenant Community” from the book of Nehemiah.
 
This is Volume II of our series: “After the Exile” a study of Ezra-Nehemiah-Esther.
 
The lesson is titled “Organized for Life Under God – Part II” and our focus passage is Nehemiah 12:27-47.
 
Please find your way in your Bible to that passage.

In our previous episode, we began our teaching of Nehemiah 11-12, a study we are calling “Organized for Life Under God”.
 
We are now in the last section of the book of Nehemiah namely chapters 11-13.
 
As a way of reminder let’s talk about what happened at the end of Nehemiah 10. The Jewish Exiles made a series of commitments to the LORD as they renewed the covenant with Him.
 
They had signed a document. But it is that enough? People make all kinds of commitments all the time and they don’t honor them. Will the Jewish Exiles follow through?
 
The people were well intentioned, but their own history suggests that good intentions are not sufficient (Deut. 31:14-22; Josh. 24:14-28).
 
We must purposefully set out to do what we said we would do. It does not happen by accident.

In today’s lesson we will conclude our study of Nehemiah 11-12. Our focus is on a special ceremony led by Nehemiah and Ezra to dedicate the rebuilt Jerusalem walls (Ezek. 6:15-16).
 
This is the final step of Nehemiah’s task that began all the way back in Neh. 1 when he first heard about the despair of Jewish people and the desolation of the city (Neh. 1:1-4).
 
It is a beautiful ceremony filled with worship and a recommitment to follow the Torah.

Let’s get started.

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