Ergebnis für "Nehemiah" in Religiöse Studien

The book of Nehemiah chronicles some of the most dramatic and difficult days recorded in the history of the Jewish nation. During the period that followed the Babylonian exile, the people of God returned to their homeland only to find it in a state of ruin, shame, and disgrace. The city of Jerusalem lay desolate, and the people of God were discouraged. Yet, against this dark background, the LORD caused a ray of hope to shine forth. Hundreds of miles away in the court of the Persian king, God had prepared a man named Nehemiah for a very special task.

Imagine finding out that you had been brainwashed into believing you were helping people, but you were actually hurting them. For years, Nehemiah Flynt provided therapeutic foster care without realizing the harm he was helping the government inflict on innocent children and families. By the grace of God, the blinders fell off and he began to see the wickedness of "the system."

It is not known who wrote the Book of Nehemiah. However, it is written in the first-person narrative style, which seems to suggest that at least parts of the book were written by Nehemiah himself. Nehemiah was a cupbearer for King Artaxerxes of Persia. On a particular day, he broke down before the king and mentioned how Jerusalem had been destroyed. The king ordered him to go back and build the walls around the city. He was also given supplies and an armed escort. As Nehemiah began to build the walls with his team, there was fierce opposition from the countries surrounding Jerusalem.