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nehemiah:start [2013/03/22 15:43] – [EFFECTIVE SERVICE THAT MAKES GOD ATTRACTIVE] Alan Sheanehemiah:start [2018/05/28 22:29] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 **Author:** NEHEMIAH  **Author:** NEHEMIAH 
-  * Name means //"Yahweh has comfored"// -- +  * Name means //"Yahweh has comforted"// -- 
   * Born in captivity and rose to be the cupbearer to Artaxerxes (Neh. 1:11)(([[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Neh%201.11&version=NIV|Neh 1.11]])).    * Born in captivity and rose to be the cupbearer to Artaxerxes (Neh. 1:11)(([[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Neh%201.11&version=NIV|Neh 1.11]])). 
   * Outstanding traits of a cupbearer:   * Outstanding traits of a cupbearer:
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 A warning from the Lord: Deut. 28:49-53(([[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deu%2028.49-53&version=NIV|Deut 28:49-53]])), //If you fail to obey God, he will judge you and send a foreign nation to take you into captivity.// We find that warning has been carried out when we study Nehemiah.  A warning from the Lord: Deut. 28:49-53(([[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deu%2028.49-53&version=NIV|Deut 28:49-53]])), //If you fail to obey God, he will judge you and send a foreign nation to take you into captivity.// We find that warning has been carried out when we study Nehemiah. 
  
-===Chronological Timeline===+====Chronological Timeline===
   * 931BC -- Kingdom of Israel divided (North & South)   * 931BC -- Kingdom of Israel divided (North & South)
   * 722BC -- Northern Kingdom falls to Assyrians   * 722BC -- Northern Kingdom falls to Assyrians
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   * 444BC -- Third group of Jews return under Nehemiah to rebuild the walls   * 444BC -- Third group of Jews return under Nehemiah to rebuild the walls
  
-===Purpose of Writing=== +====Purpose of Writing=== 
-To present a straightforward historical account of a very important time in Jewish history. It's significance for today lies in its "practical spiritual lessons, applicable to the people of God in any age as they seek to carry on His work. Especially ...in times of spiritual depression and discouragement (//Ezra and Nehemiah, (EBC)G. Coleman Luck, p80//)+To present a straightforward historical account of a very important time in Jewish history. It's significance for today lies in its "practical spiritual lessons, applicable to the people of God in any age as they seek to carry on His work. Especially ...in times of spiritual depression and discouragement (//Ezra and Nehemiah, (EBC)//, G. Coleman Luck, p80)
  
-We want to divide our study into two parts. The first will move through the book chapter by chapter dealing directly with each one ans asking questions to help us understand and make applications. The second part will be more "theological" in nature and will seek to look at the book as a whole, to get a glimpse of Nehemiah's theology and what led him in the direction he took. +We want to divide our study into two parts. The first will move through the book chapter by chapter dealing directly with each one and asking questions to help us understand and make applications. The second part will be more "theological" in nature and will seek to look at the book as a whole, to get a glimpse of Nehemiah's theology and what led him in the direction he took. 
  
   - [[nehemiah:study01| Nehemiah 1:1-11]]   - [[nehemiah:study01| Nehemiah 1:1-11]]
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   - [[nehemiah:study12| Nehemiah 11:1-12:26]]   - [[nehemiah:study12| Nehemiah 11:1-12:26]]
   - [[nehemiah:study13| Nehemiah 12:27-47]]   - [[nehemiah:study13| Nehemiah 12:27-47]]
-  - [[nehemiah:study14| Nehemiah 13:1-30]]\\ Overall Look at the Theology of Nehemiah+  - [[nehemiah:study14| Nehemiah 13:1-30]]\\ **Overall Look at the Theology of Nehemiah**
   - [[nehemiah:study15| Who Is God? -- "God of Heaven"]]   - [[nehemiah:study15| Who Is God? -- "God of Heaven"]]
   - [[nehemiah:study16| Who Is God? -- "God of History"]]   - [[nehemiah:study16| Who Is God? -- "God of History"]]
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