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RLJ-1880
-- OCTOBER 2, 2022
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THE ORIGIN STORY OF JESUS
Part 85: Sin Creeps Back |
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When Sanballat, Tobiah and Geshem learned that the
walls of Jerusalem had been rebuilt, they tried to lure Nehemiah
into a trap and kill him. When that failed, they tried intimidation
and false accusations. Politics is truly an ugly business and
Nehemiah went to God in prayer. The political leaders of Jerusalem
were compromised despite the best efforts of Ezra. They were only
interested in money and power and could not have cared less about
God. Nehemiah appointed his brother as governor and returned to Susa.
After a while he visited Jerusalem and found the Jews had corrupted
themselves again. He reestablished order and ominously asked the
Lord to remember the men who were living in rebellion. Having set
things in order, he left for the final time. Nehemiah’s earthly
purpose was to establish the Jews and Jerusalem in purity but
history would reveal that the descendants of Abraham are
stiff-necked and they would undermine Nehemiah’s best efforts as
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