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“The true calling of a Christian is not to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things in an extraordinary way.”
Arthur Stanley
We will be reading through Nehemiah 1:1-4
If we look at the time of the Old Testament, a thousand years before Jesus’ birth, we see a kingdom from God that is reaping the consequences of their actions. They are a nation-state that was under the rule of God, sinning in nearly every task they were given, and ultimately punished through conquer and conquest. The power that was Israel and Judah before and during David’s reign is no more. Jerusalem lies in ruins after having been sacked. Many of God’s people have been captured and turned into servants under Nebuchadnezzar, a foreign king. This is the historical context for the book of Nehemiah.
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