After Babylon

Nehemiah 1, 8-10, 13

Overview

The state of affairs at the start of Nehemiah’s govenorship

• Back in the land but no prosperity, no peace, no king

The spiritual reform of the people

• God’s law is read (8:1-18)
• The people confess their sin (9:1-3)
• The people vow to follow God’s law (10:28-39)
• Separate themselves from God’s enemies
• Not marrying pagan people
• Honouring the Sabbath
• Attending to God’s temple and priesthood

The state of affairs at the close of the OT

• The power of sin
• Condemnation under the covenant through Moses

The need for God’s initiative

• The new covenant
• The king in the line of David

Next week: Fulfilment begins (Luke 3:1-4 :13)