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Nehemiah 13:15-31 15 In those days I saw in Judah people treading winepress on the Sabbath, and bringing in heaps of grain and loading them on donkeys, and also wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of loads, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. And I warned them on the day when they sold food. 16 Tyrians also, who lived in the city, brought in fish and all kinds of goods and sold them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah, in Jerusalem itself! 17 Then I confronted the nobles of Judah and said to them, "What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day? 18 Did not your fathers act in this way, and did not our God bring all this disaster on us and on this city? Now you are bringing more earth on Israel by profaning the Sabbath." 19 As soon as it began to grow dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut and gave orders that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. And I stationed s...

Nehemiah 13:1-14 1 On that day they read from the Book of Moses in the hearing of the people. And in it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God, 2 for they did not meet the people of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them-yet our God turned turned the curse into blessing. 3 As soon as the people heard the law, they separated from Israel all those of foreign descent. 4 Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, and who was related to Tobiah, 5 prepared for Tobiah a large chamber where they had previously put the grain offering, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes  of grain, wine, and oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests. 6 While this was taking place, I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king. 7 an...

Nehemiah 12:27-47, 축제와 일상 Thinking and Understanding The city wall was finally complete. The Levites and the priests purified the gates and the wall(27-30). Nehemiah gathered the leaders and the choir and had them climb up onto the wall(31). After dividing the choir in two and instructing them each to walk around half of the wall while singing praise, Nehemiah had the two choirs brought together to sing in the temple(31-42). Even the weak rejoiced(43). Also on this day of celebration men were appointed over the store rooms to help with the routine tasks of regular worship(44-47). It is almost as if the passage is telling us that the joy of the celebration could not be maintained without the stuff of everyday. Who is God? God gives us joy. God gives great joy even to the helpless. God rejoices when he sees us rejoice. Where God rejoices, so do his people(Psalm126:3). What lesson Is God teaching us? The stuff of everyday became the foundation of Jerusalem's celeb...

Nehemiah 12:1-26, 세대를 이은 하나님의 일 1 These are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, 2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, 3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 4 Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah, 5 Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, 6 Shemaiah, Joiarib,Jedaiah, 7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Joshua. 8 And the Levites: Joshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who with his brothers was in charge of the songs of thanksgiving. 9 And Bakbukiah and Unni and their brothers stood opposite them in the service. 10 And Joshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim the father of Eliashib, Eliashib the father of Joiada, 11 Joiada the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan the father of Jaddua. 12 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of father's house: of Seraiah, Meraia; of Jeremiah, Hannah; 13 of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; 14 of Malluchi, Jon...

Nehemiah 11:1-36 Thinking and Understanding For the rebuilt Jerusalem to be protected, people were required to inhabit the city(7:1-4). The leaders and ten percents of the remaining people chose to live in Jerusalem. The idea of departing from their hometown and moving to Jerusalem, which was still in ruins, was not an appealing one. so, the people fairly cast lots and blessed those who willingly offered to live in Jerusalem(1-2). The name and genealogies of the families and leaders who took up residence in Jerusalem are recorded(4-24). The rest of Israel lived in various villages(3,20, 25-36) What lesson is God teaching us? The leaders set an example first by choosing to dwell in the run-down city of Jerusalem. others who willingly volunteered were also allowed to dwell in Jerusalem. Willingly volunteering is more valuable than obeying as a appointed person. Are there any opportunities in our current surroundings for us willingly volunteer sacrifice and servitude? ...

Nehemiah 10:1-39 1 "On the seals are the names of Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, Zedekiah, 2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, 4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, 6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 7 Meshullam, Abidjan, Mijamin, 8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah; these are the priests. 9 And the Levites: Joshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; 10 and their brothers, Shebaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; 10 and their brothers, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, 11 Mica, Rebob, Hashbiah, 12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, 13 Hodiah, Bani, Beninu. 14 The chiefs of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani, 15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, 16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, 17 Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur, 18 Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai, 19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, 20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, 21 Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua, 22 Pelatiah, Hasshub, 24 Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek, 25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, 26...

Nehemiah 9: 23-38. 은혜와 배반의 역사 23 You have multiplied their children as the stars of heaven, and you brought them into the land that you had told their fathers to enter and possess. 24 So the descendants went in and possessed the land, and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hand, with their kings and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would. 25 And they captured fortified cities and a rich land, and took possession of houses full of good times, cisterns already hewn, vineyards, olive orchards and fruit threes in abundance. So they ate and were filled and became fat and delighted themselves in your great goodness. 26 "Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelled against you and cast your law behind their back and killed your prophets, who had warned them in order to turn them back to you, and they committed great blasphemies. 27 Therefore you gave them into the hand of their enemies, who ...

저질 체력이라 한다..... 홍역과 장티푸스에서 온전히 회복된지 한달도 채 안되어 목감기가 찾아왔다. 40도가 넘는 이 날씨에.... 얼굴도 땀띠 때문인지, 아님 피부 바이러스 때문인지 가렵고 쓰리고 하다. 미얀마의 바이러스 환경은 필리핀 보다 강한듯하다.! 그래도 꽃 한송이를 피워본다. 그 일을 진짜로 행하시는 창조주의 숨결은 신비롭기만 하다!

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