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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?




3-24 it is a list of the people who obeyed God's choosing. Jerusalem, a church isn't just a building, it is a community of people. God doesn't look at the elaborate buildings, it is a buildings of churches but at the people who gather there. Do we share this perspective of God? are we interested in the people or the building?