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The Bible Recap

Day 269 (Nehemiah 1-5) - Year 3

The Bible Recap

Tara-Leigh Cobble

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality:christianity

4.833.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2021

⏱️ 8 minutes

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0:00.0

Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap.

0:13.2

The books of Niemaya and Ezra used to be one long book, chronicling the return of the

0:17.4

exiles after the Babylonian captivity.

0:19.9

In Ezra we met the first two rounds of leadership, Zerubabal and Joshua, and then we met

0:24.4

young Ezra.

0:25.6

Today we meet another leader who comes along during the time of Ezra, Niemaya.

0:29.8

He is an Israelite official who works for the Persian government.

0:33.4

One thing we haven't dealt with so far is why there are so many Israelites still in Persia

0:37.7

after God commanded them to return to Jerusalem.

0:40.5

If they're Yahweh-fearing Jews, why did they disobey God's orders?

0:44.5

Some scholars say people like Ezra, Niemaya and even Mordekai probably had no choice

0:49.0

in the matter because they were servants of the Persian government and could only do what

0:52.6

was permitted.

0:54.1

If that's true, perhaps that's one reason why it was so important to have the King's

0:57.8

approval and support in returning to Israel.

1:00.6

Niemaya has an inside track for getting the King's support because he isn't a prophet

1:04.6

or a priest by trade, he's a personal assistant to the King.

1:08.2

In addition to that, he's a man of prayer.

1:10.9

There are 12 prayers recorded in the 13 chapters of this book.

1:14.6

He also frequently quotes or references scripture which shows us that he knows God's word.

1:20.2

When we open today, he's got a family member in town from Jerusalem and he asks how things

1:24.0

are going.

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