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Nehemiah chapter 8, verses 5 and 6.

And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people.

And as he opened it, all the people stood.

And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people answered, Ezra blessed the Lord the great God and all the people answered amen

amen lifting up their hands and they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to

the ground what a scene is one of my favorite chapters in all the Bible because of what it shows

about the supremacy of the Bible of God's Word. The whole scene here in Nehemiah chapter 8 is

all these people gathering together. Ezra, the scribe, brings out the book of the law. The Lord

had commanded Israel. That's verse one. He stands on this platform above all the people. And as he

opens up the book, all he does is open it. Everybody stands. Just picture it.

He's opened the book, and thousands and thousands of people are standing in awe.

And Ezra blesses God.

And all the people are shouting, amen, amen with their hands in the air.

And then they all bow their heads. And words of the Lord with their hands in the air. And then they all bow their heads.

And words of the Lord with their faces on the ground.

All he did was open up the book.

And then after that, they read from the book and did so for hours.

And all the people listened and were taught and understood it. Verse 8 says,

and when I read this passage, I just, I pray for this kind of reverence for God's word in my life

and in the church I'm a part of among us as God's people today, do we revere God's word?

Does it lead us to fall on our faces in worship?

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