The Wall Was Finished

Nehemiah 6:15-16 “So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days. 

And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.”

Considering the “state of the Church,” (physically and spiritually speaking), it reminds me of what caused the downfall of Jerusalem in the days of Nehemiah. Love of the world and the things that are in the world—money, power, and personal pleasure were more important than a true love for God, and the things of God.

Thus, God allowed the enemies of God to take over, and were not being held back. “…The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates there of are burned with fire.” (Nehemiah 1:2)

When Nehemiah heard of the desolation of the city of Jerusalem, the place where his fathers were buried, he “sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven.”

Consider Nehemiah’s most earnest prayer, and may this be our prayer too!

Nehemiah 1:5   “And said, I beseech Thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love Him and observe His commandments:

Nehemiah 1:6   Let Thine ear now be attentive, and Thine eyes open, that Thou mayest hear the prayer of Thy servant, which I pray before Thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel Thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against Thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.

Nehemiah 1:7   We have dealt very corruptly against Thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which Thou commandedst Thy servant Moses.

Nehemiah 1:8   Remember, I beseech thee, the word that Thou commandedst Thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:

Nehemiah 1:9   But if ye turn unto Me, and keep My commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set My name there.

Nehemiah 1:10   Now these are Thy servants and Thy people, Whom Thou hast redeemed by Thy great power, and by Thy strong hand.

Nehemiah 1:11   O Lord, I beseech Thee, let now Thine ear be attentive to the prayer of Thy servant, and to the prayer of Thy servants, who desire to fear Thy Name: and prosper, I pray Thee, Thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.”

I Am so grieved over what I see taking place in the churches, among those who claim to be Christians, and I have been for some time now. So many religious leaders are compromised cowards, and are not representing the true Christ! Many things they deem acceptable with God, are not!

We desperately need a man like Nehemiah in our day! A man who has a heart towards God, and is determined to stand for the Truth, and lead others who have “a mind to work” for God and His Kingdom, regardless of the opposition and persecution that will come. If God be for us, it doesn’t matter who is against us!

When the enemies of God heard that Nehemiah was given the resources and the authority to rebuild the wall and the gates of Jerusalem, “it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.” (Nehemiah 2:10b)

The question that begs to be asked: “…when the Son of man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth?” (Luke 18:8b) I am not so sure! I just know that when men fail to obey God, and do His will, as Scripture confirms, God will use a faithful woman that is truly devoted to Him. He chose Esther and Deborah to help save His people from the Enemy at very critical times in history, and we desperately need God to help US now! Without God and His favor upon US, our “works” are a futile effort no matter how good and noble our intentions may be!

Jesus is coming back One great and dreadful Day, and He is looking for “a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.” (Ephesians 5:27 b) It is my sincere prayer that I will be unashamed on that Day!

Please consider this important passage, which is yet to be…

Malachi 3:1 “Behold, I will send My messenger, and He shall prepare the way before Me: and the LORD, Whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the messenger of the covenant, Whom ye delight in: behold, He shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.

Malachi 3:2   But who may abide the Day of His coming? and who shall stand when He appeareth? for He is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:

Malachi 3:3   And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.

Malachi 3:4   Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

Malachi 3:5   And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not Me, saith the LORD of hosts.

Malachi 3:6   For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Malachi 3:7   Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto Me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

Malachi 3:8   Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed Me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

Malachi 3:9   Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed Me, even this whole nation.

Malachi 3:10   Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove Me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

Malachi 3:11   And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.

Malachi 3:12   And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.

Malachi 3:13   Your words have been stout against Me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against Thee?

Malachi 3:14   Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept His ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?

Malachi 3:15   And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

Malachi 3:16   Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon His name.

Malachi 3:17   And they shall be Mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that Day when I make up My jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

Malachi 3:18   Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth Him not.”

One Day there will be no doubt as to who is of the LORD God, and who is not! But for those who are truly “born again” of God’s Spirit, and are listening to Him, He will show us who is true and who is false! This is why we desperately need the LORD, and must be attentive to His Voice!

1 John 4:1 “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

1 John 4:2   Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

1 John 4:3   And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

1 John 4:4   Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.

1 John 4:5   They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

1 John 4:6   We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.”

I say woe unto those “teachers” of God’s word that claim to be speaking the truth, but use corrupt Bible translations that have been tainted by evil men, who cannot even hear the voice of God!

According to the Scriptures, there is curse upon those who preach a false gospel! (Galatians 1:6-9) May God open the eyes of His people and reveal the truth to those who truly love Him and His dear Son, who gave His precious life to save us from our sin, Satan, and death!

May God raise up His servants, who are  “baptized into Christ,” (Galatians 3:27-28) whether they be Jews or Gentiles, male or female, bond or free to preach the “gospel of the kingdom in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.” (Matthew 24:14) Amen!

Jesus said, the days before the “coming of the LORD,” and “the end of the world,” will be mark by great deception and apostasy. “For many shall come in My Name, saying I am Christ; and shall deceive many.” (Matthew 24:5). May you have “eyes to see” and “ears to hear,” the true Gospel of the LORD Jesus Christ, according to the Holy Scriptures, and as was confirmed by the Holy Spirit, and was witnessed by me on the night of 28 February 1993:

“Many things you have been taught here has been done in secrecy and in darkness. You have been taught truth mixed with lies, and the Lord says it will go on no longer!

 …And the Lord is giving you a chance to turn from your sin. And He is so forgiving that He will not hold your sin against you if you repent. And if you do not, you will die!

…Everything you have learned here has been tainted with evil, and you can’t hold on to any of it. The only thing that you can hold on to is the fact that Jesus Christ died for you, and by His mighty power, God raised Him from the dead. And if you believe that in your heart, and claim Him as Lord, He will put the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead, inside of you, to lead you and guide you into the truth!

Light will overshadow darkness, and darkness will not be able to stand in the presence of God!”

Malachi 4:1   “For, behold, the Day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the Day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

Malachi 4:2   But unto you that fear My name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in His wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

Malachi 4:3   And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the Day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.

Malachi 4:4   Remember ye the law of Moses My servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.

Malachi 4:5   Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the Great and Dreadful Day of the LORD:

Malachi 4:6   And He shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.”

Something To Think About!

Luke 12:49   “I Am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?”

Updated: 25-26 September 2022 / 1 Tishrei 5783 / Rosh Hashana