Nehemiah

Bible Reference: Nehemiah

Nehemiah served as the cupbearer to King Artaxerxes in Persia.
A cupbearer tasted the wine for the king and then passed it to the table, giving them great access and influence within the kingdom.
When Nehemiah heard of the suffering of his own Jewish people and their poverty in Jerusalem, he was compelled to bring it before the king to ask for help.
With Artaxerxes’ blessing, Nehemiah went back to Jerusalem and personally wept over the state of the city.
The Jewish people had been back in Jerusalem for almost 100 years and still had not rebuilt the walls and had drifted away from true worship.
Nehemiah rallied the people to rebuild the walls in a record fifty-two days when they all worked together.
He stood against the scheming and attempts of his neighbors to get the Jewish people to stop building the walls.
He worked in cooperation with Ezra to reform the city and to bring them back to proper worship.
After twelve years, he returned to Persia, but when corruption crept back into Jerusalem, he returned to make things right.
Nehemiah is credited with writing the book that bears his name.

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