Zerubbabel built the temple, then Ezra brought worship reforms, while Nehemiah built the broken wall of Jerusalem’s temple.

Nehemiah means the Lord comforts.

Nehemiah 1:3 – Back home there was great trouble [There was no protection for the wall had been broken], and disgrace [shame for Gates had been burnt with fire].

***The work of a wall is to protect, and gates were the control points and justice was served there too. ***

v4 Nehemiah sat down [stop and think], wept [sincere feeling], mourned, fasted and prayed.

***He reflected, how can I live in luxury and there is shame back home?

v6b – He confessed the sins of the nation, himself and his family.

Nehemiah 2:2 He had sadness of the heart, and in v11 there was a burden in his heart to rebuild the broken wall.

v10 Sanballat and Tobiah heard about Nehemiah’s journey to Jerusalem to promote the Israelites welfare and were greatly disturbed.

Nehemiah 4 & 6 Records the great opposition to the work.

***God eventually gave Nehemiah victory in rebuilding the wall for the temple is never complete without a wall ***

***God is the great rebuilder and reformer of broken down lives, people in ruins and shambles through sin ***