_NATIONAL DEGENERACY_ ‘Why is the house of God forsaken?’ Nehemiah 13:11 Nehemiah appears to have held office as governor for twelve years, and then to have returned for an indefinite period to the court of Artaxerxes, and to have afterwards resumed his functions in Jerusalem. The events of this... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE REST DAY PROFANED_ ‘Ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the Sabbath.’ Nehemiah 13:18 What can we learn for ourselves from this Old Testament lesson? We notice three prominent points. I. THE OBSERVANCE OF A DAY OF REST IS NOT AFFECTED BY NATIONAL OR POLITICAL CHANGES.—The Hebrew we... [ Continue Reading ]
_GOD’S ‘YET’_ ‘Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.’ Nehemiah 13:26 ‘YET’—but, for all that, notwithstanding... [ Continue Reading ]