2 Thessalonians Chapter 1 Part 1

The family assignments on building the wall.

Admonishments for living "christianly".

Nehemiah prays and fasts for 4 months and is now ready to approach the king and the king notices he is sad.  This is the chance that God has put before Nehemiah to do the mission that was prepared for him.  Without fail, Nehemiah asks the king for permission, for supplies, for time off, and for an army to accompany him.  The king grants him everything needed to head to Jerusalem for his first time and begin to rebuild the wall that was destroyed so many years before.

In the first part of chapter 5 we learn that believers are to live in the light and always be ready, awake and sober.  Do not live in the dark and so be surprised by the return of Christ and be left behind for the tribulation. We are to encourage one another and remind each other that God did not appoing us to suffer wrath bt to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ!

After getting the report from his brother that the the Holy City had not been rebuilt, Nehemiah began to mourn and fast for the homeland he had never seen.  God began to work in his heart and lay out a mission that would lead him from his protected life of security to a place of insecurity and hard work that would fulfil God's purpose for Nehemiah.

What happens to our loved ones who have gone before us during the rapture?

Background history and introduction of Nehemiah.

Do you want to please God? Do you want to know the will of God for your life?

Be established in your faith like granite to withstand the trials that will come and test your faith.