Amanda Anderson walks us through Nehemiah 4 as we continue in our Nehemiah: Rebuild series. In chapter 4, we see how times were hard for the Israelites that were trying to rebuild the wall; just as times are difficult now! Their temple was destroyed and was not allowed to be rebuilt. In Ezekiel 10, it talks about how the glory of the Lord departed from the temple. After that, they were in exile for 70 years, along with some other difficult situations they had to navigate. But despite the mess and all the things that happened, God was with them and loved them. Through the beginnings of the book of Nehemiah, we see that the Lord sends and protects his people, therefore we do not need to be afraid. The enemy still came, taunted, and even threatened to kill the Israelites, but God was with them and protected them (Neh. 4:1-5,7-8,11, 13-21). This can be paralleled to today. Times are hard and the enemy comes, but God is with us.