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Arise and Build!

Arise and Build!. Lessons from the Life of Nehemiah. Nehemiah’s World Nehemiah 1:1-3. For Discussion …. What is spiritual vision? Where does it come from?. Are you visionary … or Are you stationary ?. Deuteronomy 28. The Divided Kingdom ( 930 B.C. ).

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Arise and Build!

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  1. Arise and Build! Lessons from the Life of Nehemiah Nehemiah’s World Nehemiah 1:1-3

  2. For Discussion … • What is spiritual vision? • Where does it come from?

  3. Are you visionary… or Are you stationary?

  4. Deuteronomy 28

  5. The Divided Kingdom ( 930 B.C. )

  6. Depicting the Israelites in captivity Assyrian capture of Samaria

  7. Guarded the entrance to Sargon’s throne room Sargon’s Throne Room

  8. Cuneiform of Sargon II

  9. Jewish communities during the Exile: • In Egypt • In Babylon

  10. What happened among the Jewish community during the exile in Babylon? • The name “Jew” • Aramaic language • Rise of the synagogue • Rise of the scribes and Pharisees • Growth of Spiritual disciplines • Departure from pagan idolatry

  11. Jewish communities during the Exile: • In Egypt • In Babylon • In Judah

  12. Tomb of Cyrus the Great, Pasargadae (Iran) The Cyrus Cylinder

  13. Jewish Return to the Land • 537: under Zerubbabel • Persian Kings: • Cambyses II • Darius I • Xerxes I • Artaxerxes I

  14. Tomb of Artaxerxes

  15. For Discussion … • What spiritual vision are you operating under right now?

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