WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to the Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:07.480 practical ways. 4 00:00:11.919 --> 00:00:16.239 Good Morning, good morning. We talked the whole that through. 5 00:00:16.280 --> 00:00:19.920 Good morning, good morning to you and you and you. 6 00:00:20.039 --> 00:00:21.719 I wish I could help with that, but hell, no 7 00:00:21.760 --> 00:00:23.879 one wants to be singing, but Jeff, though. We need 8 00:00:23.879 --> 00:00:25.519 to get Jeff singing more often, is what I'm thinking. 9 00:00:25.559 --> 00:00:26.280 We need to get him more. 10 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:28.960 Hey, last week he actually sang a couple of different times. 11 00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:31.239 He said mail bags, and I was like, I was like, dude, 12 00:00:31.280 --> 00:00:32.159 he's got a good voice. 13 00:00:32.320 --> 00:00:34.600 Oh you mean like with Wesley. Yes, maybe it's personal. 14 00:00:34.759 --> 00:00:38.600 Yeah, no, no, no, he just he says he doesn't want 15 00:00:38.600 --> 00:00:40.439 to sing because I'm the singing guy. 16 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:43.320 But anyway, listen, Hey, good morning, how about that? 17 00:00:43.399 --> 00:00:44.359 Good morning, good morning. 18 00:00:44.439 --> 00:00:46.560 Welcome to the Bible guys. I'm Christ This is Kyle 19 00:00:46.679 --> 00:00:49.320 jeffs out of town. So today we're the Bible guys, 20 00:00:49.479 --> 00:00:51.840 and we are going to dive into in a minute 21 00:00:52.039 --> 00:00:56.439 Neami chapter four, chapter where Neamiah has just began. We're 22 00:00:56.439 --> 00:01:00.719 actually skipping over chapter three, which by the way, is 23 00:01:00.759 --> 00:01:03.960 an incredible chapter. It's just kind of boring with the details, 24 00:01:04.319 --> 00:01:09.480 but it's incredible in that Nami recruits all different walks 25 00:01:09.519 --> 00:01:12.480 of life of people, right, he recruits like, you know, 26 00:01:12.719 --> 00:01:18.760 masonaries and engineers and soldiers even and commoners and farmers. 27 00:01:18.959 --> 00:01:22.640 But he recruits people from all different walks of life. 28 00:01:22.760 --> 00:01:26.200 He organizes everything, He gives them assignments. He asked them 29 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:28.959 to start rebuilding the wall, and that took place in 30 00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:32.480 chapter three, and then it's going to continue through today's. 31 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:32.920 Chapter as well. 32 00:01:33.799 --> 00:01:35.959 But before we get to that, we have a segment 33 00:01:36.640 --> 00:01:38.159 by Desiree called would you rather? 34 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:38.840 Would you rather? 35 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:41.159 Okay, yeah, so it looks like I've got five would 36 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:42.280 you rather questions for you? 37 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:43.120 You got five for me. 38 00:01:43.280 --> 00:01:45.280 Oh no, no, no, we both have the same five with 39 00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:46.959 the same five. Yeah, so you do it. 40 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:48.599 Just take turns of reading them and then we'll just 41 00:01:48.599 --> 00:01:50.239 sort of take a guess on answering them. 42 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:52.280 All. Right, here we go, I'll lead the way here. 43 00:01:52.519 --> 00:01:55.599 Number one, would you rather have to communicate using only 44 00:01:55.640 --> 00:01:59.079 emojis or speak in pig Latin for a week? 45 00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:03.560 So I'm assuming that means you would have to be 46 00:02:03.599 --> 00:02:06.079 silent for a week because you'd have to type emojis 47 00:02:06.239 --> 00:02:06.760 everything up. 48 00:02:06.799 --> 00:02:09.120 But but pig Latin, you can actually speak out loud. 49 00:02:10.159 --> 00:02:12.520 I gotta be honest. I think i'd go emojis. I 50 00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:13.439 think I would. 51 00:02:15.039 --> 00:02:19.319 I inc they at a I would weigh and lay 52 00:02:19.639 --> 00:02:20.960 or a week way. 53 00:02:21.639 --> 00:02:23.599 Could you imagine everywhere you go doing that? 54 00:02:24.439 --> 00:02:27.360 Oh my goodness, every every time you go through the 55 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:28.240 Starbucks line. 56 00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:30.960 That's how you order your drink, your wife at dinner. 57 00:02:31.039 --> 00:02:32.719 You're trying to have a conversation by miney is. 58 00:02:32.759 --> 00:02:35.439 You couldn't go anywhere by yourself. You'd have to You'd 59 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:36.759 have to bring an interpreter. 60 00:02:36.879 --> 00:02:38.719 You know, like, did you know what I just said? Yeah, 61 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:41.120 I'm assuming you said I would speak in pig Latin 62 00:02:41.159 --> 00:02:44.319 for the week. Yes, yes, but did you did you 63 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:48.759 understand it? Though I would not, It's yeah, it's it's okay. 64 00:02:48.919 --> 00:02:54.360 So like so like, uh okay, oh yeah, ok lay 65 00:02:55.000 --> 00:02:57.439 I lay a feree ray no. 66 00:02:57.639 --> 00:03:02.520 Nothing, referee oh referee at the end, I'm assuming you 67 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:03.680 say that it look like a rep read it. 68 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:08.479 That's correct, that's good, that's hilarious. Okay. So so yeah, 69 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:11.120 I just think it would be hard to be quiet 70 00:03:11.159 --> 00:03:11.520 for a week. 71 00:03:11.680 --> 00:03:13.879 Yeah, that would be tough. I'm gonna go with mojiso. Okay, 72 00:03:13.919 --> 00:03:15.120 we're different on that one, all right. 73 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:18.479 Number two, would you rather have an adventure in Narnia 74 00:03:19.400 --> 00:03:22.039 or explore Middle Earth from the Lord of the Rings. 75 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:25.520 Well, this is a crazy question. 76 00:03:25.800 --> 00:03:29.000 Well, I would say, Man, the listeners are gonna hate 77 00:03:29.000 --> 00:03:31.159 me for this, but I am like, not a Lord 78 00:03:31.199 --> 00:03:33.080 of the Rings or a Chronicles and Narnia guy. 79 00:03:34.319 --> 00:03:36.639 So this one's for you, Bud Well. 80 00:03:36.960 --> 00:03:40.360 I gotta be honest, it's it's it's shocking to everybody 81 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:42.639 because I love movies so much, but I didn't love 82 00:03:42.719 --> 00:03:45.000 Lord of the Rings really Okay. I thought it was epic. 83 00:03:45.120 --> 00:03:48.759 I thought it was done really really super well. I 84 00:03:48.879 --> 00:03:51.280 thought like it was it was true to the book. 85 00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:54.599 I thought it was in every way great, except for 86 00:03:55.560 --> 00:03:58.439 I don't think it was written for anybody besides the 87 00:03:58.439 --> 00:03:58.960 book people. 88 00:03:59.639 --> 00:04:00.280 I think that you. 89 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:04.159 I think that Harry Potter, for instance, did a fantastic 90 00:04:04.360 --> 00:04:07.680 job making the movie for people who knew nothing about 91 00:04:07.719 --> 00:04:10.400 Harry Potter. But I think the Lord of the Rings 92 00:04:11.039 --> 00:04:15.000 uh sort of, uh, sort of didn't take the time 93 00:04:15.159 --> 00:04:18.160 to bring along people like me. I never read the books, 94 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:20.519 and so I think it just sort of ran through 95 00:04:21.279 --> 00:04:26.360 all these references and names and cities and stories and 96 00:04:26.560 --> 00:04:29.040 back back plots, and what they did was they didn't 97 00:04:29.079 --> 00:04:32.800 give the time to bring people carry people along. So 98 00:04:32.879 --> 00:04:34.480 it's like it's like they just kept on going from 99 00:04:34.560 --> 00:04:37.240 thing the thing, the thing the thing, almost in my mind, 100 00:04:37.759 --> 00:04:41.839 assuming that people knew what they were talking about, and 101 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:43.920 and it's and it's and I just thought to myself, 102 00:04:43.920 --> 00:04:47.000 I'm like, hey, the director did a great job making 103 00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:49.720 this movie for the fans. But they but I don't 104 00:04:49.720 --> 00:04:51.720 think the director, honestly, in my opinion, did a good 105 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:54.399 job making that movie for the people who don't know it. 106 00:04:54.480 --> 00:04:55.959 And somebody just shows up on a Friday night at 107 00:04:56.000 --> 00:04:58.240 the theater, they may felt it might feel lost. 108 00:04:58.720 --> 00:05:00.519 Well, I mean, I've talked ab If you google it 109 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:02.639 right now and say what's the big complaint about the movies, 110 00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:05.519 you'll you'll read that you'll read that it was hard 111 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:10.240 to understand. So I would say Narnia, because I think 112 00:05:10.319 --> 00:05:14.240 Narnia was prettier and more beautiful interesting than Middle Earth. 113 00:05:14.480 --> 00:05:16.800 Okay, go ahead and let let us know your comments 114 00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:18.920 on YouTube. What you think about Chris's assessment of Lord 115 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:19.480 of the Rings. 116 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:21.519 Yeah, And by the way, I would say, I would 117 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:24.439 say most people loved Lord of the Rings. 118 00:05:24.480 --> 00:05:25.079 Yeah, loved it. 119 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:27.079 I have a friend who every year he gets together 120 00:05:27.160 --> 00:05:28.560 and they watch all the Lord of the Rings. They'll 121 00:05:28.560 --> 00:05:29.519 do like a Saturday and they. 122 00:05:29.439 --> 00:05:31.720 Watch them all. They'll do it with Star Wars as well. 123 00:05:32.560 --> 00:05:32.720 Man. 124 00:05:32.920 --> 00:05:36.920 Yeah, and by the way, it wasn't It was fifteen 125 00:05:37.040 --> 00:05:40.560 years later when I said something like the enemy was 126 00:05:41.319 --> 00:05:41.720 the enemy? 127 00:05:41.839 --> 00:05:43.800 Was that wizard guy right like sore In or whatever? 128 00:05:43.920 --> 00:05:44.160 Wasn't it? 129 00:05:44.439 --> 00:05:46.680 And then somebody says, no, the enemy was the Tower? 130 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:51.360 And I go what I was like, if that's unclear 131 00:05:51.439 --> 00:05:52.600 that that's a bad movie. 132 00:05:53.160 --> 00:05:54.160 Right, that's a bad movie. 133 00:05:54.839 --> 00:05:59.920 So anyway, Number three, would you rather have to wear clowns? 134 00:06:00.920 --> 00:06:03.480 Would you rather have to wear clown shoes every day? 135 00:06:04.040 --> 00:06:08.199 Or a jester hat with bells that jingle constantly? Oh geez, 136 00:06:08.360 --> 00:06:11.040 this is forever too, by the way, that's every day. 137 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:12.560 Those are two bad choices. 138 00:06:12.680 --> 00:06:15.759 Yeah, this is like, oh, man, the lesser of two evils. 139 00:06:15.839 --> 00:06:18.160 I'm gonna go with clown shoes. 140 00:06:18.279 --> 00:06:21.800 Me too. Clown shoes too, It's easier to deal with. Yeah, 141 00:06:22.600 --> 00:06:26.519 and imagine driving though they're on your feet. Uh yeah, 142 00:06:26.720 --> 00:06:27.519 that's that's rough. 143 00:06:27.560 --> 00:06:28.120 There's some rough. 144 00:06:28.360 --> 00:06:30.519 Yeah, they're not I'm saying that out. There's some rough 145 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:31.879 scenarios with the clown shoes. 146 00:06:31.959 --> 00:06:35.000 But can you imagine with your hair? 147 00:06:35.160 --> 00:06:36.639 Yeah, you're just a joke the rest of your life. 148 00:06:36.839 --> 00:06:39.160 Yeah, yeah, it's well, I mean you'd be a joke 149 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:43.839 about what. Listen, let's be clear, there's no way you're 150 00:06:43.879 --> 00:06:44.360 not a joke. 151 00:06:44.879 --> 00:06:45.800 Yeah, yeah, all right. 152 00:06:45.959 --> 00:06:48.360 Number four, would you rather have a family camping trip 153 00:06:48.839 --> 00:06:53.120 or a family cabin getaway? And obviously in Michigan where 154 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:55.759 we're at, this is uh, this is cabin season, Spartan, 155 00:06:55.879 --> 00:06:58.959 you know, cabin camping season, desiree big camper. 156 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:01.560 Do you know that about Desiree? I did a huge camper? Yep. 157 00:07:01.759 --> 00:07:05.879 Yeah, So there is no question, uh, you know, just 158 00:07:06.040 --> 00:07:08.680 like shotreck me checking Ago King, we are not even 159 00:07:08.879 --> 00:07:11.759 careful to answer you. We don't even have to debate. 160 00:07:12.279 --> 00:07:16.199 It is a cabin get away from me because I hate. 161 00:07:16.519 --> 00:07:20.600 Camp Okay, So I got to actually, really it's kind 162 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:22.720 of like, yeah, I feel like when you mentioned heaven 163 00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:25.519 people referring to hunting as heaven, this is probably like 164 00:07:25.560 --> 00:07:26.199 the opposite of that. 165 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:28.040 The hell would be the camping. 166 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:30.000 So we actually, my family and I we actually a 167 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:32.639 few years ago we bought a camper. We actually did 168 00:07:32.720 --> 00:07:34.639 the pop up then we bought a travel trailer and 169 00:07:34.759 --> 00:07:36.040 that was so much fun. We had a lot of 170 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:38.959 fun with it, you know, for the last few years. 171 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:42.319 But then last year my brother actually bought a cabin, 172 00:07:42.360 --> 00:07:45.600 a family cabin up north, and comparing them literally in 173 00:07:45.639 --> 00:07:47.560 the last couple of years, it is not even closely 174 00:07:47.639 --> 00:07:50.560 cabin for sure, because our cabin get away, because we're 175 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:51.920 able to go up there, we're able to experience some 176 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:53.720 of the same things of camping. But then I go 177 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:55.439 and sleep in a queen size bed. 178 00:07:55.800 --> 00:07:58.199 Afterwards when I can shower and you know, things like that. 179 00:07:58.360 --> 00:08:01.160 So currently living the US right now, and I will say, 180 00:08:01.360 --> 00:08:04.199 in my opinion, I'll go with the family cabin getaway, Okay. 181 00:08:04.480 --> 00:08:06.800 And then last one is would you rather have the 182 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:10.439 voice of Mickey Mouse or the fashion sense of a Minion? 183 00:08:10.639 --> 00:08:10.759 Oh? 184 00:08:10.879 --> 00:08:14.360 Wow, the Menya just wore those little suspenders right, yeah, 185 00:08:14.720 --> 00:08:15.480 little blue jeans. 186 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:21.800 I honestly think I would do Minion, yeah, because that's rough, 187 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:24.279 but Mickey Mouse would be even rougher. 188 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:25.920 These are two horrible choices. 189 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:28.600 Yeah, they're really bad. You're stuck with a voice forever. 190 00:08:29.279 --> 00:08:32.440 Well, your style sense, let's let's just say that maybe 191 00:08:33.159 --> 00:08:34.519 maybe maybe blue. 192 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:37.279 Gene overalls come back back around every fifteen years, and yeah, 193 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:38.720 you're you're, you're, you're in. 194 00:08:38.720 --> 00:08:42.720 Styles though that's rough. Well, hey, that's the art time 195 00:08:42.759 --> 00:08:43.240 for the segment. 196 00:08:43.320 --> 00:08:45.960 So let's move on to ne and Maya chapter four, 197 00:08:46.799 --> 00:08:49.840 and uh, we're gonna find out that there's some enemies. 198 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:52.720 Yeah, and even then chapter two, for those who didn't 199 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:55.559 listen yesterday, he was met with some opposition, one of 200 00:08:55.600 --> 00:08:58.399 them being sent SAand Blot. And then Neamiah Ford says, 201 00:08:58.440 --> 00:09:01.159 this sam Blot was very angry when he learned that 202 00:09:01.200 --> 00:09:04.440 we were rebuilding the wall. He flew into a rage, 203 00:09:04.879 --> 00:09:06.879 and he mocked the Jews, saying, in front of his 204 00:09:06.960 --> 00:09:11.159 friends and the Samaran army officers, what does this bunch 205 00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:14.600 of poor feeble Jews think they're doing? Do they think 206 00:09:14.639 --> 00:09:16.519 they can build the wall in a single day by 207 00:09:16.639 --> 00:09:19.759 just offering a few sacrifices? Do they actually think they 208 00:09:19.799 --> 00:09:23.039 can make something out of stones or something of stones 209 00:09:23.080 --> 00:09:26.639 from a rubbish heap and charred ones? At that to Buya, 210 00:09:26.720 --> 00:09:29.360 the Ammonite who was standing beside him or marked that 211 00:09:29.480 --> 00:09:32.559 stone wall would collapse if even a fox walked along 212 00:09:32.639 --> 00:09:35.519 the top of it. And then the Neami respond says, 213 00:09:35.559 --> 00:09:38.440 then I prayed, hear us, our God, for we are 214 00:09:38.600 --> 00:09:42.200 being mocked. May their scoffing fall back on their own heads, 215 00:09:42.559 --> 00:09:45.399 and may they themselves become captives in a foreign land. 216 00:09:45.840 --> 00:09:48.960 Do not ignore their guilt, do not blot out their sins, 217 00:09:49.440 --> 00:09:51.679 for they provoked you to anger here in front of 218 00:09:51.720 --> 00:09:54.840 the builders. At last the wall was completed to half 219 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:57.759 its height around the entire city. For the people had 220 00:09:57.799 --> 00:10:01.960 worked with enthusiasm and sand. Balot and Tobaia and the Arabs, 221 00:10:02.200 --> 00:10:06.440 Ammonites and Esdodites heard that the work was going ahead 222 00:10:06.480 --> 00:10:08.679 and that the gaps in the wall of Jerusalem were 223 00:10:08.720 --> 00:10:09.279 being repaired. 224 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:10.559 They were furious. 225 00:10:11.639 --> 00:10:14.320 They all made plans to come and fight against the 226 00:10:14.440 --> 00:10:17.720 Jalem against Jerusalem and throw us into confusion. But when 227 00:10:17.799 --> 00:10:20.559 we prayed to our God and guarded the city day 228 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:23.279 and night to protect ourselves, then the people of Judah 229 00:10:23.320 --> 00:10:26.320 began to complain. The workers are getting tired, and there's 230 00:10:26.360 --> 00:10:28.519 so much rubble to be removed. We will never be 231 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:31.639 able to build the wall by ourselves. Meanwhile, our enemies 232 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:34.279 were saying, before they know what's happening, we will swoop 233 00:10:34.320 --> 00:10:36.240 down on them and kill them and end their work. 234 00:10:36.840 --> 00:10:38.840 The Jews who lived near the enemy came and told 235 00:10:38.919 --> 00:10:41.679 us again and again they will come from all directions 236 00:10:41.720 --> 00:10:44.360 and attack us. So I placed armed guards behind the 237 00:10:44.440 --> 00:10:48.639 lowest parts of the wall. In exposed areas, I stationed 238 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:51.279 the people to stand guard by families armed with swords, 239 00:10:51.679 --> 00:10:52.799 spears and bows. 240 00:10:53.440 --> 00:10:55.240 Then, as I looked over the situation, I. 241 00:10:55.320 --> 00:10:57.360 Called together the nobles and the rest of the people 242 00:10:57.399 --> 00:10:59.799 and said to them, don't be afraid of the enemy. 243 00:11:00.720 --> 00:11:03.559 Remember the Lord who is great and glorious, and fight 244 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:06.360 for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and 245 00:11:06.519 --> 00:11:09.679 your homes. When our enemies heard that we knew of 246 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:12.679 their plans and that God had frustrated them, we all 247 00:11:12.799 --> 00:11:15.200 returned to our work on the wall. But from then 248 00:11:15.279 --> 00:11:17.559 on only half my men worked, while the other half 249 00:11:17.600 --> 00:11:21.879 stood guard with spears, shields, bows and coats of mail. 250 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:25.919 The leaders stationed themselves behind the people of Judah who 251 00:11:25.919 --> 00:11:28.440 are building the wall. The laborers carry down their work 252 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:30.799 with one hand supporting their load and one hand holding 253 00:11:30.879 --> 00:11:33.600 a weapon. All the builders had a sword belted to 254 00:11:33.679 --> 00:11:36.840 their side. The trumpeters stayed with me to sound the alarm, 255 00:11:36.879 --> 00:11:39.559 which is pretty sweet visual right there. Then I explained 256 00:11:39.559 --> 00:11:41.120 to the nobles and officials and all the people. 257 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:42.120 The work is very. 258 00:11:42.039 --> 00:11:44.480 Spread out, and we are widely separated from each other 259 00:11:44.519 --> 00:11:46.840 along the wall. When you hear the blast of the trumpet, 260 00:11:46.960 --> 00:11:49.759 rush to wherever it is sounding. Then our God will 261 00:11:49.879 --> 00:11:52.840 fight for us. We worked early and late, from sunrise 262 00:11:52.879 --> 00:11:55.120 to sunset, and half the men were always on guard. 263 00:11:55.440 --> 00:11:58.840 I also told everyone living outside the walls to stay 264 00:11:58.879 --> 00:12:01.960 in Jerusalem way they and their servants could help with 265 00:12:02.159 --> 00:12:04.399 guard duty at night and work during the day. During 266 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:06.840 this time, none of us, not I, nor my relatives, 267 00:12:06.919 --> 00:12:09.120 nor my servants, nor the guards who were with me, 268 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:11.840 ever took off our clothes. We carried our weapons with 269 00:12:11.960 --> 00:12:16.559 us at all times, even when we went for water. Okay, yeah, 270 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:17.679 well chapter there. 271 00:12:18.039 --> 00:12:22.120 Yeah, and uh, well there's there's a lot there. And uh, 272 00:12:22.320 --> 00:12:26.519 poor poor Nehemiah, I just what a task, right, He's 273 00:12:26.600 --> 00:12:29.960 not given like pure soldiers, he's not given an army, 274 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:33.080 so he has to use the people. And and it's 275 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:34.320 sort of like, you know, it reminds me, did you 276 00:12:34.360 --> 00:12:39.240 ever see that movie The Patriot with Yeah, yeah, So 277 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:43.200 he's mobilizing and training farmers, you know, with pitchforks right 278 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:47.120 to uh, to become soldiers, and turns out that they 279 00:12:47.159 --> 00:12:50.759 were pivotal in history for our country. Those uh, those militia. 280 00:12:52.080 --> 00:12:55.360 But anyway, that's sort of what's happening here. Uh. 281 00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:58.000 Nehemiah is, you know, tasked with. 282 00:12:58.639 --> 00:13:02.080 Protecting the city because he's hearing of people's plans to 283 00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:04.320 come and tear down the wall and attack them. 284 00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:08.120 And you know what's so great, this is a word 285 00:13:08.240 --> 00:13:11.080 picture of how we should live our lives. You know 286 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:13.919 what it reminds me of is I'm doing. 287 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:16.440 Some cross referencing here, but the story of Gideon in 288 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:19.600 the Bible where God says, hey, have other people drink, 289 00:13:19.799 --> 00:13:21.759 and the people who stick their head down and lap 290 00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:23.360 like a dog get rid of them. 291 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:25.960 But were the people who cut the water and bring 292 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:28.360 it up to them? Keep those people? 293 00:13:29.080 --> 00:13:32.600 And I learned through study that it's the people who 294 00:13:33.080 --> 00:13:37.080 went for a drink and who still were on guard, 295 00:13:37.679 --> 00:13:39.360 and they didn't make themselves defenseless. 296 00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:41.000 They stood upright, they sat up. 297 00:13:40.960 --> 00:13:45.000 Right on their knees, and they brought water to their hands, 298 00:13:45.120 --> 00:13:47.240 you know, from their hands to their face. They were 299 00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:49.080 able to still have a sword in their hand, and 300 00:13:49.159 --> 00:13:52.039 they were still to be on guard. Those were wise 301 00:13:52.200 --> 00:13:55.840 and prudent people. The people who just ran to the 302 00:13:55.919 --> 00:13:57.919 river threw their sword down and stuck their face in 303 00:13:57.960 --> 00:14:00.360 the water. God said, get rid of those because those 304 00:14:00.360 --> 00:14:03.000 people are ready. Yeah, they're they're not prudent, They're not 305 00:14:03.679 --> 00:14:07.120 you know, they were defenseless, right, They didn't have that wherewithal. 306 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:11.200 They didn't have that wisdom of being on guard. And 307 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:13.360 if you think about it, it's sort of the way 308 00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:16.120 that God calls us to live our lives. Right, So 309 00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:19.679 we should always uh, you know, be on guard to 310 00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:24.039 protect our families at the same time we're doing tasks 311 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:24.440 at hand. 312 00:14:25.480 --> 00:14:26.440 It also reminds me of. 313 00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:29.759 The spiritual realm, right, so we were busy about doing 314 00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:33.840 things recognizing that there's a spiritual realm that could attack 315 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:36.480 us at any minute. We should be on guard spiritually. 316 00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:40.120 It's just it's a great prudent look on how we 317 00:14:40.639 --> 00:14:43.200 should be as leaders who run our home, how we 318 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:47.159 run our businesses. Right, we should always be busy and 319 00:14:47.159 --> 00:14:50.320 at the same time be aware of what could happen. 320 00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:55.320 That that includes preparations, that includes future planning. It's it's 321 00:14:55.320 --> 00:14:57.519 all those things. It's just a great big word picture. 322 00:14:57.639 --> 00:14:59.799 Oh that's that's really good because if you think about it, 323 00:15:00.039 --> 00:15:04.200 I mean, Niamiah trusted that God was going to provide. 324 00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:04.879 He really did. 325 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:07.440 He believed that the that there's an end goal here, 326 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:09.080 there's an end game that God was going to provide. 327 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:11.440 God already had provided and open up doors. But yeah, 328 00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:13.279 you're right, he still was prudent. He still gave them 329 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:16.000 and wanted them to have these tactical ways to defend 330 00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:18.919 themselves because, as it mentioned at the beginning, you kind 331 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:21.720 of alluded to the patriot says, what does this bunch 332 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:24.639 of poor feeble Jews think they're doing. So he didn't 333 00:15:24.679 --> 00:15:26.639 qualify or he didn't He didn't call on the people 334 00:15:26.679 --> 00:15:29.919 who were those soldiers, those military warriors leaders. Instead, he 335 00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:33.039 just gave them a practical wise step. One of the 336 00:15:33.039 --> 00:15:35.279 things that stands up to me is it says when 337 00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:37.639 it said the laborers carried on their work with one 338 00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:40.559 hand supporting their load and one hand holding a weapon. 339 00:15:40.759 --> 00:15:42.080 I know you kind of alluded that as well, but 340 00:15:42.120 --> 00:15:44.559 isn't that wildly but like one hand you're trying to 341 00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:47.000 do the work, one hand you got your weapon ready 342 00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:47.840 to defend yourself. 343 00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:50.279 And you're right, that is the way we need to live. 344 00:15:50.360 --> 00:15:51.759 We need to be on guard, we need to be 345 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:56.480 wearing that protection from the enemy, wearing protection even from 346 00:15:56.519 --> 00:15:58.240 ourselves and the things that go on in our lives. 347 00:15:58.480 --> 00:15:59.919 But also I think there's one of the things that 348 00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:02.600 mentioned in the Life Application Study Bible as it relates 349 00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:05.639 to this verse. It says that the workers were spread 350 00:16:05.679 --> 00:16:08.320 out along the wall, so Niamiah devised the planet offense 351 00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:10.559 that would unite and protect his people. Half the men 352 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:13.240 worked while the other half stood guard. Christians need to 353 00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:15.559 help one another in the same way, because we can 354 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:18.360 become so afraid of possible dangers that we can't get 355 00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:20.840 anything done. By looking out for each other, we'll be 356 00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:23.759 free to put forth our best efforts, confident that others 357 00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:26.879 are ready to offer help when needed. So don't cut 358 00:16:26.879 --> 00:16:29.559 yourself from others. And I think that's so important because 359 00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:33.120 even here he's alluding the fact that essentially one person 360 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:35.720 was watching while one person was working, and it's a 361 00:16:35.799 --> 00:16:38.200 reminder of how we need people in our lives. There 362 00:16:38.279 --> 00:16:40.159 was none of this could have been done on their own, 363 00:16:40.639 --> 00:16:42.080 and instead we need to people. And you see in 364 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:44.559 military times even how because it's very I don't know 365 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:47.000 why it's bringing up military thoughts here, but the fact 366 00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:48.720 that a lot of times when guys go into a place, 367 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:50.840 they go back to back you know, it's like the movements, 368 00:16:50.919 --> 00:16:52.919 Like a lot of times when they say military people 369 00:16:52.919 --> 00:16:55.320 and they're going in, they're taking over a place. The 370 00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:57.480 way they stand back to back, the way they they're 371 00:16:57.519 --> 00:17:00.279 essentially not even thinking about themselves. They're trusting the person 372 00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:02.559 has their back behind them, and there's a lot of 373 00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:03.320 trust that's in that. 374 00:17:03.799 --> 00:17:04.839 And in the same way, I think. 375 00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:06.480 We need to live our lives with other believers and 376 00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:09.160 other people in our lives in the same way, letting 377 00:17:09.160 --> 00:17:11.559 them like trusting them, letting them them watch our back 378 00:17:11.640 --> 00:17:13.960 and help us out when we can't help ourselves out. 379 00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:18.640 And uh, you know what's interesting is that so I 380 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:22.359 love this where it says, uh, first of all, they're 381 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:26.119 mocking by asking these questions. Yeah, uh, they say, do 382 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:28.160 they think they can build the wall in a single 383 00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:29.960 day just by offering a few sacrifices? 384 00:17:30.440 --> 00:17:32.279 In other words like delusions of grandeur? 385 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:35.400 Right? And then he says, do they actually think they 386 00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:38.200 can make something of stones from a rubbish sheep and 387 00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:41.920 charred ones at that? Which means that what the what 388 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:45.559 the people are doing is they're taking the rocks that 389 00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:48.559 we're already there that are charred, and they're using them 390 00:17:48.640 --> 00:17:51.559 for the wall. And then they're also using random rocks 391 00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:54.720 from rubbish heaps, right, just just anything, so they're not 392 00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:59.119 taking their time to construct. Perhaps you know, you know, 393 00:17:59.240 --> 00:18:02.480 the the Babylonian Empire or the Persian Empire or the 394 00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:05.640 Roman Empire later on would would come along and say, hey, 395 00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:08.839 we're gonna fashion rocks and cut them and fit them 396 00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:11.680 and fashion them together like this fortified wall. 397 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:16.039 They're literally taking, you know, just random rocks. They're not 398 00:18:16.359 --> 00:18:17.920 These aren't calculated things. 399 00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:21.400 They're throwing together from rubbish heaps, and they're trying to 400 00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:22.960 place together as best as they can. 401 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:26.880