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 --> 00:00:14.640 practical ways. Good morning everybody, and welcome to the Bible guys. 4 00:00:14.880 --> 00:00:16.640 WHOA, yeah, that's our that's it. 5 00:00:16.879 --> 00:00:17.679 Dump dump dumb. 6 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:20.679 That's that's the new role in Okay, yeah, sweet, I 7 00:00:21.120 --> 00:00:23.920 picture of the hitting like like a steel sound. 8 00:00:24.640 --> 00:00:26.199 You know, it was against the thing. 9 00:00:26.239 --> 00:00:33.399 The Bible is bigger, of course, because it's the word. Hey, 10 00:00:33.399 --> 00:00:36.560 welcome to the Bible guys. And I'm Chris. This is Jeff, 11 00:00:36.600 --> 00:00:38.799 and we are delighted to be here with you today. 12 00:00:39.240 --> 00:00:42.280 We have a great series that we're wrapping up this week, 13 00:00:42.880 --> 00:00:45.640 and it is we've been in this series for how long. 14 00:00:46.119 --> 00:00:48.640 A bunch of weeks, A bunch of weeks. I was 15 00:00:48.679 --> 00:00:51.240 only here for two of them. Ohlat week in this week, Okay, 16 00:00:51.479 --> 00:00:53.240 in the first one, oh yeah, in the first week. Yeah, 17 00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:55.280 and so spend like five weeks. I don't know, I 18 00:00:55.280 --> 00:00:55.759 wasn't been there. 19 00:00:55.799 --> 00:00:59.200 And it's dangerous prayers. And today we're launching into this 20 00:00:59.200 --> 00:01:02.640 week's theme, which prayers of perseverance. 21 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:06.040 Right to persevere, persevere, yes, and so before favorite words 22 00:01:06.280 --> 00:01:07.439 it is perseverance. 23 00:01:07.599 --> 00:01:09.680 Yeah, well I like to persevere. 24 00:01:09.480 --> 00:01:10.439 Me too, big fan. 25 00:01:10.640 --> 00:01:12.799 I'm a big fan of perseverance. And so we're gonna 26 00:01:12.959 --> 00:01:15.719 do a segment. However, beforehand, it called Who's most likely? 27 00:01:16.200 --> 00:01:17.920 And it helps you to get to know Chris and 28 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:19.280 Jeff whether you like it or not. 29 00:01:19.519 --> 00:01:22.000 That's right, and then we're going to jump into today's 30 00:01:22.000 --> 00:01:24.239 topic is how to keep going when you want to quit? 31 00:01:24.400 --> 00:01:26.200 Yeah? Yeah, yeah, which is an important topic. 32 00:01:26.359 --> 00:01:28.079 I like it. Okay, So who's most likely? 33 00:01:28.159 --> 00:01:30.480 Chris, I don't know, go ahead and read the first one. 34 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:34.040 Who's most likely to order food and then steal bites 35 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:35.400 from everyone else's? 36 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:38.599 Well, I got to be honest. That is that has. 37 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:40.040 Become a thing in our family, that's yours. 38 00:01:40.120 --> 00:01:41.239 But but we don't steal though. 39 00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:45.799 Yeah, so it does say steal. I don't know about steal, 40 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:48.680 but we are definitely a Can I have a bite 41 00:01:48.719 --> 00:01:48.920 of that? 42 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:49.840 Can I have a bite of that? 43 00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:50.280 Yeah? 44 00:01:50.359 --> 00:01:52.519 I mean, like without question, So everybody around the table 45 00:01:52.599 --> 00:01:54.439 orders something different, but then you want to taste everybody 46 00:01:54.439 --> 00:01:55.359 else's stuff. 47 00:01:55.200 --> 00:01:57.799 So so hey, just nobody cares about tell you this anyway, 48 00:01:57.879 --> 00:02:00.239 My son in law came from a family that did that, 49 00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:03.439 and then he brought it. He sort of introduced it 50 00:02:03.480 --> 00:02:04.040 to our family. 51 00:02:04.680 --> 00:02:06.920 And so now now you guys have been infected. 52 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:09.719 We've been infected to the point to where it's a requirement, 53 00:02:10.159 --> 00:02:11.960 like it doesn't it doesn't not not happen. 54 00:02:12.080 --> 00:02:13.680 Oh well, so let's just printend. 55 00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:16.719 We go to a fancy restaurant or something different, we 56 00:02:16.759 --> 00:02:20.400 will automatically say, who wants a bite of this? To 57 00:02:20.479 --> 00:02:23.479 try the dish? Wow, And because we discovered like that 58 00:02:23.639 --> 00:02:25.919 is a brilliant thing, Like why would you not want 59 00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:27.120 to try all these dishes? 60 00:02:27.159 --> 00:02:29.639 Well, because sometimes things aren't as good as what you're eating, 61 00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:31.639 and now it just it messes up your palate. 62 00:02:31.960 --> 00:02:34.800 Really is it a long lasting Sometimes? 63 00:02:34.840 --> 00:02:37.080 So my wife and I were with some friends in 64 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:40.199 a swan in Egypt, and it was a really fancy 65 00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:43.000 restaurant Agatha Christie ate there, which is kind of cool, right, 66 00:02:43.439 --> 00:02:46.719 and so super fancy restaurant, butler's at every table all 67 00:02:46.719 --> 00:02:50.439 that kind of stuff, right, it's really neat. And I 68 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:52.800 loved my meal, and then my wife offered me a 69 00:02:52.800 --> 00:02:54.759 bite to hers and took a bite and I didn't 70 00:02:54.840 --> 00:02:57.120 like it, but that taste was in my mouth the 71 00:02:57.159 --> 00:02:59.599 rest of the time. I ate my What I'm not 72 00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:02.280 joking to do I didn't like it. 73 00:03:02.639 --> 00:03:04.520 Of course, But but all you gotta do is like 74 00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:05.840 swig of water. 75 00:03:06.039 --> 00:03:09.479 Yeah, I'm just telling you it ruined, Jeff, it didn't. 76 00:03:10.120 --> 00:03:12.360 I'm just saying it stuck. I don't know. I don't 77 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:14.879 buy it anyways. Okay, so you are most likely because 78 00:03:14.879 --> 00:03:17.400 I'm not that guy. I don't want what other people 79 00:03:17.439 --> 00:03:19.840 are eating. I want what I ordered some Yeah. 80 00:03:19.919 --> 00:03:20.400 Number two. 81 00:03:20.560 --> 00:03:23.039 Who's most likely to sell everything and live in a van? 82 00:03:23.199 --> 00:03:23.360 Oh? 83 00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:24.560 Me, Yeah, that's definitely. 84 00:03:24.719 --> 00:03:26.960 Yeah. Yeah, I'm a van life guy. I'm all about 85 00:03:27.000 --> 00:03:27.400 that van. 86 00:03:27.400 --> 00:03:29.479 Life in the seventies. Been that guy. 87 00:03:29.680 --> 00:03:31.919 Well, it's really popular right now, is it. Yeah, yeah, 88 00:03:31.960 --> 00:03:34.919 the whole van life thing. Yeah yeah, okay. It's most 89 00:03:34.960 --> 00:03:36.360 likely to eat food off the floor. 90 00:03:36.919 --> 00:03:39.159 Oh it's me, is that you? Oh yeah? 91 00:03:39.199 --> 00:03:41.520 Yeah? Five second rule, five second roll all the time. 92 00:03:42.039 --> 00:03:45.560 Do you remember the episode in Seinfeld where George Costanza. 93 00:03:45.159 --> 00:03:46.360 Ate the Eclaire out of the trash. 94 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:49.560 Yes, yeah, it was right on the top. Yeah, it 95 00:03:49.560 --> 00:03:50.039 was right there. 96 00:03:50.080 --> 00:03:52.439 It's right there at the top. It wasn't it wasn't infected, 97 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:53.120 that's right. 98 00:03:53.159 --> 00:03:54.400 And then and then somebody caught him. 99 00:03:54.439 --> 00:03:56.400 It was so, I mean, it would depend on what floor. 100 00:03:56.439 --> 00:03:57.800 But if it was like the floor in our house 101 00:03:58.000 --> 00:03:59.639 and I dropped a donut or something, I'd grab it 102 00:03:59.680 --> 00:03:59.960 real quick. 103 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:02.919 Yeah, okay, all right, I've done it too, but okay, 104 00:04:02.919 --> 00:04:04.759 I'll give that one to you too. So so so 105 00:04:04.879 --> 00:04:08.800 far it's me you you, okay, who's most likely to 106 00:04:08.919 --> 00:04:11.439 walk in the wrong restroom. 107 00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:14.199 I have done this just recently. 108 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:16.519 Oh well then you yes, because I've done it before, 109 00:04:16.560 --> 00:04:17.199 but not recently. 110 00:04:17.319 --> 00:04:19.800 Yeah, I have actually walked in the wrong restroom. 111 00:04:19.800 --> 00:04:20.439 Where was I at? 112 00:04:20.480 --> 00:04:23.519 I was at Green Bay. I was at Green Bay Stadium, 113 00:04:24.079 --> 00:04:28.639 and I had discovered that when you walk into this restroom, 114 00:04:28.680 --> 00:04:31.079 you know sometimes when you walk in, the walk out 115 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:34.439 place is like way down, like it's really far. Well, 116 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:36.839 this was around a corner. So when I walked out 117 00:04:36.879 --> 00:04:39.360 the opposite end of the men's bathroom, it was like 118 00:04:39.439 --> 00:04:41.600 it turned a corner and I was like, this is 119 00:04:41.720 --> 00:04:44.360 not where I was. I was totally confused. 120 00:04:44.639 --> 00:04:45.439 I was like, where am I. 121 00:04:45.480 --> 00:04:47.560 This isn't even like the part of the stadium that 122 00:04:47.600 --> 00:04:50.079 I was in. So I turned around to walk back in. 123 00:04:50.160 --> 00:04:51.639 I'm like, I'm just going to walk through the men's 124 00:04:51.639 --> 00:04:53.439 restroom and go out the other door where I came in, 125 00:04:53.759 --> 00:04:55.160 and I walked in the women's restroom. 126 00:04:55.199 --> 00:04:56.600 Oh no, And I. 127 00:04:56.360 --> 00:04:59.120 Literally walked and I turned the corner, walked all the 128 00:04:59.160 --> 00:05:01.759 way around and actually got to the place where all 129 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:05.000 the mirrors were there, and all the ladies were, you know, 130 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:07.519 looking in the mirror or something, and I was like ooh. 131 00:05:07.680 --> 00:05:10.000 I turned back around and then there was a policeman there, 132 00:05:10.439 --> 00:05:12.920 not like a security guy, and he goes, hey, man, 133 00:05:13.319 --> 00:05:14.040 And I said, my bad. 134 00:05:14.759 --> 00:05:17.079 Did you ever hear Ken Davis, the comedian Ken Davis. 135 00:05:17.240 --> 00:05:21.240 He's also a leadership guru. It's really funny. Anyways, years 136 00:05:21.279 --> 00:05:22.759 ago he had a thing and he said he was 137 00:05:22.759 --> 00:05:26.399 on a airline flying to South America and he said, 138 00:05:26.399 --> 00:05:29.600 I don't speak Spanish. He said, so I walk up. 139 00:05:29.639 --> 00:05:31.040 He said, I have to. You know, I'm sitting on 140 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:33.079 a plane all this time. I need to use the restroom. 141 00:05:33.079 --> 00:05:35.439 I don't know, he said, walk up. And he said, 142 00:05:35.600 --> 00:05:38.279 funny thing. I didn't know what acua pado means. And 143 00:05:38.319 --> 00:05:40.680 he said, apparently what acupado means is when you opened 144 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:42.920 that when you open up that door, some little spanley 145 00:05:42.920 --> 00:05:44.079 he's gonna punch you in the face and say a 146 00:05:44.120 --> 00:05:45.319 capado slam the door. 147 00:05:47.279 --> 00:05:48.600 That is so funny. 148 00:05:49.439 --> 00:05:52.360 Yeah, Okay, so that's you. Then, so it's it's two 149 00:05:52.360 --> 00:05:55.079 and two. So who is most likely to leave their 150 00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:56.759 drink on top of the car and drive away? 151 00:05:57.519 --> 00:05:59.160 I did this yesterday. 152 00:06:01.519 --> 00:06:02.439 Yes it's you. 153 00:06:03.639 --> 00:06:05.519 Granted it was only a bottle of water, but I 154 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:10.160 was coming out of the HfV and I had and 155 00:06:10.480 --> 00:06:12.279 I had all my arms full. So I set the 156 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:14.160 drink on the back of the truck and then I 157 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:15.959 opened the door, and then I just got caught up 158 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:19.399 and doing something different. I was like unzipping things and 159 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:23.160 shuffling things, forgot the drink and then drove away. And 160 00:06:23.160 --> 00:06:24.319 then I was like, oh, I want to sip in 161 00:06:24.360 --> 00:06:26.319 my water. And I was like, where's my water? I 162 00:06:26.360 --> 00:06:28.439 was like, oh, it's inherited, parked a lot. 163 00:06:29.399 --> 00:06:32.240 I did that several years ago. I had one of 164 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:35.279 those what is those those coffee cups that you sit 165 00:06:35.319 --> 00:06:36.839 on things and they just stay warm, you know what 166 00:06:36.879 --> 00:06:39.480 I mean? No no, no, no, no, no, that you said, 167 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:42.879 and it stays exactly the right temperature. It's electric. Those 168 00:06:42.879 --> 00:06:44.079 they're expensive coffee cups. 169 00:06:44.160 --> 00:06:44.319 Oh. 170 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:47.759 So I walked out, set it on the roof of 171 00:06:47.800 --> 00:06:49.560 my car several years ago and drove away with it 172 00:06:49.759 --> 00:06:52.759 and just never found it. Oh yeah, but I think 173 00:06:52.759 --> 00:06:55.040 it's more you than me, Chris, because it happened to 174 00:06:55.079 --> 00:06:55.839 you just recently. 175 00:06:55.959 --> 00:06:57.800 So I went, when when you win when? 176 00:06:57.920 --> 00:07:01.319 Yeah, well you know what, it takes courage, Chris. It 177 00:07:01.360 --> 00:07:06.079 takes courage to admit, oh, when you have these certain weaknesses. 178 00:07:06.639 --> 00:07:07.839 Yeah right, yeah. 179 00:07:07.879 --> 00:07:09.360 And you know who else had courage? 180 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:10.439 Wow? 181 00:07:11.720 --> 00:07:12.040 Wow? 182 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:14.079 Neamyah? Neamyah had courage. 183 00:07:14.199 --> 00:07:18.600 He did and uh he was talking about weaknesses of 184 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:20.000 sabotage and intimidation. 185 00:07:20.160 --> 00:07:22.000 Yeah, that's exactly right. So how do you keep going 186 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:22.959 when you just want to quit? 187 00:07:23.399 --> 00:07:23.639 Yeah? 188 00:07:23.720 --> 00:07:25.279 Right right, that's really what we're talking about. 189 00:07:25.560 --> 00:07:29.360 So the context of Niamayah. Have we covered this recently 190 00:07:29.439 --> 00:07:30.000 and not lately? 191 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:30.319 No? 192 00:07:30.480 --> 00:07:34.000 Yeah? So so Neamiyah, you know, the Jews were exiled 193 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:35.879 from their land. You know, they were they were they 194 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:38.319 were taking captive, they were you know, they were gone. 195 00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:43.040 And then uh, in exchange of regime regimes happened and 196 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:47.360 the king allowed people to go back to Jerusalem, to 197 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:48.879 go back to their homeland, and. 198 00:07:48.839 --> 00:07:50.680 Some people did, but some people did try to rebuild 199 00:07:50.680 --> 00:07:51.040 the city. 200 00:07:51.120 --> 00:07:51.920 To rebuild the city. 201 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:56.560 Yeah, And Neamayah was actually a cup bearer, which is 202 00:07:56.639 --> 00:07:59.879 an honored job to the king, and so he lived 203 00:07:59.879 --> 00:08:03.120 in the palace, he had he had influence. He actually 204 00:08:03.279 --> 00:08:06.040 uh you know, knew the king personally, that was his job, 205 00:08:06.199 --> 00:08:08.959 but he was a Jew and uh, and word got 206 00:08:08.959 --> 00:08:13.240 back to Naemiah that the walls of Jerusalem were burned 207 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:18.560 and uh the rubble they were in rubble or they 208 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:22.199 were rubble, and uh the city therefore was unprotected. And 209 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:26.079 so Niamayah actually, oh we did cover this. It was 210 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:30.120 in one of the Dangerous prayers week because because Namayah said, 211 00:08:30.279 --> 00:08:32.120 grant me favor to go in front of the king. 212 00:08:32.240 --> 00:08:35.600 Oh okay, yes, you know, because that's absolutely you did 213 00:08:35.600 --> 00:08:36.919 cover that when I just wasn't here for that one. 214 00:08:36.960 --> 00:08:37.879 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 215 00:08:37.879 --> 00:08:41.320 So bottom line is is uh so Neamiyah then goes 216 00:08:41.360 --> 00:08:45.840 to the king asks the king to allow him to 217 00:08:46.320 --> 00:08:48.600 leave and go rebuild the wall and take and take 218 00:08:48.840 --> 00:08:51.200 charge of this. So the king grants his wishes and 219 00:08:51.320 --> 00:08:53.919 gives him a bunch of resources. Right, so it's a 220 00:08:53.919 --> 00:08:54.320 big deal. 221 00:08:54.840 --> 00:08:57.480 So they get to Jerusalem to start rebuilding the walls. 222 00:08:57.799 --> 00:09:00.559 But a lot of the enemies all around Rusalem they 223 00:09:00.559 --> 00:09:03.519 didn't like this idea, so they start trying to intimidate them, 224 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:06.799 threatening to invade wipe them out. So Niam I had 225 00:09:06.799 --> 00:09:09.240 to build this thing quick. Yeah, I had to get 226 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:11.519 built quick. So I think we were only supposed to 227 00:09:11.519 --> 00:09:14.440 read the first nine verses, but I think I might 228 00:09:14.480 --> 00:09:15.279 read this whole chapter. 229 00:09:16.519 --> 00:09:18.600 You rebel, I know you know why. You know why 230 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:20.679 you want to read the jet why it's your favorite? 231 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:22.440 It is my favorite. This is one of my favorite 232 00:09:22.440 --> 00:09:26.159 stories in the Bible. It's true, it is one of 233 00:09:26.159 --> 00:09:28.879 my favorite stories of I know. Okay, So the bad guys, 234 00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:31.320 the guys who are I know, Jeff, I know the 235 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:35.639 guys who are trying to intimidate uh Nehemayah and the 236 00:09:35.679 --> 00:09:39.440 other the builders are Sam Ballot Tobia, Right, they're the 237 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:41.360 kind of the bad guys. So here's what it says, 238 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:44.679 Sam Ballot Tobia, Geesham, the Arab and the rest of 239 00:09:44.720 --> 00:09:46.960 our enemies found out that I had finished rebuilding the 240 00:09:47.000 --> 00:09:49.320 wall and that no gaps remained, though we had not 241 00:09:49.480 --> 00:09:51.840 yet set up the doors in the gates. So Sam, 242 00:09:51.840 --> 00:09:53.799 Ballett and Gesham sent a message asking me to meet 243 00:09:53.840 --> 00:09:55.320 them at one of the villages in the plane of 244 00:09:55.320 --> 00:09:59.960 ono ono Is, where Yoko's from. But I realized they 245 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:02.320 we are plotting to harm me, so I replied by 246 00:10:02.360 --> 00:10:05.399 sending this message to them. I'm engaged in a great work, 247 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:08.000 so I can't come. Why should I stop working to 248 00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:10.000 come and meet with you? And four times they sent 249 00:10:10.039 --> 00:10:11.879 the same message. Each time I gave the same reply. 250 00:10:12.519 --> 00:10:15.039 The fifth time, Sam Bellit's servant came with an open 251 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:16.639 letter in his hand, and this is what it said. 252 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:19.360 There is a rumor among the surrounding nations. And Gsham 253 00:10:19.440 --> 00:10:21.559 tells me it is true that you and the Jews 254 00:10:21.600 --> 00:10:23.679 are planning to rebel, and that is why you are 255 00:10:23.679 --> 00:10:26.879 building the wall. According to his reports, you plan to 256 00:10:26.879 --> 00:10:30.279 be their king. He also reports that you have appointed 257 00:10:30.279 --> 00:10:32.679 prophets in Jerusalem to proclaim about you. Look, there is 258 00:10:32.720 --> 00:10:35.360 a king in Judah. You can be very sure that 259 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:37.039 this report will get back to the king. So I 260 00:10:37.159 --> 00:10:39.120 suggest that you come and talk it over with me. 261 00:10:39.840 --> 00:10:41.799 I replied, there is no truth to any part of 262 00:10:41.840 --> 00:10:44.679 your story. You're making up the whole thing. They were 263 00:10:44.679 --> 00:10:48.120 just trying to intimidate us, imagining that they could discourage 264 00:10:48.159 --> 00:10:50.320 us and stop the work. So I continued the work 265 00:10:50.360 --> 00:10:54.039 with even greater determination. Later I went to visit Shemaiah, 266 00:10:54.720 --> 00:10:58.320 son of Della Ayah and grandson of Mahede bel oh 267 00:10:58.399 --> 00:11:01.480 that one, because I wasn't s which Szemaiyah was. Yeah, 268 00:11:01.720 --> 00:11:05.559 so it helps. Yeah, grandson of Mahadabelle, Yeah, who was 269 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:08.039 confined to his home. He said, let us meet together 270 00:11:08.080 --> 00:11:10.039 inside the temple of God and bolt the door shut. 271 00:11:10.159 --> 00:11:12.960 Your enemies are coming to kill you tonight. But I replied, 272 00:11:12.960 --> 00:11:15.600 should someone in my position run from danger, should someone 273 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:18.120 in my position enter the temple to save his life? No, 274 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:21.519 I won't do it. I realized that God had not 275 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:23.799 spoken to him, but that he had uttered this prophecy 276 00:11:23.799 --> 00:11:26.440 against me because Tobia and Samballet had hired him. They 277 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:28.879 were hoping to intimidate me and make me sin. Then 278 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:32.200 they would be able to accuse and discredit me. Remember, oh, 279 00:11:32.240 --> 00:11:35.080 my God, all the evil things that Tobaia and Sambalat 280 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:38.320 have done. And remember Noadiah the prophet and all the 281 00:11:38.360 --> 00:11:41.279 prophets like her who have tried to intimidate me. So 282 00:11:41.320 --> 00:11:43.679 in October second, the wall was finished, just fifty two 283 00:11:43.759 --> 00:11:46.559 days after we'd begun. When our enemies and the stronging 284 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:49.120 nations heard about it, they were frightened and humiliated. They 285 00:11:49.159 --> 00:11:50.799 realized this work had been done with the help of 286 00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:53.759 our God. During those fifty two days. Many letters went 287 00:11:53.799 --> 00:11:56.000 back and forth between Tobia and the nobles of Judah 288 00:11:56.320 --> 00:11:58.759 for many and Judah had sworn allegiance to him because 289 00:11:58.759 --> 00:12:01.679 his father in law was Sekhnaiah, son of an Era, 290 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:07.720 and his son Jehoahan Jehoe Hannen je Johannan. How you 291 00:12:07.720 --> 00:12:10.600 said sure was married to the daughter of Meshelim, son 292 00:12:10.639 --> 00:12:13.840 of Berekayah. They kept telling me about Tobia's good deeds, 293 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:16.639 and then they told him everything I said. Tobia kept 294 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:21.159 sending threatening letters to intimidate me. So this is such 295 00:12:21.159 --> 00:12:21.840 a great story. 296 00:12:21.879 --> 00:12:23.919 Well, I mean, Neami is the man. 297 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:26.559 Yeah, he is the man. He's like, can not intimidate me. 298 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:28.559 I got a great work to do, leave me alone. 299 00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:32.320 Well, I mean, there's there's like this shrewdness to him. 300 00:12:32.440 --> 00:12:34.960 There's a there's an incredible amount of discernment. 301 00:12:36.039 --> 00:12:38.399 You know, he is very keen. 302 00:12:38.960 --> 00:12:41.240 It makes you wonder, like what kind of upbringing did 303 00:12:41.279 --> 00:12:44.120 he have where it's almost like he has sort of 304 00:12:44.159 --> 00:12:47.039 military training, right, Yeah, because you know these are like 305 00:12:47.080 --> 00:12:50.240 strategic things that you would do in war, isn't it. Yeah, 306 00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:53.360 where you you know, try to deceive someone and try 307 00:12:53.399 --> 00:12:55.440 to either you know, overcome them or you know, in 308 00:12:55.480 --> 00:12:58.519 this case thwart their work. And I just think that 309 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:02.600 it's pretty awesome. And by the way, it doesn't necessarily 310 00:13:02.679 --> 00:13:06.440 say that Neami was right, but isn't the implication that 311 00:13:06.519 --> 00:13:08.200 Neami was absolutely humpset right? 312 00:13:08.399 --> 00:13:10.240 Yeah, he could see through what they were trying to do, 313 00:13:10.639 --> 00:13:15.240 and I think that's the implication is he could see 314 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:17.519 what they were trying to do and he didn't give in. 315 00:13:17.919 --> 00:13:20.320 So this is so cool because, like you said, he's 316 00:13:20.399 --> 00:13:22.480 kind of this general kind of a guy. It's not 317 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:25.279 the role he had. There's no indication that this was. 318 00:13:25.399 --> 00:13:27.519 He just was a good leader and then he was 319 00:13:27.559 --> 00:13:30.840 following God's instructions. But there was a point where the 320 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:33.759 other leaders they were really interested in what sam Ballet 321 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:36.320 and Tobio were saying, and they were starting to drag 322 00:13:36.360 --> 00:13:38.320 their feet, and then they were a little intimidated and 323 00:13:38.320 --> 00:13:41.080 they didn't want to work. And there's a passage that says, 324 00:13:41.080 --> 00:13:43.080 then the nobles did not want to put their next 325 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:46.159 to the work. This was said, right, So what happened 326 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:48.759 was the leaders of the rest of the group of 327 00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:51.120 the Israelites, they didn't want to work. They were like 328 00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:53.559 princes and they were like, we don't you know, we're 329 00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:55.679 not going to work, and he's he's like, we got 330 00:13:55.720 --> 00:13:57.320 to build this walls fast we can. Our enemies are 331 00:13:57.320 --> 00:13:59.559 going to wipe us out. We put a sword on 332 00:13:59.559 --> 00:14:01.200 one hand and a tool in the other hand. We 333 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:03.519 got to get back build the wall for your children 334 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:06.200 and for your your your wives and your daughters. And 335 00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:09.480 this is why we're doing this. And he's constantly casting vision. 336 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:12.759 Halfway through about twenty six days, they all get discouraged. 337 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:15.240 They don't want to do it. When the when the 338 00:14:15.759 --> 00:14:18.039 princes and the elders don't want to do the work, 339 00:14:18.080 --> 00:14:20.279 he grabs them by the beard. Remember that. Yeah, Yeah, 340 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:22.039 he grabs him by the prayer, gives him a tug, 341 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:24.000 and he's like telling them, threatening to rough him up. 342 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:25.559 He's starting to beat him up. You get back to work. 343 00:14:25.559 --> 00:14:28.200 I'm gonna pick you up, right. And he was in 344 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:31.879 a hurry to get this job done because the enemies 345 00:14:31.919 --> 00:14:33.840 of the people of God were starting to surround the 346 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:37.679 city and they were gonna they the enemies knew we 347 00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:39.799 need to stop you before you get this wall built, 348 00:14:39.879 --> 00:14:41.240 or we won't be able to defeat you later. 349 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:44.320 Ye right, And I think I said this last time 350 00:14:44.320 --> 00:14:47.759 that we talked about this prayer or you know, his 351 00:14:47.840 --> 00:14:52.080 other prayer. But but it amazes me. I have to 352 00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:54.320 say this because I can't think about this story without 353 00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:57.159 saying this. It amazes me that the Wall of Nehemiah, 354 00:14:57.440 --> 00:14:58.720 part of it is still up today. 355 00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:02.240 Oh yeah, yeah, because you know you knew that, right, Yeah. 356 00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:06.240 Because you can tell how how shody it looks like, 357 00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:09.080 like it really truly doesn't look like anything. 358 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:10.279 It looks like pros built it. 359 00:15:10.519 --> 00:15:12.519 Yeah, it looks like they threw it up in fifty 360 00:15:12.559 --> 00:15:15.080 two days. Like you can tell. It's like if you 361 00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:17.840 were to just just all by yourself, not knowing the story, 362 00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:20.720 you know, and just uncover two walls or actually you 363 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:21.960 can uncover one hundred walls. 364 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:24.080 You can go, uh, Namai's wall. 365 00:15:24.200 --> 00:15:27.679 Yeah, you can totally tell, right, Yeah, It's like, uh, 366 00:15:27.759 --> 00:15:30.200 it's like Indiana Jones, Right, this is the cup of 367 00:15:30.200 --> 00:15:30.720 a carpenter. 368 00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:34.759 Yeah, you can just totally tell it's true. 369 00:15:34.679 --> 00:15:34.759 Ye. 370 00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:38.320 So so they get this wall built. And one of 371 00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:40.720 the things I love about Niamiyah, so you talk about 372 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:43.320 the prayer that Neamiah prayed before he goes to see 373 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:45.840 the king. It's only like what two or three sentences 374 00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:49.279 the in chapter five when he's all done. 375 00:15:49.320 --> 00:15:52.559 Actually it's more than that, because he actually acknowledges the sin, 376 00:15:52.679 --> 00:15:53.480 the sin of his nation. 377 00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:54.320 Yeah, you're right. 378 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:57.080 Yeah, And then he says, he says, hey, we have sinned, 379 00:15:58.240 --> 00:16:00.879 and you know it's pretty it's pretty powerful. 380 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:07.159 Actually yeah. It's about five verses. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 381 00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:09.679 But then you find him when he's working, he's going 382 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:13.799 one hundred miles an hour. In chapter five, it's one sentence, remember, 383 00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:15.279 oh God, all that I've done for these people, and 384 00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:17.600 bless me for it. That's it. You get to this 385 00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:19.559 one and he says, remember, oh God, all the evil 386 00:16:19.559 --> 00:16:21.960 things to buy and some ballad have done, Remember Noadiah 387 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:24.720 Prophit and all the prophets like Kuru tried to intimidate me. 388 00:16:24.879 --> 00:16:26.799 He gets back to work. What I was going to 389 00:16:26.799 --> 00:16:31.000 point out is he's not going into these deep theological prayers. 390 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:31.799 Oh for sure. 391 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:34.960 He's not right for sure, because the work is so important, 392 00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:37.480 and so he's got to keep going, he's got to 393 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:40.200 keep building. And so in the one he's like, Lord, 394 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:42.000 I've been working hard and I just need your blessing. 395 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:43.759 And then this one, Lord, you know, I've got some 396 00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:45.519 enemies who hate me, and hey, what I'm trying to do, 397 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:48.559 so you take care of him, right, right, So he 398 00:16:48.679 --> 00:16:52.759 knows that they're baiting him into trying to intimidate him, 399 00:16:52.799 --> 00:16:55.679 to make him fearful that, hey, we're going to slander you, 400 00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:57.960 were going to gossip you. You know this was cancel 401 00:16:57.960 --> 00:17:01.039