Nehemiah: Building for God and the Arrival of Messiah

The book of Nehemiah isn’t just about rebuilding walls. It’s about setting God’s prophetic clock in motion. When Nehemiah asked King Artaxerxes for permission to rebuild Jerusalem’s walls in 445 BC, he unknowingly started a countdown that Daniel had predicted nearly 100 years earlier. Do the math and those 483 prophetic years land exactly on Palm Sunday, the day Jesus rode into Jerusalem as the chosen Lamb of God, according to the work of Sir Robert Anderson

Think about this: Nehemiah’s simple request to rebuild a wall pinpointed the date of Christ’s arrival. He also helped preserve the genealogical records that would prove Jesus came from David’s royal line. One man’s mission, divinely orchestrated to point directly to our Savior.

But here’s the personal challenge: Nehemiah had everyone responsible for their own section of wall. They built with a tool in one hand and a sword in the other, ready to defend what God called them to build. What section of the wall has God given you? What are you building for His kingdom? And how are you defending it against the enemy’s attacks?

We all have a part to play in building up the body of Christ. The question is: are we taking responsibility for our section while standing guard with the sword of Scripture? When we do what God calls us to do, the whole kingdom grows. Just like that wall was completed in an impossible 52 days, God can do the impossible through us when we’re faithful to our calling.