T-6: Christ in All the Scriptures

I turn now to look at Nehemiah (Nehemiah 1:1-20) to see where I see Christ in this scripture.

Nehemiah was; compassionate, prayerful, practical and faithful. Christ IS all these things and more!

When Nehemiah heard the plight of the ‘remnant’ still in Jerusalem, though the walls had been breached and the city ruined, his heart was deeply moved. I can IMAGINE that Christ felt the same way about the remnant of people still on the earth. Though they had been separated from God by sin, though they had turned to idols and all manner of hypocrisy, Christ loved them, loves them still.

When Nehemiah was questioned by the king for an explanation of his ‘long face’ Nehemiah ‘breathed a prayer to the God of heaven’ and then answered. Christ was a man of prayer. Throughout the stories of his life, Christ may be seen going to the garden (alone or with others) to talk with God. Christ prayed, taught on prayer and lived on prayer. In the wilderness, Christ literally survived on the word of God by prayer.

Nehemiah went to Jerusalem, observed and analyzed before taking action. Christ came, observed, experienced and analyzed for 30 years before revealing himself. Having experienced all that man experienced, he completed the plan.

Nehemiah was not dissuaded by naysayers, nor was he distracted from his task. Christ was not discouraged by the naysayers and in fact, seemed to draw encouragement from their constant opposition. Though tempted by man and Satan to abandon his post, Christ defined faithful.

Nehemiah knew that God would see him through the reconstruction of the wall. Christ Jesus knew that God would see him through the reconciliation of mankind.

Nehemiah set aside his life that he might rebuild the walls of Jerusalem in compliance with God’s will. Christ set aside his life that he might be the instrument of God’s will in our lives.

שָׁלֹם

Carl