Nehemiah Is A Type Of:

Christ
The Church
The Believer’s Walk

The Time: Christ’s First
And Second Advent

And they said to me, “The survivors who are left from the captivity in the province
are there in great distress and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.” So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
Nehemiah 1:3-4

Chapter 2
A Very Sad Nehemiah Appears Before The King

Nehemiah Asked The King And Queen
To Rebuild Jerusalem’s Walls And Gates

A Letter To The Leaders For Passage
A Letter Telling Asaph
To Give Him Wood And Materials

Nehemiah 2:11
He Reviews The Wall In Secret

Then I said to them, “You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be a reproach.”
Nehemiah 2:17

And I told them of the hand of my God which had been good upon me, and also of the king’s words that he had spoken to me. So they said, “Let us rise up and build.” Then they set their hands to this good work.
Nehemiah 2:18

 But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they laughed at us and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?” So I answered them, and said to them, “The God of heaven Himself will prosper us; therefore we His servants will arise and build, but you have no heritage or right or memorial in Jerusalem.”
Nehemiah 2:19-20

The Walls Start Being Rebuilt

Next to Eliashib the men of Jericho built. And next to them Zaccur the son of Imri built…

…Next to them, Meshullam, the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel, made repairs. Next to them, Zadok, the son of Baana, made repairs.
Nehemiah 3:2, 3:4

“Next to them” In Chapter 3
Occurs 15 Times In 10 Verses

1. Rebuilding (Building) Anything Is Always A Team Effort

In A Home
In A Church
In Your Life

 Next to him Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs. Also next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs; and they fortified Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall.
Nehemiah 3:8

2. Everyone Has Something To Contribute

but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ— from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.
Ephesians 4:15-16

Next to them Jedaiah the son of Harumaph made repairs in front of his house.
Nehemiah 3:10

After him, Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs opposite their house. After them, Azariah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, made repairs by his house.
Nehemiah 3:23

After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section. After him Meshullam the son of Berechiah made repairs in front of his dwelling.
Nehemiah 3:30

3. Start With Your Own Home First

But it so happened, when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, that he was furious and very indignant, and mocked the Jews.
Nehemiah 4:1

Now Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and he said, “Whatever they build, if even a fox goes up on it, he will break down their stone wall.” Hear, O our God, for we are despised; turn their reproach on their own heads, and give them as plunder to a land of captivity! Do not cover their iniquity, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before You; for they have provoked You to anger before the builders.
Nehemiah 4:3-5

So we built the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.
Nehemiah 4:6

4. There Is Always Opposition And Enemies To Everything God Has Called You To

Now it happened, when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were being restored and the gaps were beginning to be closed, that they became very angry, and all of them conspired together to come and
attack Jerusalem and create confusion.
Nehemiah 4:7-8

Nevertheless we made our prayer to our God, and because of them we set a watch against them day and night. Then Judah said, “The strength of the laborers is failing, and there is so much rubbish that we are not able to build the wall.”
Nehemiah 4:9-10

And our adversaries said, “They will neither know nor see anything, till we come into their midst and kill them and cause the work to cease.” So it was, when the Jews who dwelt near them came, that they told us ten times, “From whatever place you turn, they will be upon us.”
Nehemiah 4:11-12

Therefore I positioned men behind the lower parts of the wall, at the openings; and I set the people according to their families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows. And I looked, and arose and said to the nobles, to the leaders, and to the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, great and awesome, and fight for your brethren, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”
Nehemiah 4:13-14

And it happened, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that God had brought their plot to nothing, that all of us returned to the wall, everyone to his work. So it was, from that time on, that half of my servants worked at construction, while the other half held the spears, the shields, the bows, and wore armor; and the leaders were behind all the house of Judah.
Nehemiah 4:15-16

Those who built on the wall, and those who carried burdens, loaded themselves so that with one hand they worked at construction, and with the other held a weapon.
Nehemiah 4:17

Now it happened when Sanballat (Moon God), Tobiah (God Is Good), Geshem (rain or shower) the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall,and that there were no breaks left in it (though at that time I had not hung the doors in the gates), that Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, “Come, let us meet together among the villages in the plain of Ono.” But they thought to do me harm.
Nehemiah 6:1-2

So I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down. Why should the work cease while I leave it and go down to you?”
Nehemiah 6:3

5. When We Leave What God Has Called Us To, We Go Down

But they sent me this message four times, and I answered them in the same manner. Then Sanballat sent his servant to me as before, the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand.
Nehemiah 6:3-5

“told us ten times”
Nehemiah 4:12

“Four times” And “Fifth Time” Nehemiah 6:4-5

Some Things Aren’t Worth Your Time
They Are Meant To Distract You!

In it was written: It is reported among the nations, and Geshem says, that you and the Jews plan to rebel; therefore, according to these rumors, you are rebuilding the wall, that you may be their king. And you have also appointed prophets to proclaim concerning you at Jerusalem, saying, “There is a king in Judah!” Now these matters will be reported to the king. So come, therefore, and let us consult together.
Nehemiah 6:6-7

Then I sent to him, saying, “No such things as you say are being done, but you invent them in your own heart.” For they all were trying to make us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will not be done.” Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
Nehemiah 6:8-9

It’s All About The Team

Everyone Has Something To Give

Start With What Is In Front Of You

We Should Expect Opposition

Stay Focused And Don’t Leave The Good Work