Nehemiah // Pastor Gene Pensiero

Nehemiah is greatly moved upon hearing that the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and that its gates are burned with fire (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Nehemiah’s sadness prompts the king to ask him what is wrong with him (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Not knowing exactly what to expect, Nehemiah goes from gate-to-gate along Jerusalem’s ruined wall (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

The Israelites are assigned certain sections of the wall and specific gates to repair (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Threatened with attack by their enemies, Nehemiah instructs those helping build the wall to rally to him whenever they hear the blowing of the trumpet (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Nehemiah calls everyone to assemble after the workers on the wall accuse the wealthy Jewish businessmen of profiting from their hardships (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Nehemiah’s enemies ask him to go to the plains of Ono where they intend to do him harm (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Nehemiah facilitates worship in the Temple by appointing gatekeepers, Levites, and singers (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Nehemiah tells the Israelites listening to the reading of God’s Law to quit crying (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

The Jews hear their history and it leads them to repent and rededicate themselves to the LORD (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

The Israelites make a series of promises to not neglect the house of God (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Nehemiah casts the lot to determine who among the Israelites must repopulate Jerusalem (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Nehemiah appoints two choirs to sing advancing toward one another in a processional on top of the wall surrounding Jerusalem (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Decades after he first came and saw the ruined wall, Nehemiah reflects on his service to the LORD. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)