Today was the last day . . . not forever hopefully, but for a while at least. I'm moving on to another book (not sure which one yet). It was a good last day in the book of Nehemiah, however.
Nehemiah ended up going back to his post as the King's cupbearer in Shushan but when he returned for a visit to Jerusalem he found the people almost back to where they were before. That was the sad part. Yet he didn't give up on them. He fought back in the name of the Lord and cleaned up the city again. This guy was dedicated to something much more than just his own ambitions.
There were merchants selling on the Sabbath, the priest weren't getting their allotted living stipends, and someone had actually moved into the temple to live there. Mercy!
He threw out the merchants, locked the gates from Friday evening to Sabbath evening, and when they camped outside the gates over Sabbath he knew what to do.
"Then I warned them, and said to them, "Why do you spend the night around the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you!" 13:21.
They never returned on the Sabbath again.
Very much a no-nonsense kind of guy who wasn't afraid to stand up and fight for what he believed in.
That's what's up!
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