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Dr. James Boice on 10/02/2025
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Thursday: The Prayer of the Levites: Israel’s History
10/02/2025
The second, major part of the Levites' prayer is a review of Israel's history. It begins with God's calling of Abraham (vv. 7-8), as Genesis does. The people must have been thinking about the actual text of Genesis at this time, for Nehemiah 9:7 contains the only Old Testament reference after Genesi
Wednesday: The Prayer of the Levites: Creation
10/01/2025
It strikes me that this is the exact opposite of what most people do today. When the Jews of Nehemiah’s day confessed the sins of their fathers they acknowledged their guilt for their fathers’ sins. Otherwise there would have been no meaning to confessing those sins. This meant in its fullness that
Tuesday: Genuine Confession and Repentance
09/30/2025
In yesterday’s study, we concluded by observing that when the people expressed sorrow for sin, Nehemiah and the Levites directed to people to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.I find two very interesting things about this. First, Nehemiah did not take advantage of the people’s first outburst of sor