Nehemiah Research Paper

Nehemiah Nehemiah the leader, started off as a simple boy who was born and raised in Jerusalem. He grew up in the city which provided a huge wall for shelter from the outside. This was their means to protect the city and keep anything dangerous or negative out. God took care of everyone within the city, but as time went on, they all began to grow very selfish and get comfortable in their ways. Once this epic change begins to happen, it became easy for enemies to break through the walls and tarnish the city he once grew up and loved so much. After the destruction of the wall, Nehemiah traveled to the city of Susa where he served as a high official under the leadership of King Artaxerxes. One day, Nehemiah had a vision of rebuilding the wall for his people to live again and spoke to the king of this. Artaxerxes was very supportive of his vision, especially since Nehemiah stated it came from God. With the visual coming from God, he granted permission for Nehemiah to travel back home to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. Not only did he grant him permission, he also provided troops and money to make sure this
The abrupt end to the Jerusalem walls was unexpected and extremely ruthless. Upon hearing of the destruction, he wept, mourned, fasted and prayed for many days. Something else he took upon himself as a leader was he confessed to God of the sins committed by himself, his father’s family, and the sins of Israel. That is something he could had kept to himself and only spoke about him, but seeing how his entire city was being affected, he felt the need to get everything out entirely. The king also played a major role with leadership as he noticed how sad Nehemiah was and asked him of what he needed and in response, he simply “prayed to the God heaven” (Nehemiah 2:4) and stated to allow him to go into the city so he can