Nehemiah and the enemies

Nehemiah had left a comfortable position in order to assist the Jews who had gone to Jerusalem to build the Temple of God. Nehemiah was sincerely interested in promoting the welfare of his people. He soon found that when anyone rises up to build the house of the Lord he will be set upon by tares.

"Come down, come down, stop building, listen to us, you take too much on yourself, you are making yourself a king, they are going to kill you, come into my chambers and listen to me." On and on the accusations and threats continued. He was even prophesied against.

My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear. (Nehemiah 6:14)

Nehemiah found that some of these adversaries were friends of the very Jews Nehemiah was endeavouring to assist.

And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me. (Nehemiah 13:28)

Every true man of God who is moved by the Lord to build the Kingdom of God is confronted with those who are calling him down from the wall. He is to ignore them and continue. If he serves God faithfully he will prevail, and those who would have stopped him will go down in history as the tares that they are. They shall be removed from the Kingdom in the Day of the Lord.

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