This Marvelous Passage Tells us about the sovereign activity of God in bringing revival and reformation to the church in Nehemiah’s time, affecting the whole nation of Israel for good. In the words of David Jackman (in a sermon I heard), what was happening here was “the Spirit of God taking the Word of God and creating the Community of God.” Nehemiah knew that the building of the walls was a means to an end—the restoration of Jerusalem as a safe and secure place to