1
00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:08,240
You've tuned into a mega church.
We are people hungry to 

2
00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:11,240
encounter God through worship 
and His Word being witnesses to 

3
00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:13,760
the world around us. 
We pray this teaching blesses 

4
00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:16,320
you and trust God will reveal 
Himself to you in a new way 

5
00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:18,320
today. 
And if you need prayer for 

6
00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:20,600
healing or breakthrough? 
Want to find out more about 

7
00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:22,600
Omega? 
Get to our website or Facebook 

8
00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:31,240
page through the links below. 
How many of you are excited 

9
00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:43,480
about this passage? 
Yeah, so there is a temptation 

10
00:00:43,480 --> 00:00:47,040
for every preacher to skip some 
passages, and this is one of 

11
00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:50,360
those. 
But I said no, I am not going to

12
00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:53,680
skip. 
Do you expect anybody God will 

13
00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:58,520
speak to when they read Nehemiah
chapter 3 and they will go into 

14
00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:01,920
action and do something? 
Do you believe it? 

15
00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,120
Can God speak from Nehemiah 
chapter 3? 

16
00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:11,480
Yeah, there was a man who read 
Nehemiah chapter 3 and after the

17
00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:15,920
war devastated Bangladesh, he 
went to Bangladesh to build 

18
00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:21,920
10,000 houses. 
Why when he read Nehemiah 

19
00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:26,440
chapter 3, he said there is no 
mention of architect, there is 

20
00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:31,000
no mention of the quantity 
surveyor, there is no mention of

21
00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,960
civil engineers, there is no 
mention of any kind of a 

22
00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:37,880
technically highly technical 
people mentioning there doing 

23
00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:40,440
the work. 
It is the ordinary people doing 

24
00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:45,480
an extraordinary work. 
And he said if they can do, I 

25
00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:47,320
can do. 
And he went to Bangladesh and 

26
00:01:47,320 --> 00:01:50,600
built 10000 houses who have lost
their houses in the war. 

27
00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:59,000
So God can speak, God can speak 
from Nehemiah chapter 3. 

28
00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:02,000
I believe it. 
If you believe it, shout 

29
00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:07,560
Hallelujah, Amen. 
So now first thing that you see 

30
00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:11,400
here in verse one is Elia ship, 
the high priest and his fellow 

31
00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:17,600
priest went to work and rebuild 
the sheep gate. 

32
00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,720
We need to look at the map. 
I need the clicker. 

33
00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:22,760
Also, I forgot to mention I need
a clicker. 

34
00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:27,240
Is the map there? 
It is on the DRY. 

35
00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,080
Somebody please help when when 
it is ready, we can use it. 

36
00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:45,240
Yeah, that is the one that is 
the one as getting ready we will

37
00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:47,240
we will keep focusing on the 
thing. 

38
00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:53,640
So the last week we talked 
about, I answered them by saying

39
00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:55,880
the God of heaven will give us 
success. 

40
00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,280
We his servants will start 
rebuilding. 

41
00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:03,000
But As for you, you have no 
share in Jerusalem or any claim 

42
00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,800
or historic right to it. 
Now, this is very important. 

43
00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:09,800
I feel when you particularly, I 
mean you're talking about 

44
00:03:09,800 --> 00:03:14,200
leaders in a church and the 
pastor, when they are convinced 

45
00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:17,080
about a vision, they are 
convinced about something God 

46
00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:21,200
wants them to do. 
They need to know their enemies 

47
00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,920
and tell them you have no part 
in this. 

48
00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,920
You have no share in this work 
because you don't share the same

49
00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:30,800
vision. 
You don't have the same burden. 

50
00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:36,240
So Nehemiah made a declaration 
and told them, As for you, you 

51
00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:40,840
have no share in Jerusalem or 
any claim or historic right to 

52
00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:44,560
it, even historic right. 
Don't even look at this place. 

53
00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:48,320
This is not yours. 
This very strong words of 

54
00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:52,600
Nehemiah, and I admire the man 
because he knows what he's 

55
00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:55,760
speaking. 
This is how it should be. 

56
00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:59,960
So what is happening here is 
Eliashib is a high priest and 

57
00:03:59,960 --> 00:04:03,600
his fellow priest they went to 
work and rebuilt and set it 

58
00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:08,360
doors in place, building as far 
as a tower of 100 which they 

59
00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,680
dedicated and as far as the 
tower of Hannel. 

60
00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:14,440
So who is this? 
Eliashib is a high priest. 

61
00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:15,880
He's very clear. 
And priest. 

62
00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:19,120
OK. 
Now where do you know where 

63
00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:23,920
Nehemiah started inspecting the 
walls in the night in chapter 2?

64
00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:30,480
He went to the valley. 
Valley Gate. 

65
00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:32,200
Is that? 
Oh, yeah. 

66
00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:35,680
Valley gate just fading out. 
Can we have the clicker, please?

67
00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:40,440
The valley gate? 
Yeah, that green one, you can 

68
00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:41,840
see the gate, There's an opening
there. 

69
00:04:41,840 --> 00:04:45,200
There's a valley gate. 
So from there he started, went 

70
00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:49,560
down South and went up. 
And when he came to beyond a 

71
00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:55,440
fountain gate, when he came 
beyond fountain gate here, this 

72
00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:58,880
gate, he found that the rubble 
was too much and he couldn't go.

73
00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:04,560
So he had to almost go off the 
road and go up like this and 

74
00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:08,640
then come back the same way and 
went back to the valley gate 

75
00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,360
here. 
But now when the construction 

76
00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:16,360
has begun, it started in that 
gate here. 

77
00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:22,960
What that gate here, ship gate. 
Now if you look at the Jerusalem

78
00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,440
map here is very important. 
When you see the whole of the 

79
00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:31,480
Jerusalem map, it's about 90 
acres of land, 90 acres. 

80
00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:35,240
But you see here the big chunk 
of land here. 

81
00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:37,720
You've got a temple here, and 
you've got the Temple Mount 

82
00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:43,200
here, or right now you've got 
that Dome of the Rock that is 

83
00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:47,800
somewhere here. 
So from my looking at this map, 

84
00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:50,120
I understood that they are two 
separate things. 

85
00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:53,760
But some people think that Under
the Dome of the Rock is the 

86
00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:56,040
temple. 
Archaeologists, you know, they 

87
00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,440
say many things, but some people
say no, no, they are two 

88
00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:02,240
separate things. 
You got temple separate and this

89
00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:06,640
is separate place which is high,
high up a place. 

90
00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:15,280
So this area is about 36 acres. 
That is roughly 40% of the 

91
00:06:15,280 --> 00:06:19,880
Nehemiah's time. 
Jerusalem was allotted for the 

92
00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:23,920
Temple and the Temple Mount and 
then you got the priest houses 

93
00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:29,520
here and you got. 
So what is happening here is 

94
00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:32,480
they rebuild a sheep gate 
because she this is called sheep

95
00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:36,320
gate because sheep used to be 
brought in to offer sacrifice 

96
00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:43,240
into the temple. 
Remember one thing about 

97
00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:47,480
Jerusalem is it represents every
family. 

98
00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:51,760
Say it please. 
It represents every family. 

99
00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,440
It represents every local 
church. 

100
00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:59,000
Let's say it Jerusalem 
represents every local church. 

101
00:06:59,840 --> 00:07:04,760
Now this has so many gates. 
You've got here starting here, 

102
00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:07,280
Sheep Gate, and then you've got 
Fish Gate. 

103
00:07:07,280 --> 00:07:11,880
You've got Old Jasana Gate and 
then you have got Valley Gate. 

104
00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:15,160
And then you come down here, 
you've got this Dung Gate or 

105
00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:18,320
yeah, Dung Gate. 
And then you've got the Fountain

106
00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:20,880
Gate here. 
And then you have the Watergate 

107
00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:25,160
here, and then you have First 
Gate, East Gate, inspection, 

108
00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:32,720
master gate, all these gates. 
So every family, somehow you, 

109
00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,080
there are some spiritual truths 
behind these gates that we can 

110
00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:37,600
apply to a family and we can 
apply to a local church. 

111
00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:39,200
We will look into it very 
shortly. 

112
00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:42,400
But then the work began. 
It began with the sheep gate. 

113
00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:47,120
And because he's a priest, high 
priest, he's concerned about the

114
00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:51,560
temple and he starts rebuilding 
this place here closer to the 

115
00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:53,880
one that is connected with his 
daily activities. 

116
00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:57,920
So you've got the high priest 
and the priest coming together 

117
00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:03,960
and building this, rebuilding 
this gate, sheep gate, and sheep

118
00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:07,000
gate, remember, it represents 
sacrifice. 

119
00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:09,440
What do they represent? 
Sacrifice. 

120
00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:14,920
And that represents who? 
Our our Lord Jesus Christ. 

121
00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:20,320
So without the sacrifice of 
Christ, everything crumbles and 

122
00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:23,880
he begins. 
The work begins here, goes 

123
00:08:23,880 --> 00:08:28,480
around and comes back here, and 
it begins with Jesus and goes 

124
00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:30,800
around, ends with Jesus. 
He's the Alpha and Omega, 

125
00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:33,559
beginning and the end. 
And that is how it is. 

126
00:08:33,799 --> 00:08:36,360
And we should be so focused on 
Jesus. 

127
00:08:36,360 --> 00:08:39,640
The work of the family and the 
work of the church must be 

128
00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:43,120
centered on Christ. 
And when it is centered on 

129
00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:47,160
Christ, that family will be 
blessed, that church will be 

130
00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:51,200
blessed and we will make an 
impact on the on the society. 

131
00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:57,120
And interestingly, what Neymar 
has done, he went in the night 

132
00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:00,440
from the valley gate, went 
around and he could not even 

133
00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:04,000
keep going using the mule or the
donkey that he had. 

134
00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:07,040
He had to leave it here and he 
had to walk, then go inspect and

135
00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:09,520
come back. 
And now when he decides, he 

136
00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:16,360
decides to do from here. 
Why in every time a foreign army

137
00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:20,560
invaded Jerusalem, they mostly 
have innovative from the north. 

138
00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:24,840
The walls are totally battered 
that side. 

139
00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:29,960
And if you want to have 
security, because this side is 

140
00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:36,240
valley and this side is valley, 
so that is not so vulnerable to 

141
00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:38,680
attack, but this side is very 
vulnerable. 

142
00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:42,320
So Nehemiah was very, very 
strategic. 

143
00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:46,880
He knew where is the most 
important work to be done and 

144
00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:49,400
where to begin. 
And this is the quality of a 

145
00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:52,560
leader. 
They will have a strategy, they 

146
00:09:52,560 --> 00:09:55,720
will have a strategy. 
And he had a strategy and then 

147
00:09:55,720 --> 00:10:00,120
he has implemented it and he 
talked about it and he inspired 

148
00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,720
people saying let us rebuild. 
And they were inspired. 

149
00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:07,000
They said let us rebuild. 
And then it also means he has to

150
00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:10,240
make sure that there's enough of
the material required for 

151
00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:14,840
rebuilding wood stone, 
everything is required, has to 

152
00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:17,480
be done. 
And usually the stone is not 

153
00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:20,480
somewhere around here. 
It has to be somewhere out. 

154
00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:24,560
It has to be so from outside. 
Wherever there's a hill, they 

155
00:10:24,560 --> 00:10:26,600
have to cut the stone and 
transport it. 

156
00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:30,320
And from the forest that is 
close by, you have a forest 

157
00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:31,840
close by where ASA was in 
charge. 

158
00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,400
He has to give the wood and he, 
they had to transport the wood 

159
00:10:35,680 --> 00:10:38,800
to this Jerusalem area to 
rebuild it. 

160
00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:42,560
So, so much of planning has to 
go behind this. 

161
00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:47,000
And he cannot simply say, let's 
rebuild and then where is the 

162
00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:48,720
wood? 
Where is the stone? 

163
00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:52,040
People will ask. 
So he has to make sure the 

164
00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:56,600
material, material is available.
That's number 1/2. 

165
00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:00,080
Even though the stones have been
burned down and the walls have 

166
00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:04,080
been broken down, there will be 
some stones reusable. 

167
00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:09,440
So they have to use what's 
available and then they have to 

168
00:11:09,680 --> 00:11:13,400
take what is more needed. 
So it is not totally starting 

169
00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:16,040
from scratch. 
But then to reuse what is 

170
00:11:16,040 --> 00:11:19,960
available is also a skill and 
they have to do it and they have

171
00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:22,360
done it. 
Now, the next thing that you see

172
00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:26,040
here is you see, there's a red 
line all around. 

173
00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:29,520
You see from here, there's a red
line going down with the numbers

174
00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:33,080
all progressively, and it ends 
with beginning with one. 

175
00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:36,160
It comes to 41. 
So what Nehemiah did was he 

176
00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:41,080
divided the entire wall into 41 
sections, and he gave it to 

177
00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:44,560
different people to rebuild it. 
What does this mean? 

178
00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:55,320
His church, One man's work, No 
#2 You see here is there are no 

179
00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:58,640
specialists here. 
There are no specialists here. 

180
00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:01,760
Is a high priest equipped to do 
building? 

181
00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:07,760
Is a perfume maker equipped to 
do building or is a Goldsmith 

182
00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:11,840
equipped to do building? 
What are the things that what I 

183
00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:16,160
try to say here is the qualities
that you have, your job, your 

184
00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:19,280
calling, your training is 
transferable. 

185
00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:25,240
Everybody say transferable, your
skills are transferable. 

186
00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:27,160
They are useful to the church 
building. 

187
00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:32,960
Whatever you are, whoever you 
are, God wants to use you for 

188
00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:36,800
his church and that's a great 
news. 

189
00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:41,080
That's a great news. 
When we wanted to, when we start

190
00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:45,920
off starting the church, I told 
the Lord, I am not the guy you 

191
00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:49,480
are looking for, are you? 
I'm not really the right kind of

192
00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:50,920
a guy. 
You're looking at the wrong guy 

193
00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:56,840
and telling me start the church 
and it is not ability does not 

194
00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:59,640
come from my sufficiency. 
It comes from his sufficiency. 

195
00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:04,000
If he calls, he has to equip. 
I'm not really great with the 

196
00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:06,400
human relationships and things 
like that. 

197
00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:10,760
I know my limitations, but at 
the same time God gave me 

198
00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:13,680
something which I can use for 
building the church. 

199
00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:18,080
So that's how it is. 
We, whoever we are, our 

200
00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:22,880
qualities, our abilities, our 
education, our mindset is 

201
00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:25,560
transferable. 
It can be brought to the church 

202
00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:28,240
and put to use for the glory of 
His name. 

203
00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:33,560
So is there anybody who can say 
here, I am not required for the 

204
00:13:33,560 --> 00:13:36,720
church? 
You can't say it. 

205
00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:40,560
Everybody is needed. 
Everybody is needed for building

206
00:13:40,560 --> 00:13:42,360
of the church. 
That is the thing. 

207
00:13:42,680 --> 00:13:45,600
So here we have this guy Ilya 
Shiv, high priest. 

208
00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:51,560
When you see later on in chapter
13, this man who was having zeal

209
00:13:51,560 --> 00:13:55,640
for the House of God, the one 
who is committed to re establish

210
00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:59,840
the temple services, one who was
wanting to see the walls rebuilt

211
00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:02,360
and safety brought into the 
city. 

212
00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:12,360
He allowed his daughter was 
three parts he he allowed his 

213
00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:17,360
son to marry Tobias daughter or 
granddaughter. 

214
00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:19,680
Now what am I talking about 
here? 

215
00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:27,000
This guy has an alliance with 
the enemy an alliance with the 

216
00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:32,920
enemy and then after 12 years of
Nehemiah staying in Jerusalem 

217
00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:36,840
and he goes back to visit the 
king for a short period of time.

218
00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:41,000
This man area shape gave a room 
from the temple. 

219
00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:44,600
In this temple he allotted a 
room for Tobiah. 

220
00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:50,280
So Tobiah came shifted his 
residence into the temple and he

221
00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:54,040
was living there. 
And when when Nehemiah returned 

222
00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:57,360
he heard about Tobiah. 
First thing he does is goes to 

223
00:14:57,400 --> 00:15:00,320
the temple, throws out 
everything that binash to Tobiah

224
00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:05,480
is bed his utensils everything 
is throwing out so out from 

225
00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:07,840
here. 
And then he ordered that that 

226
00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:16,240
that place be sanctified, made 
holy so many times. 

227
00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:20,760
We can begin well, but not end 
well. 

228
00:15:21,480 --> 00:15:24,840
Ilyashi began well, but he did 
not end well. 

229
00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:31,320
He colluded, or he consented to 
work with the enemy. 

230
00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:35,280
He brought the enemy inside the 
church, inside the temple. 

231
00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:37,920
So we need to be very careful 
with people. 

232
00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:41,600
Even though everybody is good, 
we must keep an eye on the 

233
00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:43,320
people when they are turning 
bad. 

234
00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:47,800
Because Elia Ship is being a 
high priest, Being a high 

235
00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:50,320
priest, you don't expect a high 
priest to say it is all right, 

236
00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:54,360
That temple is for God to, for 
people to come and worship God, 

237
00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:58,280
to offer sacrifice, not for 
coming and put a bed there and 

238
00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:02,080
sleep. 
What does it remind you? 

239
00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:08,440
When Jesus went to the temple, 
he found him doing business and 

240
00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:10,880
money changes. 
He turned the money changes. 

241
00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:14,000
He set the birds free, the dows 
that are supposed to be 

242
00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,800
sacrificed, the sheep that are 
there to be bought and sold and 

243
00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:18,760
to be sacrificed. 
He set them free. 

244
00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:25,040
Saying this, my house is called 
House of prayer, is not a 

245
00:16:25,040 --> 00:16:28,320
business place, is not a 
business place. 

246
00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:33,640
So Nehemiah was acting like 
Jesus in cleansing the house, 

247
00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:37,520
the temple. 
OK, let's look. 

248
00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:40,160
Go forward. 
Yeah. 

249
00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:44,880
Then they came to, they went 
down building as a tower of 100,

250
00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:47,000
which is the dedicated. 
This is another word. 

251
00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:51,640
The dedicated word is used only 
for this part, the ship gate. 

252
00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:55,120
Many other gates were 
established, repaired. 

253
00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:57,200
But the word dedicated is not 
used. 

254
00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:00,160
Why? 
This has a special refresh to 

255
00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:03,160
the temple here. 
It has to be holy. 

256
00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:08,400
It has to be declared holy, made
holy, set apart for a particular

257
00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:14,680
purpose of worshipping God. 
So it needs to be dedicated, it 

258
00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:16,560
needs to be sanctified. 
Probably they must have 

259
00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:20,200
sacrificed an animal and the 
blood must have taken and that 

260
00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:22,839
blood they must have mixed with 
water or something and sprinkled

261
00:17:22,839 --> 00:17:27,160
on the gate saying this gate is 
dedicated now declared holy for 

262
00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:31,320
the purpose of worshipping God, 
so people can come in and 

263
00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:33,360
worship. 
God is dedicated. 

264
00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:35,840
So we need to dedicate 
ourselves. 

265
00:17:36,120 --> 00:17:39,520
And I tell you it is the 
responsibility of the man of the

266
00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:43,480
house to dedicate the house, to 
dedicate the children. 

267
00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:46,160
When the children are born, you 
dedicate the children. 

268
00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:48,880
Why? 
The day you dedicate it, you're 

269
00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:52,600
saying God, this child belongs 
to you have given it, but I give

270
00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:55,560
back this child to you. 
Let I am going to take care of 

271
00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:58,560
the child, that the child will 
grow up and bring glory to your 

272
00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:00,920
name. 
And when you say it, the Lord 

273
00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:04,080
releases an extra Angel to 
protect the child. 

274
00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:06,200
There's always an Angel with 
every child. 

275
00:18:06,360 --> 00:18:10,000
But when you dedicate, God says,
OK, because you honor me, I'll 

276
00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:11,840
honor you. 
I'll send one more Angel to 

277
00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:16,400
protect your child. 
Anybody excited to hear that? 

278
00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:20,480
Amen. 
Let's shout Amen. 

279
00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:23,840
OK. 
The men of Jericho build the 

280
00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:27,920
adjoining section and Zakur son 
of Imbri Builder next to them. 

281
00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:30,960
Now this word next. 
If you see so many times the 

282
00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:33,040
word next comes in this whole 
chapter. 

283
00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:37,320
That may look like a simple word
next. 

284
00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:40,600
But sometimes when you 
particularly see some particular

285
00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:46,000
guys in verse 4, you see the 
word Merrymouth son of Oriya, 

286
00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:49,120
the son of Hakos repair the next
section. 

287
00:18:49,360 --> 00:18:53,960
But again when you see in the I 
think 28 verse 28, you will see 

288
00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:56,880
again the name above the horse 
gate. 

289
00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:59,520
The priest made repairs each in 
front of his own house. 

290
00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:04,640
Next to them ZX son of Imam made
repairs opposite to his house. 

291
00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:07,600
Next to him Shema Sanam. 
Where is that thing? 

292
00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:14,240
Merrimoth? 
Sorry, here is it in verse 21. 

293
00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:18,280
Next to him, Merrimoth, son of 
Urea, son of Hakos, repair 

294
00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:22,720
another section. 
Why is the man's name mentioned?

295
00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:27,440
2 times? 
Most of the time we think they 

296
00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:31,200
gave me one job. 
I am going to do only that job, 

297
00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:33,840
nothing more. 
OK. 

298
00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:36,080
They asked me to put chairs. 
I put chairs. 

299
00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:37,720
They asked me to stand at the 
door. 

300
00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:39,760
I stand at the door. 
They asked me to make the 

301
00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:41,680
morning tea. 
I make the morning tea. 

302
00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:46,200
Good. 
But these people have done more 

303
00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:53,440
than what they were asked to do.
Everybody say more than What 

304
00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:56,680
does it mean? 
What does more than mean? 

305
00:19:57,360 --> 00:20:02,160
It is as he was explaining, as 
over I was explaining, giving 

306
00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,280
all to God. 
What does it mean? 

307
00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:06,680
You don't hold back. 
You have no rights. 

308
00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,320
You are completely sold out of 
the purpose of God for the 

309
00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:14,400
Kingdom of God and you will do 
more than what is asked of you 

310
00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:17,240
next section. 
Even though you have done what 

311
00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:20,680
is allotted to you, you take a 
one more and do that as well and

312
00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:22,120
take one more and do that as 
well. 

313
00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:25,320
You see the priests have done at
three different places. 

314
00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:28,840
They rebuild the wall. 
They could have said, OK, we 

315
00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:32,200
have done this part sheep gate, 
that's all important coming to 

316
00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:35,880
the temple, nothing more. 
No, they took up some parts 

317
00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:38,800
here, some parts here and they 
did two other places. 

318
00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:42,840
Priests rebuild the wall again. 
They did more than they were 

319
00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:45,120
asked to do. 
And you know when you when you 

320
00:20:45,120 --> 00:20:49,400
think of the more than you are 
reminded of the words of Jesus. 

321
00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:54,760
What did Jesus say? 
If somebody greets you and you 

322
00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:56,840
greet them back, what have you 
done? 

323
00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:59,440
More. 
If you are going to help 

324
00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:03,000
somebody because you're going to
get back, what are you doing 

325
00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:07,520
more? 
I tell you, to follow Jesus is a

326
00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:11,360
very hard job. 
Not easy one because we are 

327
00:21:11,360 --> 00:21:18,360
called to do more than we are 
supposed to do, more than we are

328
00:21:18,360 --> 00:21:23,200
supposed to do. 
We need to love our enemies and 

329
00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:26,400
that is doing more than if you 
love your friend. 

330
00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:29,240
What is the problem? 
You go to play tennis once a 

331
00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:31,040
week with him. 
You are meeting you at some 

332
00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:33,640
other social event. 
You are going bowling. 

333
00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:38,240
We are bowling with him and it 
is mutual because he needs you. 

334
00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:40,680
He, you need him. 
So you spend time with him. 

335
00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:43,640
Nothing great. 
What about that guy who looks at

336
00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:45,880
you and curses you? 
And another day you find him in 

337
00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:48,000
the market and go to him? 
Hey, how are you today? 

338
00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:56,600
That is doing more than so we 
need to do more than what we are

339
00:21:56,600 --> 00:22:00,080
supposed to do and that is the 
way we have to study this 

340
00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:04,800
chapter 3 is God speaking now? 
Is he speaking now? 

341
00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:09,120
Can I hear a Amen? 
Yes, that's what we are supposed

342
00:22:09,120 --> 00:22:14,680
to do more than. 
And then you see here that next 

343
00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:18,040
one as a fish gate was 3. 
Fish gate was rebuilt by the 

344
00:22:18,040 --> 00:22:21,320
sons of Hassena. 
They laid his beams and put his 

345
00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:24,160
doors and bolts and bars in 
place. 

346
00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:28,480
Merima Sanaburaya son of Hakos 
repaired the next section. 

347
00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:34,040
Next to him Meshullah Sanab 
Berekaya son of Meshes Abel made

348
00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:38,360
repairs and next to him ZX Sanab
Bana also made repairs. 

349
00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:44,520
The next section was repaired by
the men of Tekoa, but their 

350
00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:47,360
neighbors would not put their 
shoulders to the work under 

351
00:22:47,360 --> 00:22:50,480
their supervisors. 
Now you must be wondering, what 

352
00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:51,800
is this? 
Takeover? 

353
00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:56,720
Let's look at Takeover. 
Can I have the next one? 

354
00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:57,560
Yeah, please. 
Thank you. 

355
00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:01,480
See here the Takeover men of 
Takeover. 

356
00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,680
If you remember the Old 
Testament, there's a guy. 

357
00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:07,760
There was a lady from Takeover 
who was a wise woman who was 

358
00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:10,040
brought to King David to tell a 
story. 

359
00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:14,400
She was from Takeover. 
And these people were very, very

360
00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:17,200
intelligent, supposed to be 
intelligent people. 

361
00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:21,880
The nobles refused to be 
partaking in the rebuilding of 

362
00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:25,600
the temple. 
The leaders are saying no, we 

363
00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,000
are not part of it, it's nothing
to do with us. 

364
00:23:28,360 --> 00:23:32,240
But the people of Takeover, they
said no, we have to do this. 

365
00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:38,040
Do we have to appreciate them? 
Should we appreciate them or 

366
00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:40,440
not? 
We had to appreciate the people 

367
00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:42,640
of takeover. 
Even though the leaders are not 

368
00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:45,080
part of it, they don't want to 
put their shoulder to it. 

369
00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:47,520
They said we are leaders. 
We are not going to put our 

370
00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:49,640
shoulders. 
We are not going to work in the 

371
00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:52,680
Kingdom of God. 
There's no menial work in the 

372
00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:54,200
Kingdom of God. 
There are no menial work. 

373
00:23:54,400 --> 00:24:00,440
Every work is holy. 
Every work is holy, you know, 

374
00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:03,880
even those people who are trying
to clean up in the temple of 

375
00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:08,000
God, when there is a bronze 
altar on which you sacrifice the

376
00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,080
whole animal and burn it and 
there will be ashes and the 

377
00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:14,440
people who clear the ashes go 
down from there. 

378
00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:20,920
Can we go back one step, please?
Yes. 

379
00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:23,240
Now you offer sacrifice in the 
temple. 

380
00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:27,360
Those ashes you are taking and 
you're going down to dump in the

381
00:24:27,360 --> 00:24:33,200
Dunk Gate here outside when he 
know and when they come back, 

382
00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:38,200
they had to wash their clothes 
and take a bath because clearing

383
00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:45,160
the ashes is a holy work. 
Everybody say holy work is holy.

384
00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:48,720
There are no menial jobs in the 
Kingdom of God, in the in the 

385
00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,560
temple of God. 
So they have to carry the ashes 

386
00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:55,080
all the way from there down 
here, dump it here, and then go 

387
00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:59,520
back, shower and change their 
clothes and then they are OK to 

388
00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:03,560
be accepted. 
I'm telling you, when you 

389
00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:07,880
understand the word of God that 
blows your mind and makes 

390
00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:11,680
demands on you which you feel 
sometimes is too difficult, but 

391
00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:15,360
by the power of the Holy Ghost 
we can live that life for the 

392
00:25:15,360 --> 00:25:17,600
glory of His name. 
Hallelujah. 

393
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,720
Now the fish gate. 
What does fish stand for? 

394
00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:26,000
Most probably the people who are
catching fish in the 

395
00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,360
Mediterranean Sea. 
They'll bring through the fish 

396
00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:31,920
gate and bring in here and do 
business pretty close to the 

397
00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:35,400
temple. 
But for us, fish stand for what?

398
00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:42,240
Souls to be saved. 
So evangelism is part of the 

399
00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:44,880
House of God. 
Evangelism should be part of the

400
00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:48,680
family. 
The 1st place your children 

401
00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:52,720
should hear the gospel is in 
your home, not in the Sunday 

402
00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:57,440
school. 1st place they should 
hear the gospel is in your home.

403
00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:01,120
When I, I was just as I was 
preparing, I was thinking about 

404
00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:04,160
what did I do in my family? 
Did I do something for my kids? 

405
00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:08,560
I remembered that John was six 
years old when he gave his life 

406
00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:12,760
to the Lord. 
Not because I told him, John, 

407
00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:14,600
come here, you have to do this. 
No, no, no. 

408
00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:17,040
I was just standing and 
preaching in a camp for the 

409
00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:20,760
students, medical students. 
And he was very young. 

410
00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:24,480
And he would he would go around,
you know, make sound like a 

411
00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:26,400
scooter. 
And he'll come back and sit, 

412
00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:28,120
stand there and listen to me as 
I'm teaching. 

413
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,200
Then he'll go back again and 
then come back, stand there and 

414
00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,640
listen to me for a while. 
And then something happened in 

415
00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:36,840
that boy who was only 6 years 
old. 

416
00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:40,760
And he said, I need this Jesus. 
And he didn't even tell us on 

417
00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:42,960
the Sunday. 
Somebody encouraged him. 

418
00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:46,240
He goes to the front, he picks 
up the mic and he says, I 

419
00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:48,960
received tears into my heart 
last week. 

420
00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:57,640
And that was the news to us. 
And same thing with Joseph. 

421
00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:00,320
He was hardly six years old. 
One of the nights in the bed I 

422
00:27:00,360 --> 00:27:03,840
was putting to bed, putting him 
to bed, I said, do you want to 

423
00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:05,360
ask Jesus to come into your 
heart? 

424
00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:09,120
He said, yeah, OK, say it. 
I let him into the prayer. 

425
00:27:10,120 --> 00:27:12,760
That is what we need to have in 
our houses. 

426
00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:16,320
We need to have that fish gear 
should be operating in the 

427
00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:19,160
family before it operates in the
temple of God. 

428
00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:25,280
Ah, it is rising from inside of 
Maine because many people think 

429
00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:29,440
it is not their job. 
But I say, if you're a child of 

430
00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:35,760
God, that is your job, full 
stop, period. 

431
00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:40,320
Don't want to say any more about
it, but that's very important. 

432
00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:44,080
And the men of takeover, when I 
said men of takeover again, next

433
00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,440
map, we'll have to go. 
Yeah. 

434
00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:54,240
So now this is Beth, Jerusalem 
to Bethlehem, maybe 5-6 or eight

435
00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:57,280
miles of eight kilometers from 
there to another 8 kilometers. 

436
00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:00,400
This is outside Jerusalem. 
You see all these people are 

437
00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:04,880
mentioning here, Hazer, Bethel, 
Jericho, Bethlehem, Takeover, 

438
00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:09,760
Bezoor, Kila, Adullam, Zora, 
Gazer, all these are places 

439
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:11,400
mentioned. 
There are the people have come 

440
00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:16,080
from outside Jerusalem to build 
the walls of Jerusalem. 

441
00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:21,920
What can they say easily? 
What does it benefit me? 

442
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:26,000
Why should I do it? 
Why should I do it? 

443
00:28:26,360 --> 00:28:28,320
It's none of my business, 
Jerusalem. 

444
00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:32,160
I'm living outside Jerusalem. 
It doesn't have anything to do 

445
00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:37,120
with me, but I tell you, the 
House of God needs people from 

446
00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:43,080
outside, from inside everywhere.
We need everyone for building 

447
00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:45,880
the Kingdom of God. 
Running out of time. 

448
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:52,640
Cool. 
And then you have OK, I'll 

449
00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:55,320
summarize it. 
That is the easy way to do 

450
00:28:55,320 --> 00:29:00,280
things. 
Everybody say everyone has a 

451
00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:05,480
role. 
Second thing is unity in 

452
00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:08,040
diversity. 
We have got all these people, 

453
00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:13,680
Goldsmith, you got these people 
perfume makers, and you got 

454
00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:18,960
this, all kinds of professions, 
but they all are united in heart

455
00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:22,600
to build the walls of Jerusalem.
What do we need? 

456
00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:27,440
This morning I read from Psalm 
133 how beautiful it is when 

457
00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:31,480
brothers live in unity. 
That is what we need in the 

458
00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:33,080
church. 
That's what we need in the 

459
00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:34,920
family. 
We need unity. 

460
00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:43,520
Next thing is some of the times,
not that one, please, some of 

461
00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:47,000
the times. 
Nehemiah allotted a wall to be 

462
00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:50,040
rebuilt to a family living close
to it. 

463
00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:53,360
Ah, you are living here. 
That's your house. 

464
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:56,080
Take care of that wall there. 
Oh, you are living there. 

465
00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:58,160
Take care of the wall there. 
You are living here. 

466
00:29:58,280 --> 00:30:03,440
Take care of the wall there. 
You need to work near where you 

467
00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:07,320
are. 
Where you are there is the place

468
00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:11,880
of work and evangelism. 
You do in your house, you do in 

469
00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:13,960
your workplace, you do 
everywhere. 

470
00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:17,640
In fact, I was warned, I was 
warned at the workplace by one 

471
00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:19,440
guy. 
I was trying to talk to him two 

472
00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:23,480
times and third time he told me,
Ramana, I don't want to talk 

473
00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:26,600
about this. 
So I had to leave him alone. 

474
00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:32,440
So you need to be intentional. 
Probably I made a mistake. 

475
00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:34,240
I should have said, come home 
for a meal. 

476
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:38,720
I'll give you some Dal and rice,
you know, And then he would have

477
00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:40,120
listened to what I wanted to 
say. 

478
00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:46,240
The way to the heart is through 
the mouth, through the stomach. 

479
00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:51,920
Remember that if somebody 
resists you, invite him for a 

480
00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:55,120
meal and you will again hammer 
that same gospel with the 

481
00:30:55,120 --> 00:31:00,320
stronger hammer. 
Way to the heart is to the 

482
00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:02,480
stomach. 
So use it. 

483
00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:06,680
Use it. 
Give that beans and toasted 

484
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:10,760
bread and the beans, put some 
butter on it and hammer that 

485
00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:14,320
gospel into their heart. 
I tell you, that's the way to 

486
00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:16,400
live intentionally. 
We have to live for God. 

487
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:23,840
OK, next is just do it. 
Let others see you and follow. 

488
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:29,200
Just do it it others do. 
Others see and follow. 

489
00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:33,560
And so many times people will 
see you and then follow you. 

490
00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:36,000
Why? 
Because when you're working at 

491
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:39,560
that particular job, when you're
intentionally doing something, 

492
00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:43,920
they catch. 
That is the spirit in you making

493
00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:47,880
you do it. 
And when they don't respond to 

494
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:50,360
it, they'll be judged by your 
passion. 

495
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:52,200
They'll be judged by your 
commitment. 

496
00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:55,040
When Noah was building the 
building the ark for more than 

497
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:59,160
100 years, they must be he must 
be taking that hammer, driving 

498
00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:01,440
the nail through it. 
And somebody passing, they will 

499
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:06,240
laugh at what are you doing? 
I'm building the ark. 

500
00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:09,160
Why are you building the ark? 
Rain is coming. 

501
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:12,440
We have never seen rain. 
Anytime that is going to kill 

502
00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:14,840
you. 
Why are you wasting your time? 

503
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:18,120
100 years? 
People jeered at him, laughed at

504
00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:19,720
him. 
But on the day when the rain 

505
00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:22,160
came, he was safe and they were 
not. 

506
00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:27,000
And in the book of Hebrews, it 
says Nova condemned his 

507
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:30,600
generation by his righteousness,
by his obedience. 

508
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:41,840
That's the way it is. 
You got to live life fully so 

509
00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:45,080
that the world can see and catch
what you have. 

510
00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:51,400
There are no days off, no 
Saturday, no Sunday for 

511
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:58,080
spiritual life, no days off. 
And I tell you, children watch 

512
00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:04,320
you at home and catch that. 
Jesus, the revelation of Jesus, 

513
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:09,720
they get it through you, through
you, they catch it. 

514
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:13,560
So we need to do it. 
Then we talked about Meshulam. 

515
00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:16,200
Meshulam again, this is again 
interesting thing. 

516
00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:18,720
Verse 4, Meshulam we talked 
about already. 

517
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:24,360
He is a guy who has did more 
than what he should do. 

518
00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:29,480
But one other thing is this guy,
his daughter was married to 

519
00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:32,880
Tobias son. 
Tobias son was married to 

520
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:38,280
Mishelam's daughter. 
Now Tobias is an enemy. 

521
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:39,720
He doesn't want the watch to be 
built. 

522
00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:42,000
And you are in relationship to 
that man. 

523
00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:46,000
Should Nehemiah use this guy 
Mishelam? 

524
00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:48,920
Huh. 
Your daughter is married to the 

525
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:50,880
son. 
You can't build the wall. 

526
00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:55,720
Can he say that? 
But what did Naimaya do? 

527
00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:59,040
He said. 
Is your heart right? 

528
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:03,160
Do you love God? 
You have to build the walls. 

529
00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:06,200
Go ahead. 
I don't care if you are related 

530
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:09,760
to Tobaya. 
You have to keep Tobaya out and 

531
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:13,920
the Lord in. 
That is how we need to judge the

532
00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:16,320
people who are wanting to part 
of the church. 

533
00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:20,239
We need to look at their heart 
and see whether they have the 

534
00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:23,159
material that God can use for 
building the church. 

535
00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:25,679
You don't look at the 
relationship, don't look at the 

536
00:34:25,679 --> 00:34:28,880
outward life and condemn them 
and say you cannot have a part. 

537
00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:31,840
Did Namah say to Tobiah that you
have no part? 

538
00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:33,960
He did say, but did he say that 
the Mishallam? 

539
00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:37,360
No. 
So we need to be willing to have

540
00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:42,400
that kind of open mind. 
Open mind to let people be 

541
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:45,719
involved in the church because 
that's very important. 

542
00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:52,280
And then you have shared vision.
When people are given the 

543
00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:55,679
vision, when they share the 
vision, the momentum picks up. 

544
00:34:56,440 --> 00:34:58,440
The momentum picks up with a 
shared vision. 

545
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:02,640
We have talked about 21 days of 
prayer, 10 this 21 days of 

546
00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:05,200
prayer. 
We are about 12 to 15 people 

547
00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:09,040
have gathered there day after 
day and every day we prayed. 

548
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:13,840
But what about other people? 
I want you to catch that. 

549
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:17,960
I want you to share the same 
vision because that is going to 

550
00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:20,960
change you, your family, and 
then it is going to change the 

551
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:24,800
church and it's going to make 
God more powerfully and then 

552
00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:28,600
he's going to bring the revival.
And we had somebody say, I see 

553
00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:31,760
clouds being stored like angels 
of God coming over the church. 

554
00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:37,200
So we are looking forward for 
that breakthrough for the 

555
00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:40,680
church. 
No, we are five years old. 

556
00:35:41,240 --> 00:35:46,560
We are not even 50 people yet. 
Regularly all those who come on 

557
00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:50,120
and off, you put them together. 
It will be 50, but we have to be

558
00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:52,600
50 on any day. 
Even when some people don't turn

559
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:54,480
up. 
It should be 100, it should be 

560
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:56,880
200. 
This is the vision that we need 

561
00:35:56,880 --> 00:35:59,360
to share. 
And when you share in a vision, 

562
00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:03,440
you will pray whether you stay 
in your house and pray for one 

563
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:05,960
hour, whether you come there to 
Alex House and you pray. 

564
00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:08,720
We are praying because we share 
in the vision. 

565
00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:13,400
We are praying because we are 
sharing in the vision and the 

566
00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:16,760
momentum comes with it. 
Momentum comes because our 

567
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:23,240
shared vision and the Lord will 
show up and bless the people who

568
00:36:23,240 --> 00:36:27,840
are doing the warfare. 
Prayer is warfare, Prayer is 

569
00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:31,120
warfare. 
I'll quickly just visit some of 

570
00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:32,920
the gates and then finish that 
for today. 

571
00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:36,440
I have a lot more to say there. 
You may look into my Bible. 

572
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:39,040
I got written Everything 
Everywhere, all over, so many 

573
00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:41,280
notes, but I don't have much 
time. 

574
00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:44,720
So now if you go into this broad
wall here, think of the broad 

575
00:36:44,720 --> 00:36:50,640
wall that's some maps have got 
the broad wall, not like this, 

576
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:54,000
but they're like this. 
I don't know about it. 

577
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,720
That's the archaeological thing.
But now it is confirmed broad 

578
00:36:56,720 --> 00:36:59,960
wall is dugout. 
Now recently the width of the 

579
00:36:59,960 --> 00:37:04,360
broad wall is 7 meters, 7 
meters. 

580
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:08,560
You can have two rooms in your 
bedroom. 

581
00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:11,880
You know whatever rooms you have
in your house, you can have two 

582
00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:16,440
rooms on that in the same width.
7 meters hardly have got 3 

583
00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:21,800
meters in a in a room or 3 1/2. 
So you'll so broad that it was 

584
00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:24,680
so important. 
It was built by Hezekiah during 

585
00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:30,640
the times when he found that the
the Babylonians were coming and 

586
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:33,560
attacking and he said we need to
make it strong. 

587
00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:37,160
And then he built this wall. 
Hezekiah built the wall and that

588
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:38,640
is how this is called broad 
wall. 

589
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:42,640
And that also means all other 
walls are not as broad as this 

590
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:46,560
broad wall. 
So now you go to Jerusalem, you 

591
00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:50,200
will find a length of length of 
it, which is 7 meters wide. 

592
00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:53,480
Now you can see it, it's still 
there, the stones are still 

593
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:58,600
there. 
And then you got Valley Gate. 

594
00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:00,960
From Valley Gate you've got 500 
yards. 

595
00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:04,160
Somebody built not only Valley 
Gate, but they even build the 

596
00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:07,520
wall up to 500 yards. 
That is quite longer distance 

597
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:10,080
and nearly little less than half
a kilometer. 

598
00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:14,400
And why do they do more than 
what they are asked for? 

599
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:19,000
Because they are passionate to 
see the walls restored, safety 

600
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:25,320
come to Jerusalem. 
Then you have got House of 

601
00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:29,240
Heroes here, somewhere here. 
What is House of Heroes in King 

602
00:38:29,240 --> 00:38:32,800
David's a cavalry. 
There were different kind of 

603
00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:35,040
leaders. 
Leaders over 30 people, leaders 

604
00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:36,880
over three people, leaders over 
10 people. 

605
00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:40,000
You know, those who are done 
mighty works and they were 

606
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:44,800
people of valor and brave people
and they were given a place to 

607
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:52,000
live inside Jerusalem. 
Why do you need those people who

608
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:54,680
are the ones who are going to 
jump up and act in terms of a 

609
00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:57,800
threat? 
These brave people, they have 

610
00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:03,360
the ability to take care of the 
people under them, 100 people or

611
00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:07,000
50 people or 10 people or three 
people they are going to take 

612
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:10,480
care of, motivate them and bring
them to war. 

613
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:14,200
So they were given a place 
inside Jerusalem that is the 

614
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:18,040
House of heroes, and they got 
Pool of Siloam here. 

615
00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:20,880
And what is the importance of 
Pool of Siloam? 

616
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:26,360
There was a guy, blind guy was 
asked to go and wash his eyes in

617
00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:31,800
in the Pool of Siloam and that 
talks for Revelation, then the 

618
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:34,840
city of Revelation. 
We need to walk in Revelation. 

619
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:38,000
We need to help the children to 
walk in Revelation and we want 

620
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:39,640
the church to walk in 
Revelation. 

621
00:39:39,720 --> 00:39:42,840
We want our eyes to be open to 
see in the spiritual realm and 

622
00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:46,240
ears open to hear the spiritual 
realm and that is how we should 

623
00:39:46,240 --> 00:39:52,080
live. 
And then you have got Kings 

624
00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:55,360
Garden here and the Dung Gate. 
This Dung Gate plays a very 

625
00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:59,520
important role. 
We may not appreciate the truck 

626
00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:02,680
coming and taking your red bin 
and your green bin and your 

627
00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:05,920
yellow bin on different days of 
the week, but it's a very 

628
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:08,200
important job. 
If they don't come and clear the

629
00:40:08,200 --> 00:40:09,880
rubbish, garbage, what will 
happen? 

630
00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:12,000
You will have garbage in your 
house. 

631
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:16,360
So this is the place where the 
garbage goes. 

632
00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:18,120
This is the place where garbage 
goes. 

633
00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:22,840
In fact, King Manasseh sacrifice
the children in this place. 

634
00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:28,920
Very bad thing. 
But that's where it is. 

635
00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:34,400
And when this is also Valley of 
Hinnom, its called Valley of 

636
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:37,280
Hinnom from which you get the 
word Gehenna. 

637
00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:40,680
Gehenna stands for the hell 
basically. 

638
00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:45,120
And the the the word the catch 
word they use here is that the 

639
00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:49,640
fire doesn't go out because they
are burning the rubbish in this 

640
00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:51,960
place. 
Fire burner never goes out and 

641
00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:55,920
that is how hell is described as
a place where it is not 

642
00:40:56,160 --> 00:41:00,720
happening. 
And then you have OK, Watergate,

643
00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:04,240
you need water and you got horse
gate is readiness. 

644
00:41:04,240 --> 00:41:08,080
This talks about warfare. 
Horses would come into the city 

645
00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:10,360
of Jerusalem. 
The King's horses would come in 

646
00:41:10,720 --> 00:41:17,960
and the Eastgate is imported 
because Eastgate is facing the 

647
00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:21,520
sun. 
All the other region, all other 

648
00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:26,320
religions, they worship the sun.
But our one temple faces this 

649
00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:28,280
way. 
Even though the entrance is on 

650
00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:32,160
the east, it actually faces the 
West, the Holy of Holies in the 

651
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:35,640
West. 
So you need to know these 

652
00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:37,800
things. 
We need to have right alignment 

653
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:40,600
in our lives. 
These are fixed things in your 

654
00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:43,480
mind. 
The glory of God has to be a 

655
00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:47,320
fixed element in your mind and 
you should be facing the right 

656
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:52,880
direction. 
Eastgate and well, inspection 

657
00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:56,040
gate when they had to go for 
war, that's where they call for 

658
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:59,440
roster or muster and then they 
call the roles of the people. 

659
00:41:59,720 --> 00:42:03,200
Or do you have this leader here 
or well, you are a leader of 100

660
00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:04,440
people. 
Are you 100 people there? 

661
00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:06,920
Yes, you are in a leader of 50, 
Are they? 

662
00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:10,200
That all is done here. 
And I tell you, we need this 

663
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:13,040
warfare strategy in the church 
and in the family. 

664
00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:17,320
Prayer is very important. 
Prayer is a today's warfare 

665
00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:19,880
strategy and you are strong in 
prayer. 

666
00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:21,880
Your family is safe. 
You're strong in prayer. 

667
00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:24,480
The church is safe. 
Hallelujah. 

668
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:29,760
I think I had to stop there. 
You know, let's pray. 

669
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:33,480
Father, we thank you for your 
word. 

670
00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:37,680
We thank you for your word. 
We give you glory, honor and 

671
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:39,920
praise. 
Bless my Father. 

672
00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:44,920
The words that I have spoken in 
the name of Jesus, these are not

673
00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:48,560
my words, but your words. 
I have spoken your thoughts and 

674
00:42:48,560 --> 00:42:52,720
I thank you Father, let this 
vision be transferred, 

675
00:42:52,880 --> 00:42:56,240
transferred to your children to 
build the church through prayer.

676
00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:59,960
And as we have completed nearly 
one week, give us grace for two 

677
00:42:59,960 --> 00:43:03,840
more weeks and help us to see 
your power and glory coming to 

678
00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:05,840
the church. 
Power and glory, touch the 

679
00:43:05,840 --> 00:43:08,240
families. 
Power and glory touching the 

680
00:43:08,240 --> 00:43:11,960
hearts of people, leading people
for salvation, healing, 

681
00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:14,080
deliverance in the name of 
Jesus. 

682
00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:19,320
Father, I pray raise us up to be
warriors in your Kingdom who 

683
00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:22,360
will war, do warfare through 
prayer to the glory of your 

684
00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:24,400
name. 
Let the walls of the church be 

685
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:26,160
rebuilt to the glory of your 
name. 

686
00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:29,920
Let the walls of the city be 
rebuilt on prayer so that the 

687
00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:32,800
revival will come into the city 
to the glory of your name. 

688
00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:35,840
We worship you, we praise you in
Jesus name. 

689
00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:43,840
We ask and everybody says Amen. 
Thanks for joining us at Omega. 

690
00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:47,040
If you need prayer for healing 
or breakthrough, or simply to 

691
00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:50,040
find out more, please head to 
our website or Facebook page in 

692
00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:50,800
the links below.