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Podcast: West End UMC Podcast Audio Podcast
Episode: Let Us Rebuild!
Description: We continue our trip through the Bible with today’s reading from Nehemiah in which Nehemiah goes out under cover of darkness to inspect the walls of Jerusalem that had been destroyed by the Babylonian invasion. More than a century before, Babylonians had conquered Judah and exiled many of its skilled and brightest people. When the Persian king, Cyrus, finally defeated Babylon, he allowed the Jews to return to their homeland. Nehemiah was not among the first to be released, but when he did return the Temple had been restored, yet the city was still in shambles. Before he had as...