The big man in this picture is “Knee-High-Miah,” or Nehemiah. You can tell because the wall he’s building is knee-high to him. The key word for the book of Nehemiah is Walls. This picture from Walk Thru the Bible reminds us that the Jewish people have rebuilt the temple and turned away from pagan ways, but Jerusalem’s walls still lay in ruin. God finds a wall-builder in Persia. Nehemiah, cupbearer to the Persian king, leads the third expedition of God’s people back to their homeland, Jerusalem and call the people to the rebuilding of the wall. Like Zerubbabel and Ezra, Nehemiah faces fierce opposition to his reconstruction efforts. Even so, the project is completed in record time—52 days. The public reading of God’s Word triggers a significant but short-lived revival within the rebuilt walls.
