The meaning of the gates of jerusalem and spiritual progress.
The gates of jerusalem nehemiah.
Not much is said about it but it was certainly a most necessary gate to the health of the city of jerusalem.
When nehemiah arrived he made a detailed inspection of the walls and gates nehemiah 2 11 16 and organized the people to start the rebuilding effort nehemiah 2 17 3 32.
It is remarkable that today s modern gate that stands in the same proximity is called new gate.
The valley gate is where nehemiah began his nocturnal investigation of the ruins of the city.
This study comes from week 92 of the reading plan nehemiah.
Moving further west along jerusalem s walls we come to nehemiah s old gate.
When the jewish people returned to their homeland after the babylonian captivity jerusalem lay in ruins.
The gates of jerusalem in nehemiah s day.
Nehemiah 3 the gates of jerusalem.
When the wall was rebuilt it probably encompassed the same area as before except it may have excluded the king s gardens in the southeast.
Each gate from the jerusalem wall mentioned by nehemiah is unique and has a specific message about our lord and savior jesus christ.
And the dung gate repaired malchijah.
The valley gate nehemiah 3 13 hanun and the inhabitants of zanoah repaired the valley gate.
The gates of jerusalem in nehemiah s day reveal christ adapted from expository outlines of the old testament warren wiersbe the following are the gates noted in nehemiah chapter three.
Then eliashib the high priest arose with his brothers the priests and built the sheep gate.
The prophecy in the old gate seems to be that men are plagued with a sin nature inherited from adam.
Please read nehemiah 3 completely before beginning.
They consecrated it and hung its doors.
Nehemiah chapter 3 bible study gates of jerusalem.
They built it hung its doors with its bolts and bars and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the refuse gate.