Dear Saints,
As the Book of the Law prescribed by Moses was read, the Israelites found themselves out of order. They immediately corrected their behavior and remained faithful to God’s law. If there be any need of correction in our lives let us do so immediately giving God the Glory for the precious gift of Grace that came through the Blood of Jesus Christ. Let us not however allow the enemy to take up residence in the storehouse of God’s temple. Let us Eradicate everything that comes against our God in our lives without compromise.
Shalom,
Apostle Brenda D. Cooper
On that same day, as the Book of Moses was being read to the people, the passage was found that said no Ammonite or Moabite should ever be permitted to enter the assembly of God. For they had not provided the Israelites with food and water in the wilderness. Instead, they hired Balaam to curse them, though our God turned the curse into a blessing. When this passage of the Law was read, all those of foreign descent were immediately excluded from the assembly. Before this had happened, Eliashib the priest, who had been appointed as supervisor of the storerooms of the Temple of our God and who was also a relative of Tobiah, had converted a large storage room and placed it at Tobiah’s disposal. The room had previously been used for storing the grain offerings, the frankincense, various articles for the Temple, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and olive oil (which were prescribed for the Levites, the singers, and the gatekeepers), as well as the offerings for the priests. I was not in Jerusalem at that time, for I had returned to King Artaxerxes of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign, though I later asked his permission to return.
Nehemiah 13:1-6 NLT