Digging Deeper into the Post Exilic Biblical Literature, Nehemiah - The Preeminent Leader

After the Jews were granted the freedom to return to their ancestral home of Israel from their exile to and captivity in Babylon then by the Medo-Persians, Nehemiah (who was in the service of the Persian Emperor) received word that Jerusalem was in ruins. His account of how the LORD used him to rebuilt the city’s walls forms a major platform in the eventual coming of the Messiah. Even though the Jews had been granted permission to return to their ancestral homeland, they still regarded themselves as being in captivity because they would still be ruled by a foreign ruler. It was in this period that a large body of the Bible’s canonical literature was produced in various genres including poetry (the Psalms), history (Esther, Nehemiah, Ezra), and prophecy (Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi). Each of these works lays the foundation for the anticipation of the coming Messiah and the establishment of the New Covenant with Yahweh and the redeemed.

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