Come, Let Us Build the Walls! (1): The Idea of the Church’s Walls by Rev. Angus Stewart
Scripture reading: Nehemiah 1:1-3; 2:11-18
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Covenant Evangelical Reformed Church (CERC) of Singapore, 2023 Church Camp in Pulai Springs, Johor, Malaysia (Monday evening, 19 June, 2023)
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS after Speech 1: The Idea of the Church’s Walls
1. What are the three most important constructions in Ezra-Nehemiah?
2. What is the idea of the church’s walls?
3. What do we mean when we say that our covenant God has not put a fence or a bridge at the perimeter of His church?
Read Revelation 21:12-27 which includes details regarding the walls of the New Jerusalem. Regarding the gates on the walls,
4. How many are there (12)?
5. How are they distributed (13)?
6. What is their material (21)?
7. What names are written on the gates (12)?
8. Who are stationed at the gates (12)?
9. Why are these gates never shut (25)?
10. How do your answers to the previous six questions compare with the gates on the walls of Nehemiah’s Jerusalem?
Regarding the walls in Revelation 21:12-27,
11. What is their shape (16)?
12. What is their material (18)?
13. What are their foundations (14)?
14. How are their foundations garnished (19-20)?
15. What height are they (17)?
16. How do your answers to the previous five questions compare with the walls of Nehemiah’s Jerusalem?
17. Why are the walls so high, if there is no enemy to keep out?
18. What building is missing within the walls and why (22)?