He sees something about Planet Earth that most people didn't see and most people TODAY don't see… that is the Kingdom of God.

What he saw… if YOU see it… you'll begin using new metrics or criteria to evaluate the health of this planet and "all who dwell in it" (Psa 24). WE tend to see economic indicators or GDP (productivity) or the amount of freedoms or health/disease stats as the key markers. Nehemiah sees something else.

Let's meet this unsung hero with whom we hope to spend the next eight weeks, Nehemiah. This opening episode is composed of three parts or movements:

1. Bad News from the Headquarters
2. Better Days and Memories of the Future
3. Moved/ to Mission

There would be a catharsis in the city - a cleansing. Cities aren't known to be clean and hygienic places BUT to become great, THIS city would have to be purified and would become a SOURCE of purity and beauty to others - let's look at

HOW THIS CITY BECAME GREAT AND HOW ANYONE BECOMES GREAT: #1 - A City Graced by Grief #2 - A City With a Flowing Fountain #3 - A City Cleansed and Confident

There would be a catharsis in the city - a cleansing. Cities aren't known to be clean and hygienic places BUT to become great, THIS city would have to be purified and would become a SOURCE of purity and beauty to others - let's look at HOW THIS CITY BECAME GREAT AND HOW ANYONE BECOMES GREAT: #1 - A City Graced by Grief #2 - A City With a Flowing Fountain #3 - A City Cleansed and Confident